If I understand the case correctly, he DID obtain legal drugs illegally. They are prescription drugs which he obtained from an unlicensed seller on the black market. THAT he is guilty of by his own admission. He SHOULD at least pay a fine and do community service. I would agree the agressive prosecution IS more than what is routine for such an offense.
But in calling him a victim, I'm referring to the philosophical premise here. Rush, and any free citizen should be able to acquire and use any drug for medicinal or recreational purposes. In doing so, he takes full accountability, but such is the curse of freedom.
Unfortunately, Rush doesn't HAVE that right in this country and he is now, according to the U.S. government, a drug criminal forced to defend himself for trying to relieve pain.'
Maybe now, he, like Buckley, will reconsider his drug position.