Rush Limbaugh Arrested...

[Riggo44]

Secondly, they didn't "ask" him to go through treatment. They ORDERED him to, or those charges would be reinstated. Can anyone rationally and logically explain why the government has the authority to involve itself into the private lives of individuals who are addicted to pain medication and to threaten criminal penalties if they don't seek treatment?[/QUOTE]


I would be the same thing if it were cocaine or heroin! He was using the system to get his drugs. Instead of going out on the street to get them. Just because you have the money and now how and get multiple Dr's to right you prectriptions.Or get your maid to buy them for you in Mexico does not make it legal.He should get the same charges as a rock stars like Cortney Love get when there caught with there "street drugs".

So yea logically the goverment does have the right. There should not be a double standard. Illegal drugs are illegal drugs. Weather they came from a pharmacy or a drug dealer.
There is nothing worse the a white collard hypocrite that thinks there better or not like someone else. Only because there crimes seem a little cleaner on the surface. Because when you get down to it they are still the same crimes. A drug addict is a drug addict! It really doesn't matter were the drugs came from.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Riggo44

I would be the same thing if it were cocaine or heroin! He was using the system to get his drugs. Instead of going out on the street to get them. Just because you have the money and now how and get multiple Dr's to right you prectriptions.Or get your maid to buy them for you in Mexico does not make it legal.He should get the same charges as a rock stars like Cortney Love get when there caught with there "street drugs".

So yea logically the goverment does have the right. There should not be a double standard. Illegal drugs are illegal drugs. Weather they came from a pharmacy or a drug dealer.
There is nothing worse the a white collard hypocrite that thinks there better or not like someone else. Only because there crimes seem a little cleaner on the surface. Because when you get down to it they are still the same crimes. A drug addict is a drug addict! It really doesn't matter were the drugs came from.

I agree all laws should be applied equally no matter your race or financial situation. My point is to question the validity of all drug laws. For the record, I believe all drugs, heroine, cocaine, marijuana -- all of them -- should be perfectly legal to use, sell, and possess.

I understand the fears of those who would object to those types of drugs, but Oxycontin? Percocet? Vicotin? Why are there criminal statutes related to the abuse of these drugs?

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I agree all laws should be applied equally no matter your race or financial situation. My point is to question the validity of all drug laws. For the record, I believe all drugs, heroine, cocaine, marijuana -- all of them -- should be perfectly legal to use, sell, and possess.

I understand the fears of those who would object to those types of drugs, but Oxycontin? Percocet? Vicotin? Why are there criminal statutes related to the abuse of these drugs?

Oxycontin is basically what heroin breaks down into... but I see where you're coming from in your first paragraph. It just shows you that what's considered legal and illegal is loosely based on health reasons- as we all know, legal pharmaceutacals are big business... legalizing certain schedule 1 substances would affect the industry somewhat- i don't know how for sure, but there are huge ramifications.

[Beemnseven]

I have heard that the company that makes Marinol -- the pharmecutical form of marijuana -- has some pretty tough lobbyists whose only purpose is to see to it that the street form of the drug never becomes legal. After all, there's no better way to stay ahead of your competition than to see to it that all other forms of it are prohibited by law.