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"Rush is at his lowest right now"

With all due respect, I disagree. Rush was at his lowest when he was addicted to the pain pills. He has had a hard road to overcome that addiction. I am sure he broke some laws to get all the pills he was alleged to have taken when he was addicted. In fact, it is illegal to get as many pills as he took in the time he took them, because of the limits on possession of prescription drugs. He has found a way to make amends for the laws he broke under the laws and the standard procedure of Florida. The only thing about the deal that bothers me is the $30,000 he paid. It makes me worry about the Florida system, because it looks like he was able to get a favorable outcome by putting out some baksheesh (it leaves the appearance that someone without the $30K would not do so well).

For the last eight months, I have been the assigned prosecutor for our local drug court program. I have seen first hand how difficult it is to overcome an addiction. Rush is to be commended for doing what he had to do to overcome his. He has the wherewithal to do what many have failed to do. It takes a strong personality to do it, and a real dedication to sobriety. Rush has done it despite the spotlight of publicity, despite the loss of his hearing, and despite the demise of his marriage. I have seen people throw away a chance to completely avoid 10 years in prison in order to get another hit of crack or another pill. It is amazing what people will do to get drugs when they are addicted. I would hold Rush up as an example of how addiction can be overcome, and how a person can return to a normal life despite addiction, the public spotlight, health problems, and marriage problems.

And he did all that without whining about being a victim of society or the pills.

Yeah, Rush broke the law. But he hasn't been given a pass. He earned it.