{"id":7782,"date":"2006-06-27T09:13:22","date_gmt":"2006-06-27T13:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7782"},"modified":"2006-06-27T09:13:22","modified_gmt":"2006-06-27T13:13:22","slug":"limbaugh-detained-for-prescription-drug-problem-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/limbaugh-detained-for-prescription-drug-problem-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Limbaugh detained for prescription drug problem (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the unlikely event you haven’t heard<\/a>…<\/p>\n

[tag]Rush Limbaugh[\/tag] was detained for about 3 1\/2 hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of [tag]Viagra[\/tag] in his possession without a prescription.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Customs officials found in Limbaugh’s luggage a [tag]prescription[\/tag] bottle labeled as Viagra, a prescription drug that treats erectile disfunction, Miller said.<\/p>\n

“The problem was that on the bottle itself was not his name, but the name of two Florida doctors,” Miller said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn’t an area in which I have any expertise, but Limbaugh’s attorney said the prescription was intentionally issued under a doctor’s name instead of Limbaugh’s “for privacy purposes.” It sounds like an odd explanation, since prescriptions aren’t exactly part of the public record.<\/p>\n

Regardless, it’s unclear what happens next. Limbaugh was released without being charged, but the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said the incident may amount to “a second degree misdemeanor violation, which is possession of certain drugs without a prescription, because the bottle does not have his name on it.”<\/p>\n

Does this violate the deal Limbaugh struck with prosecutors after the blowhard’s last prescription-[tag]drug[\/tag] [tag]problem[\/tag]? I don’t know; I guess we’ll find out.<\/p>\n

I should add, however, that if Limbaugh does have a serious problem with prescription drugs, it’s a shame and I wish him a speedy recovery. [tag]Addiction[\/tag] isn’t funny. Here’s to hoping that law enforcement doesn’t treat Limbaugh the way he’s said on-air other addicts should be treated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the unlikely event you haven’t heard… [tag]Rush Limbaugh[\/tag] was detained for about 3 1\/2 hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of [tag]Viagra[\/tag] 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}