Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Looks like Rush is in serious trouble.
"Mr. Limbaugh's actions violate the letter, and spirit" of the law that relates to doctor shopping, stated one of warrants, signed by Asim Brown, a law enforcement agent assigned to the state attorney's office anti-money laundering task force. Doctor shopping refers to looking for a doctor willing to prescribe drugs illegally.
I figured this was coming sooner or later, so no big surprise there, but then this: "The records seized include prescriptions for Norco, Niacin, OxyContin, Xanax, Lorcet and other medications." Niacin? Vitamin B3? It has a prescription form that's used to decrease HDL cholesterol, but it hardly seems like you'd need to resort to the gray market for it. Seems like going downtown to score some really primo inhalers. Is there some dual-use property here of which I'm unaware?
TrackBackno dual use--they are just listing all of the meds he had prescriptions for, which include blood pressure and cholesterol lowering meds.
From Salon:
The records seized list prescriptions for more than 2,100 pills from March 24 through Sept. 26.
The medications include the powerful painkillers Oxycontin, Lorcet, Norco, hydrocodone and Kadian. In addition, Limbaugh received prescriptions for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, the cholesterol-lowering drug Niacin, and Clonodine, which treats high blood pressure.
He's not gonna be brought up on charges for Niacin or Clonodine; not sure why anyone felt it was even important to report, except to point out that some of those 2000+ pills were perhaps for legitimate medical needs, not all for him to get buzzy watching football.
Posted by: bert at December 5, 2003 02:25 PM