Rush Limbaugh And The Politics Of Drug Addiction
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......
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