Do you know for a fact that Rush was not doctor shopping?
Oh puh_leeez show me one case in Florida where this has been pursues as the major offense. Every case I have seen also has more serious charges of dealing and fraud involved. Here the prosecutor by-passed more serious charges to go after Rush. This case is a malicious prosecution.
Do you know for a fact that Rush was not doctor shopping?
Do you know he did? From the details I have seen it depends on the interpretation of the law. If Rush obtained prescriptions from different doctors for different ailments, there may have been no doctor shopping offense. Reguardless, it is a stupid law, IMHO, in response to a serious problem (people are using doctors to obtain multiple prescriptions to re-sell to others). The real problem is the dealing those drugs to other people and in a lot of cases these are kids. This law was made so presecutors did not have to prove the real offense (re-selling the drugs), so convictions would be easier. Which makes it a bad law, IMHO.