clamnebula wrote:
"Mikermckelvy" wrote in message
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From: John Stone
in article , Mikermckelvy at
wrote on 3/26/04 11:13 AM:
From: "clamnebula"
Things you have to believe to be a Republican today:
1. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a
conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers
for your recovery.
You are of course referring to Rush Limbaugh. The fact is Rush never
once
said
that persons who become accidentally addicted to pain medication should
be
in
jail.
Where does he make any distinction at all about the kind of illegal drugs
someone should go to jail over?
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
Looks pretty all-inclusive to me.
He's referring to recreational drug use.
Some people consider Xanax and Valium recreational drugs... especiallly those
who take too many of them.
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Very true. I've evaluated and/or treated numerous drug addicts over the years,
and I can assure you that in addition to Xanax and Valium, Ativan, Tylenol #3
with Codeine, Percoset, Fiorial, Oxycontin and many other legally prescribed
antianxiety drugs and pain medications (most of which are narcotics) are very
frequently used by them. "Doctor shopping" and "pharmacy shopping" for
multiple prescriptions is very common, as is making purchases on the street.
There have also been numerous examples of doctors being arrested for illegal
overprescription of many of these drugs.
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