You may have overlooked the point that the pain may have been real. Real pain in need of real treatment.That's how it started, but it soon excellerated into a need for the euphoric high. By his own admission, he's been a junkie since '95-'96.
Twelve separate doctors each writing a script could not have "morally" or "legally" mantained his habit for 7 years.
As much as some surgeons like to cut for hardly any reason at all, many times surgery is the obvious answer to attempt to rememdy the causation of pain.
I like Rush a lot. I am happy he is kicking the habit, but he knew he was addicted and he didn't stop until that housekeeper outed him. Most addicts don't stop until they're either arrested or caught by family members. The worst ones, die.
all valid points.
With the advent of internet pharmacies and Florida storfronts which import canadian drugs, I don't believe its a problem to obtain drugs legally. Not saying he did not do it illegally. Just pointing out that with the type of finacial resources he had, legally obtaining the drugs would not be a difficult issue. Besides, the fact this "laundering" story is comming out two years after the fact suggests the Palm Beach Prosecutor had no intent on ever filing the drug case. No admissible evidence for the result of a dismissal in drug court anyways.