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Rush Limbaugh and the Politics of Drug Addiction. Rush Limbaugh, 55, a
conservative commentator, where most of America knows him ...
Submitted by Diesal1982 on September 25, 2007
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Rush Limbaugh, 55, a conservative commentator, where most of America knows
him as the football analyst from "ESPN's Sunday Football Countdown". Investigators
conducted a three year investigation on Limbaugh for prescription fraud.
"Rush Limbaugh was doctor shopping' throughout Palm Beach, Florida. Doctor
Shopping' is a term to describe a person seeking practitioner's to prescribe certain
Narcotics or overlapping their scripts for numerous amounts of narcotics."(1) Florida
law states that one that "doctor shops" could be punishable up to five years in prison.
Rush Limbaugh was seeking out practitioners to prescribe him with such
Painkillers as Oxycontin, Lorcet, Norco, Hydrocodone, Kadian, Xanax (anti-anxiety
drug), Niacin, and Cloriodine (treats increased blood pressure). Limbaugh claims he
became addicted to these painkillers due to severe back pain. Wilma Cline, Limbaugh's
former maid told reporters that even her and her husband sold Limbaugh large quantities
of drugs over many years.
Prosecutor's seized Limbaugh's medical records and learned through their
Investigation that he was prescribed about 2,000 painkillers by four different doctors in
six months. Limbaugh posted a $3,000 bail.
The deal that Limbaugh agreed with prosecutor's on a "pretrial diversion" that
was filed was his charges will be dropped IF he stays clean from narcotics for eighteen
months and doesn't commit anymore crimes. Also under the deal with the prosecutor's
He was also ordered to pay the state of Florida $30,000 for the cost of his investigation
that was brought up on him.
In 2003, Limbaugh took a five week leave from his radio show to enter a...
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