Limbaugh Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges (1 Viewer)

[Little-Acorn]

Well, it's a shame. But the law says what it does, and if it's true he'll have to face the music.

Remember Ann Coulter's quote when the story first came up last year about the painkillers he was taking, and the leftists were falling over themselves to condemn him?

"The liberals have finally found a drug addict they DON'T like."

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/28/linbaugh.arrest.ap/index.html

Limbaugh arrested on prescription drug charges

Friday, April 28, 2006; Posted: 6:30 p.m. EDT (22:30 GMT)

Rush Limbaugh was arrested Friday on prescription drug charges, law enforcement officials said.

Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant issued by the state attorney's office, said agency spokeswoman Teri Barbera.

The conservative radio commentator came into the jail at about 4 p.m. with his attorney Roy Black and was released an hour later on $3,000 bail, Barbera said.

The warrant was for fraud to conceal information to obtain prescription, Barbera said.


(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)

 

[Binary_Digit]

Re: Rush Limbaugh turns self in on drug charge, posts $3000 bail

The poor bastard is still addicted. I honestly feel bad for him, and hope he's able to kick the habit soon.

 

[Middleground]

Re: Rush Limbaugh turns self in on drug charge, posts $3000 bail

The poor bastard is still addicted. I honestly feel bad for him, and hope he's able to kick the habit soon.

I'm not sure, but I think this charge dates back to before his drug abuse became public knowledge.

As for the Anne Coulter quote, I guess Rush is the first drug addict she's ever loved.

 

[Stinger]

Limbaugh Not Guilty

In a settlement reached late this afternoon Rush Limbaugh through his attorneys made a deal to close the case against him. One charge remains until he completes the drug counciling he is attending and the goes away. He pleads NOT GUILTY to all other charges and the court accepts that plea. Even the MSNBC reporter on the Olberman show had to admit this is a good deal as he could get and is nothing. After 3 1/2 years this is all the prosecutor has.

"Prosecutors did not immediately return a call for comment."

Yeah I bet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060428/ap_on_re_us/limbaugh_painkillers_7

 

[Binary_Digit]

Re: Rush Limbaugh turns self in on drug charge, posts $3000 bail

I'm not sure, but I think this charge dates back to before his drug abuse became public knowledge.

Oh, yea you're right about that. Serves me right for not reading... :rofl

 

[Yuleluder]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Exactly, he's not guilty and the "Blitzkrieg media" can get onto some real stories like the great progress we have made in Iraq. Maybe they can focus on these criminaliens who plan on an organized crime monday. Send em home or send them to Iraq!

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

It's good to have money. It helped OJ too.

 

[disneydude]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Doesn't really require money. Its a pretty standard deal in most states. If you have no record or relatively little on your record you can qualify for what is usually called DEJ (Deferred Entry of Judgement) or Diversion. It usually allows for dismissal of the charge after completion of a certain amount of outpatient treatment.
It applies to all drugs: crack, methamphetamine, heroin, PCP, painkillers, etc.

However, although it will allow Rush to keep a conviction off his record, it still doesn't hide the fact that he's a hypocrite. There is really no difference between being addicted to street heroin or white collar heroin (Oxycontin).

 

[Yuleluder]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

However, although it will allow Rush to keep a conviction off his record, it still doesn't hide the fact that he's a hypocrite. There is really no difference between being addicted to street heroin or white collar heroin (Oxycontin).

We have all been hypocrits at one point or another!

 

[Kelzie]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Thank god. There's no reason druggies should be clogging up our jails.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Thank god. There's no reason druggies should be clogging up our jails.

at least not for merely posessing. IMHO, people who function and choose to use chemicals recreationally should be free to mind their own business.

 

[Kelzie]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

at least not for merely posessing. IMHO, people who function and choose to use chemicals recreationally should be free to mind their own business.

IMHO too.

 

[Alex]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

at least not for merely posessing. IMHO, people who function and choose to use chemicals recreationally should be free to mind their own business.

I agree totally.

 

[Kelzie]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

I agree totally.

What, heyyyy...I said it first....

 

[Stinger]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

It's good to have money. It helped OJ too.

And the premise for your conclusion that is was money and not lack of evidence? Did he pay off the DA?

 

[Stinger]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

However, although it will allow Rush to keep a conviction off his record,

There is no record for a conviction to go on as there is no conviction in the fist place and court accepted no guilty pleas.[/quote]

it still doesn't hide the fact that he's a hypocrite. There is really no difference between being addicted to street heroin or white collar heroin (Oxycontin).

Do you have any evidence to support the premise that he was using them for pleasure and not for pain?

How about all the hollywood and entertainment stars that go through such troubles with the same drugs, are they no better than bums on the street using heroin? Should they all be in jail or suffer criminal penalty's? We seem to give them all the benifit of the doubt.

 

[Alex]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

What, heyyyy...I said it first....

