[LittleJoe]

No problem, Qwinn.

Extreme pain is not the same as no longer being high.

Most people are not aware that the majority of addicts began their addiction with prescribed drugs.

Obtaining their pain killers illegally places them in the criminal class. This is a huge problem. Society loses a productive citizen and the underground gains a new criminal.

I believe we need to take the fear of the law out of the equation and treat addiction as a public health issue.

[WackyKat]

I believe we need to take the fear of the law out of the equation and treat addiction as a public health issue.

Right. But the irrationality of the sort of people on this thread who defend and praise Rush for his courage, while at the same time condemning ordinary drug addicts shows how difficult it is to bring any sanity to this debate.