Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Rush and the little blue pill.


Rush Limbaugh was held for more than three hours at Florida's Palm Beach International Airport Monday (June 26th) on his way back from the Dominican Republic after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials found a bottle of Viagra in his luggage that wasn't prescribed to him. A spokesperson for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the bottle instead had the name of two doctors. Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black, said in a statement that a doctor had prescribed the drug, but it was, quote, "labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes." Limbaugh reached a deal with prosecutors last month under which charges of illegally getting several doctors to write him painkiller prescriptions -- called "doctor shopping" -- would be dismissed after 18 months if he submits to random drug tests and continues treatment for his addiction to painkillers.

Do you think the Immigration and Customs officials focused on searching Limbaugh's luggage because of the painkiller charges, something they might not have done so thoroughly in the past?

Should the information about what the drug was have been made public by authorities, considering it's a sensitive issue and concerns someone's prescribed medication?

Do you think Limbaugh has been unfairly targeted in this incident and with the past doctor-shopping charge because of his politics and fame?

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