[LarryM]

You can't prosecute someone for drug possession if you don't catch them in possession of the drugs. The testimony of career criminals selling their stories to the tabloids is worthless. But as Arnold says, where there is smoke there is fire. He probably did have a pain killer addiction.

[jerseygirl]

I agree with you. Many people do become addicted to pain medications; tolerance develops rapidly and the need to keep taking them to stave off withdrawal becomes a daily, sometimes hourly, necessity.
Also, If Rush has a prescription painkiller addiction,now is going to be the time that he is going to need alot of support and encouragement. If he is dependent on medications like oxycontins, he is going to be facing a potentially difficult withdrawal. Not only that, but having his personal problems splattered all over the tabloids would have to be humiliating.