[jackbill]

I think less of Rush for getting addicted to such low life drug crud but he can (and will) change my mind when he returns better than ever.

I draw a distinction between people who become addicted to pain killers and those who become addicted to drugs that just give them a high.

In 1996, my primary physician, an Internist, detected an abdominal aorta aneurism. He didn't know how long that it had been there or how long it would be before it burst - and I would be dead. When I went to a vascular surgeon, he was amazed that the Internist had found it.

Several months later, it was discovered that my Internist had been addicted to pain killers for several years, for severe back pains. He was writing numerous prescriptions in the name of his relatives and then picking up the drugs himself.

His license to practice was suspended for a year and he has now been back practicing for over five years. Should I put him in the category of crackheads? I don't think so.

[dennisw]

I draw a distinction between people who become addicted to pain killers and those who become addicted to drugs that just give them a high.

I agree with you. I'm really down on oxycotin because I've had personal experience with idiots who took it to get high. Rush took it for pain but at a certain point he became too comfortable with it. There was always a way for him to stop taking oxycotin and that's why he's going to rehab. When he gets out he will have to do something about the injuries and operations that have left him in pain. Or else it's back to oxycotin?? 

BTW I support Rush through all this tumult.

[dennisw]

I agree with your opinion of your internist. I have nothing against a drug user getting free of them. Rush and him are/were functional drug abusers who kept going to work each day. The furthest thing from druggies on the street.