A story from yesterday's news:
Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh has reached an agreement with prosecutors, under which he will not have to spend time in jail on charges that he fraudulently sought prescription drugs.
Under the agreement, the prescription fraud charge will be dismissed after 18 months if he complies with terms of an agreement. Limbaugh must submit to random drug tests and must continue treatment for his addiction to the painkiller OxyContin. He also may not own a gun.
Limbaugh does not have to admit guilt to the charge, to which he pleaded not guilty last Friday.
"This is a common sense resolution and the appropriate way the state should treat people who have admitted an addiction to prescription pain medication and voluntarily sought treatment," said his attorney.
Prosecutors launched their investigation in 2003 after Limbaugh's housekeeper alleged he abused OxyContin and other painkillers. He entered a five-week rehabilitation program that year and blamed his addiction on severe back pain.
And so on and so forth.
I guess the moral of the story is that if you want to abuse drugs, it really helps to be a well-known conservative radio commentator. I wonder if Mr. Limbaugh is going to walk away from this life experience with some new insights on the plight of all those who, for whatever reason, get hooked on drugs.
(Pause)
Nah, I don't think so, either.
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