Posted on 06/26/2006 5:22:35 PM PDT by ChessMan
Limbaugh Detained At Airport Image
Joy Purdy Reporting
(CBS4 News) WEST PALM BEACH Sources have confirmed to CBS4 News that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been detained at Palm Beach International Airport for the possible possession of illegal prescription drugs Monday evening.
Limbaugh was returning on a flight from the Dominican Republic when officials found the drugs, among them Viagra.
Limbaugh entered a plea deal back in April in a previous case where his charge of fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions was dropped under the condition he continue undergoing treatment for addiction.
Limbaugh had admitted to being addicted to pain killers on his radio program and had entered a rehabilitation program prior to that arrest.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/14908289.htm
Limbaugh detained at Palm Beach airport
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement examined the 55-year-old radio commentator's luggage after his private plane landed at the airport around 2 p.m. from the Dominican Republic, said Paul Miller, spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
ICE officials found a prescription bottle labeled as Viagra, a drug that treats erectile dysfunction, in his luggage, Miller said.
"The problem was that on the bottle itself was not his name, but the name of two Florida doctors," Miller said.
Limbaugh reached a deal last month with prosecutors who had accused the conservative talk-show host of illegally deceiving multiple doctors to receive overlapping painkiller prescriptions.
The matter Monday was referred to the sheriff's office, whose investigators interviewed Limbaugh.
"He said he had the Viagra in his possession for his use and that he did obtain it from his doctors," Miller said.
Investigators confiscated the drugs, and Limbaugh was released around 5:30 p.m. without being charged.
The sheriff's office plans to file a report with the state attorney's office.
"We believe there may be a second-degree misdemeanor violation, which is possession of certain drugs without a prescription, because the bottle does not have his name on it," Miller said.
A doctor had prescribed the drug, but it was "labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes," Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, said in a statement.
Under Limbaugh's deal with prosecutors, the charge, commonly referred to as "doctor shopping," would be dismissed after 18 months if he continues to submit to random drug tests and treatment for his acknowledged addiction to painkillers.
LOL! I had the right to remain silent,.....
I hope all is well with you and yours too (and a little dryer :).
Too far away from DC to try and run down the capital police in a mustang.
Only CBS, the Communist Broadcasting System would put a story out like that, in the true spirit of Dan Rather, another communist who left See B.S. to join pravda....
I just hope these "guys" are the friends Rush seems to think they are.
I must admit however, it did give me a bit of a scare.
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Your doctor doesn't even have to write a prescription to give you medication, if he has it there. It's entirely up to his judgement. The prescription is so someone OTHER THAN THE DOCTOR knows that you have his permission to receive the drug. My doctor routinely gives me medication for my asthma and allergies right there at the office. No prescription is needed because he is giving it to me himself.
I should point out of course that these are samples to he can see if the work. You'd be amazed at how many samples doctors are given by companies ravenous to get their products more exposure.
The drive-by media will be humping this story like FR has been after the NYT over the leak.
ROFLMAO!!!
It's a local TV station -- average I.Q is around room temperature but the hair style and makeup is super.
In addition to the lame jokes of Letterman, Leno and the other losers.
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