No, I do not. It is a disgrace that in this country getting pain killers for a real medical condition has been criminalized.
It IS NOT "illegal for someone in his situation to have to get them in the first place"
Yes it is because physicians get harassed if they prescribe too much of certain drugs so they are forced by the government to not give the proper treatment for fear of losing their licenses.
With the bazillions of dollars he's said he makes he's gotta go get his pills from his HOUSEKEEPER rather than maintain the doctor/patient relationship he had?
I am really sick of the licensed hypocrisy in this country. With a license one can do the most abominable things, but without it, doing something absolutely normal and which does no harm to society (and in this case does a great benefit to society - keeping Rush doing what he was born to do) is a criminal act.
If these DEA or whatever they are wanted to get some headlines they could clean out Hollywood. Those folk are all taking illegal drugs and not to be able to do their job but for fun and to tune out from the world. I have said it before and will say it again, this is political persecution and a great example of our having too many laws in this country and too many tyrants enforcing them.
Again, it depends on HOW you get them. If it IS proven that he didn't have for-real prescriptions for them then he should face prosecution.
Yes it is because physicians < snip > fear of losing their licenses.|
If you as a physician are prescribing a drug to treat a condition that is not improving and you KEEP prescribing it without consultation with others in the field to determine WHY there is no improvement then you should be investigated. There ARE situations where people are in constant pain and they do deserve the medication necessary to maintain their lifestyle. There's a difference between medication as a corrective agent and medication as a palliative agent but, EITHER WAY, its supply and administration should be monitored for the benefit and health of the patient.
I am really sick of < snip > does no harm to society < snip > do) is a criminal act.
Does no harm to society, huh? I've heard it conjectured that his abuse of the drug could have led to his hearing loss. Which he had surgery for. Which, maybe, an insurance company paid for? They paid for a self-imposed condition? If he, say, started chopping his fingers off one at a time and getting insurance to cover the damage/repair each time would THAT be as acceptable as physical damage caused by drug abuse? Go ask the others using the same insurance company how they like their rates going up for compensate for the coverage of the acts of idiots.
If these DEA or whatever < snip > too many tyrants enforcing them.
wow. wild rant. So, then, if hollywood can do it then everyone can do it and prevention/prosecution should be a first-come-first-served -type of thing?
solitas, you are wrong, vengeful and are going to have your fall someday. I hope that your friends are of better spirit than you.
Rush is my friend, though I have never met him, and you should not feel superior because he has a problem. You have not gone up a notch.