Rush detained

[cardaway]

Every sample I have ever seen is packaged differently in packaging clearly labeling it as a sample. Is it normal, or even legal, to place sample pills in a standard perscription bottle not labeled as samples?

 

[eclectics]

Rush made the mistake of telling his audience last week that he was going to leave the country. I think that Palm Beach County was waiting for him. They weren't going to miss an oppportunity to 'get even'. How many people get off of cruise ships on a daily basis with their prescription medication stuffed in pill boxes or daily dispensers, etc. Its not unusual for people to travel with unlabeled medication.

So the red state of Florida and Jeb Bush are out to "get" Limbaugh? Wow. Wonder what would happen to him if he visited New York?

 

[sodaseller]

Rush made the mistake of telling his audience last week that he was going to leave the country. I think that Palm Beach County was waiting for him. They weren't going to miss an oppportunity to 'get even'. How many people get off of cruise ships on a daily basis with their prescription medication stuffed in pill boxes or daily dispensers, etc. Its not unusual for people to travel with unlabeled medication.

From CNN

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh was detained for about 3 1/2 hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription.

The 55-year-old radio commentator's luggage was examined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after his private plane landed at the airport around 2 p.m. from the Dominican Republic, said Paul Miller, spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

Customs officials found in Limbaugh's luggage a prescription bottle labeled as Viagra, a prescription drug that treats erectile disfunction, Miller said.

"The problem was that on the bottle itself was not his name, but the name of two Florida doctors," Miller said.

The matter was turned over to the sheriff's office, whose investigators interviewed Limbaugh.

He was stopped by Customs and Border Protection, then later turned over to PBCSO, which would otherwise have no jursdiction to search someone coming in without probable cause. Unless you think Customs in on the conspiracy to "get Rush", your ruminating makes no sense

Looney conspiracy theories

 

[noodleknitter]

Every sample I have ever seen is packaged differently in packaging clearly labeling it as a sample. Is it normal, or even legal, to place sample pills in a standard perscription bottle not labeled as samples?

Hell, I do that stuff all of the time! I combine them all together, so that I don't have to carry 16 bottles, and even mix them up... Of course, I am ussually packing Ibuprophren, Nexium, Synthroid, and Claritin! nothing remotely interesting!

This guy, however should know better! He is certainly missing a few cheerios in his bowl, and really deserves any harrassment he gets, IMO. He has spread hate, and we do reap what we sow. Or, for the secular crowd, Karma has a habit of biting you back!

 

[georgia4now]

It seems like a real prescription (according to the lawyer) - but I would think that given his brush with the law, he would actively make sure that every prescription would have all the proper information. IMHO it was just plain arrogant that he would think that having prescriptions not labeled with his name would fly under the radar. Rush could have avoided the intrusion by assuring that his prescriptions were labeled properly.

I'm a Rush fan...but I must agree.

 

[DawnCt1]

From CNN



He was stopped by Customs and Border Protection, then later turned over to PBCSO, which would otherwise have no jursdiction to search someone coming in without probable cause. Unless you think Customs in on the conspiracy to "get Rush", your ruminating makes no sense

Looney conspiracy theories

While that is clearly true, no agency works in a vacuum. Thousands of people come through customs every day and do not have their medications scrutinized.

 

[Geoff_M]

I have seen numerous excerpts (and heard some myself) in which he considered drug usage a moral weakness, which he then tied into liberalism in his Nietzschean ubermensch formulation on hiow lienrals cover for te hmorally weak.

Before I posted that, I Googled the topic and looked at several "anti-Rush" sites that were relishing Rush's supposed "hypocrisy" after his arrest. If there is any place to look for such quotes, it would have been these sites. The only quote I saw was the oft repeated one from 1995.

Plus, why does everyone assume it's only Viagra and that it was only samples - neither the original statement or his attorney's commments make that point. The original statement says among the drugs found were Viagra. The lawyers statements refers to prescriptions in the name of the physician, not samples

I don't think anyone was asserting for a fact that these were samples. Physician's samples were mentioned as a counter argument to the notion that it's a crime to merely carry prescription medication in a container or packet that doesn't bare your name and prescribing information. It's not a crime.

Reports are the problem was that the bottle bore the name of a physician instead of Limbaugh. In that case it would be understandable that it would at least raise the eyebrows of the cops. However, all of the talk about this being a crime is dependant on there being no doctor who will come forward to say he/she prescribed the medication. The local Sheriff referred what they found to the AG, but if Limbaugh can produce documentation that the drug was prescribed... then it's "game over" on the criminal front. Viagra isn't a controlled substance, and as such it's doubtful that any laws were broken by the doctor simply handing Limbaugh the drug directly. If no doc can be found to say they prescribed it, then it's another issue.

The "labled as Viagra" qualifier is interesting. Again, I saw on a blog some speculation that the blue pills in the bottle may be something other than Viagra.

