[pageonetoo]

"I'm not blindly defending Rush's illegal use. It was wrong. Before he went to rehab I wouldn't have had an issue with him being prosecuted. "

It depends on what the definition of 'is' is! IMO, he went to rehab, as a result of his beigng "caught". His "road to Damascus" came about because he was being 'outed', and had been unwilling to face it...He is addicted, he says, so it wasn't his fault (I know, he says it's "his fault", but then adds his disclaimers)

It is classic, "the devil made me do it"!
I am not positing that he should go to jail. I am also not saying that he should not be supported, and beloved. I am saying that what he says, and what he does, AIN'T ALWAYS THE SAME"!

[cyncooper]

he went to rehab, as a result of his beigng "caught". His "road to Damascus" came about because he was being 'outed', and had been unwilling to face it..

He tried detox twice before and it didn't work. He did not do the 30 day rehab visit, but some quicky program. He also has stated, and I see no reason to disbelieve him since it's how he quit smoking cigarettes, that he tried quitting on his own several times.

I'm not on Rush's "side", I'm actually rather annoyed with him. But I like to stick to facts.