Okay, you can have it. (There is my weakness for awesome women again.)

 

[Kelzie]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Okay, you can have it. (There is my weakness for awesome women again.)

I have a weakness for awesome homosexuals. Guess we're even. :mrgreen:

 

[scottyz]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Doesn't really require money. Its a pretty standard deal in most states.

Others have gone to jail for doing the same thing in Florida. The difference is that they weren't rich and didn't have connections.

 

[disneydude]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

There is no record for a conviction to go on as there is no conviction in the fist place and court accepted no guilty pleas.

That's why its called DEJ (Deferred Entry of Judgement). If you do what you are supposed to do the charges against you are dismissed, thus no conviction goes on your record. If you mess up, judgement is entered and you have a conviction on your record.

Do you have any evidence to support the premise that he was using them for pleasure and not for pain?

Don't tell me that you think most street addicts use drugs for pleasure rather than pain? Does it make a difference if you become addicted because of physical pain vs. using drugs to kill the pain of being on the street and dealing with a horrible life?

How about all the hollywood and entertainment stars that go through such troubles with the same drugs, are they no better than bums on the street using heroin? Should they all be in jail or suffer criminal penalty's? We seem to give them all the benifit of the doubt.

None of them should be in jail or suffer criminal penalty. Drugs are certainly not a good thing for our society, but it is stupid to criminalize them. I work in the system and I see it every day. The American public would be amazed if they really knew how much tax money goes to support police agencies, prosecutors, judges, courts, etc....to handle drug cases.

I actually have sympathy for Rush in his drug addiction. What I don't have sympathy for him in in his hypocrasy.
Drug Abuse
"And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs,
using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good
because we know what happens to people in societies and
neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if
people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought
to be accused and they ought to be convicted and
they ought to be sent up." - Rush Limbaugh

 

[danarhea]

Rush Limbaugh Arrested and Charged

There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods, which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.

What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too.
...We are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country.... This country certainly appears to be tolerant, forgive and forget. I mean, you know as well as I do, you go out and commit the worst murder in the world and you just say you're sorry, people go, "Oh, OK. A little contrition."... People say, "I feel better. He said he's sorry for it." We're becoming too tolerant, folks.

-Rush Limbaugh


And so, today, the police took Rush Limbaugh at his word, and indicted him for doctor shopping to get drugs (namely oxycontin). Limbaugh has turned himself in, has been arrested, and has cut a deal with prosecutors.

Rush will be convicted of doctor shopping, and if he pays $30,000.00 to cover the cost of the investigation and completes an additional 18 months of treatment, the charges will be dropped.

Nice to know that there is justice in this world, so let the poor and mostly black heroin addicts turn themselves in and get the same treatment as Rush did. Oops, it doesnt work that way. Only works for Neoconservative radio commentators who have enough money and political connections to buy compassion from the courts.

Article is here.

 

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Re: Rush Limbaugh Arrest Thread

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Merged the thread "Rush Limbaugh turns self in on drug charge, posts $3000 bail" with the thread "Limbaugh Not Guilty" which in turn was merged into the thread "Rush Limbaugh Arrested and Charged"...Moved the one from "Political Scandal Du Jour" into the other two which were in "Today's News", where the merged threads now reside...

Changed the title to the generic "Rush Limbaugh Arrest Thread".

Could we PLEASE check to see if the subject has already been addressed before starting a thread?...

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[aps]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

There is no record for a conviction to go on as there is no conviction in the fist place and court accepted no guilty pleas.


Do you have any evidence to support the premise that he was using them for pleasure and not for pain?

How about all the hollywood and entertainment stars that go through such troubles with the same drugs, are they no better than bums on the street using heroin? Should they all be in jail or suffer criminal penalty's? We seem to give them all the benifit of the doubt.

*Sigh* Is there a republican/conservative that you don't apologize for? Sheesh.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

And the premise for your conclusion that is was money and not lack of evidence? Did he pay off the DA?

He hired big-money lawyers and they did what big-money lawyers do - they make things go away.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Re: Limbaugh Not Guilty

Doesn't really require money. Its a pretty standard deal in most states. If you have no record or relatively little on your record you can qualify for what is usually called DEJ (Deferred Entry of Judgement) or Diversion. It usually allows for dismissal of the charge after completion of a certain amount of outpatient treatment.
It applies to all drugs: crack, methamphetamine, heroin, PCP, painkillers, etc.

I'm only drawing from anecdoatal evidence, so...

But I've known a couple of folks who did time for posession of small amounts of pot. They were poor and didn't have a private lawyer. I also knew someone whose family had money. She was busted for selling heroin. She has some sort of a probation deal. The most obvious difference I can see is that her family hired some good attornies while the other folks's families didn't have the money to something like that.

Those DEJ thingies aren't for everybody, apparently. Just for the folks with the money to hire good lawyers. Money makes the difference.