Much like someone being referred to in the press, after being caught on tape firing the weapon, as an "alleged" shooter until conviction, what was in the bottle will be conditionally named until assays are performed to confirm, or refute, the contents.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

Now what in the world would el Rushbo be doing down in the Dominican Republic, known for easy access to some of the smarmiest legalized prostitution in the world, with a false prescription for Viagra...for the life of me I just can't figure it out...

 

[DawnCt1]

Why are you dancing around this? It was a prescription made out by the doctor in the doctor's name and filled at a pharmacy. It is not anywhere near the same thing as a free "few pills" sample from the pharmaceutical company.

Again, the point I am making is that he had a prescription that was given to him by his physician and the possession of it can easily be explained, just as samples can be explained. When you have a sample, where is your proof that it wasn't intended for your neighbor? Your physician can verify that just as his physician can verify that. Consider that one can call an 800 number, be briefly interviewed by a physician who will never lay eyes on you and a a few days later receive a bottle of Viagra.

 

[cardaway]

While that is clearly true, no agency works in a vacuum. Thousands of people come through customs every day and do not have their medications scrutinized.

Is he, or is he not, on probation? If he is, doesn't it make sense to scrutinize ANYBODY that is on probation?

 

[DawnCt1]

I don't think anyone was asserting for a fact that these were samples. Physician's samples were mentioned as a counter argument to the notion that it's a crime to merely carry prescription medication in a container or packet that doesn't bare your name and prescribing information. It's not a crime.

Reports are the problem was that the bottle bore the name of a physician instead of Limbaugh. In that case it would be understandable that it would at least raise the eyebrows of the cops. However, all of the talk about this being a crime is dependant on there being no doctor who will come forward to say he/she prescribed the medication. The local Sheriff referred what they found to the AG, but if Limbaugh can produce documentation that the drug was prescribed... then it's "game over" on the criminal front. Viagra isn't a controlled substance, and as such it's doubtful that any laws were broken by the doctor simply handing Limbaugh the drug directly. If no doc can be found to say they prescribed it, then it's another issue.

That's it precisely.

 

[DawnCt1]

Is he, or is he not, on probation? If he is, doesn't it make sense to scrutinize ANYBODY that is on probation?

A customs agent may or may not know that. I am guessing that someone dropped a dime on him.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Taking Viagra is immoral??? Who knew.

Let me guess. He was returning from the Dominican Republic, notorious for its sexcapades that can be bought on the relative cheap with a bottle of Viagra because he just curious as to how big his you know what could get and wasn't planning to have any extramarrital sex.
I can tell you right now, that one's going to be a hard sell.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

A customs agent may or may not know that. I am guessing that someone dropped a dime on him.

It is my understanding that this was a private flight. Customs runs everyone on private international flights. So what is your next argument?

 

[JimFitz]

Let me guess. He was returning from the Dominican Republic, notorious for its sexcapades that can be bought on the relative cheap with a bottle of Viagra because he just curious as to how big his you know what could get and wasn't planning to have any extramarrital sex.
I can tell you right now, that one's going to be a hard sell.

He is married??? Who the hell would allow themselves to be intimate with that pig?

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

Even if this proves out and Rush is guilty, it's only a misdemeanor at best.

I just love the fact that Rush, voice of the EIB network, has to hit the Dominican Republic hooker circuit to score with the chicks these days. Since his ratings have been slipping, it's obvious that he's trying to horn in on Howard Stern's audience.

 

[eclectics]

Again, the point I am making is that he had a prescription that was given to him by his physician and the possession of it can easily be explained, just as samples can be explained. When you have a sample, where is your proof that it wasn't intended for your neighbor? Your physician can verify that just as his physician can verify that. Consider that one can call an 800 number, be briefly interviewed by a physician who will never lay eyes on you and a a few days later receive a bottle of Viagra.

Anything can be easily explained. The only point I'm making is that a prescription from a Physician (I don't care who it was made out to) and a pharmaceutical sample are not the same thing, easily "explained", or not.

 

[georgia4now]

Now what in the world would el Rushbo be doing down in the Dominican Republic, known for easy access to some of the smarmiest legalized prostitution in the world, with a false prescription for Viagra...for the life of me I just can't figure it out...

I'm glad you guys are having so much fun with this...and technically, Rush was in the wrong so I can't defend him. All in all, it's much ado about nothing. Viagra is legal, the prescription was legal, it's just a way for libs to poke fun at someone who is passionate about conservatism. And I don't blame you. He's been making you guys look silly for years now.

Enjoy it while you can! Rush won't be so funny going in to 2008.

 

[salmoneous]

He is married??? Who the hell would allow themselves to be intimate with that pig?

Rush is divorced from his 3rd wife. He broke up with his steady girlfriend back in February. I still say the fun question is whether Rush was down there with a new girlfriend that nobody knows about, was down there looking to meet somebody new and hoped he would get lucky, or if the phrase "legal sex trade" is going to be popping up in all the tabloids.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

He is married??? Who the hell would allow themselves to be intimate with that pig?

There's about 17 very well paid Dominican prostitutes who might be better able to answer that for you!

As far as marriage, he's single and happens to be 4-5 times divorced. Ol' Rush is a regular paragon of virtue!