[zoyd]

The bottom line for me is that Rush-lovers, and WOD lovers, want to put Rush in a different category than 'other' drug users. It's a farce. He's an addict. A wealthy one, yes. Able to do his job while addicted? Yes. But he's an addict.

There are plenty of coke addicts, speed addicts, pot addicts, and heroin addicts who hold down jobs and commit no more damage to society than Rush, but WOD-lovers want to treat the two very differently. Nobody is calling for Rush to go to prison, or even to be brought up on charges. Everyone is in favor of treatment.

It's funny to me how treatment is scoffed at as a fake liberal panacea to the real ills of drug abuse... until Rush is the one addicted.

[GeronL]

Funny how you can't tell the difference between a gang banger who sells drugs to addicts who live in an abandoned warehouse and a guy who got hooked on pain killer after surgery.

[GladesGuru]

Why am I in favor of "treatment" in Rush's case? Simple fact is that I like the program, even though I rarely have the time to listen to it.

But more important is that he is the most effective educator (in terms of number of people reached) on the subject of where America is and where it should be. He will be described in history as having had an enormous impact.

In short, he is too valuable to jail.