[ravinson]

Everyone loves to run down a man who stands up against vice.

If that were the case there would be no ridiculous War on Drugs. But as for Rush, if he's going to sell books advocating a War on Drugs, then he had better be prepared to be hoisted by his own petard when his head is caught in a vice.

[.cnI redruM]

I agree, much better to dwell on Rush's pill problem than to seriously combat the $$$$billions that cross our borders like a sewage flood every year for substances like cocaine and heroin.

If we just got rid of all those inconvenient drug laws, we wouldn't have a drug problem anymore. The same could be said about prison rape, larceny and murder.

Rush becomes a flawed messenger because of his own failings, but that does not undermine the inherent truth of what the man said. The last time any human being on Earth completely lived by example, there was a new star shining in the East.

[DWPittelli]

But as for Rush, if he's going to sell books advocating a War on Drugs, then he had better be prepared to be hoisted by his own petard when his head is caught in a vice.

Yes, he should get the same deal he would get if he weren't Rush Limbaugh.

But it is pretty rare for employed consumers of illegal pills to go to jail or face any serious penalty. Dealers, yes, unemployed junkies who steal for their H, yes, people caught shoting up in public, yes; occasionally a middle-class person caught with a substantial stash. But no one gets busted because the gov't made a deal with their dealer. And in general, middle class people popping pills are more likely to get treatment and concern and understanding, especially from the press if they're celebrities (unless, of course, they're noted conservatives).