[HiTech RedNeck]

Well it sure doesn't sound like Rush did anything "wronger" than what he's already fessed up to. Did he get overlapping prescriptions written from doctors for opiates -- the only substantial legal question? IMHO that vein will come up totally and utterly dry, either he really didn't do that or all proof has been destroyed. Why haven't the witch hunters subpoenaed all Florida pharmacies for things under Rush's name? That would tell more than the doctors' records would. IMHO.

[Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer]

I thought they did go to the pharmacies and that's how they got the names of the doctors that were doing the prescribing. ???

[R. Scott]

Why haven't the witch hunters subpoenaed all Florida pharmacies for things under Rush's name? That would tell more than the doctors' records would. IMHO..

Subpoena several thousand pharmacies? Subpoenaing a dozen doctors would be far more effective and quicker. The medical records would show the extent of his actual need and the amount he was prescribed. Having the doctor’s number would then make it far easier to check with the pharmacies for actual prescriptions filled.
“Doctor Shopping” isn’t just the attempt to find a second opinion or a better doctor. It is the search for a doctor willing to prescribe an excessive amount of medication, and the attempt to obtain multiple prescriptions for the same disorder simultaneously. It has been used by junkies for years.

[Bonaparte]

"Why haven't the witch hunters subpoenaed all Florida pharmacies for things under Rush's name?"

See any doctor on a cash basis and give him any name you want. He's not going to ask to see ID. And when you get his Rx filled, the pharmacist isn't going to ask you for ID either.