Doren, Medical doctors, psychiatrists, and psychologists, have done, practically, nothing to cure any addiction. I am, very, familiar with AA, and spent a month in Hazelton, as part of my, ultimate, recovery. Neither caused me to stop, but gave me some very useful tools to use when the time came that I new I needed to make changes. Fortunately, the groups are free, except for freely given donations. That does not include Hazelton, but when I went there, it was affordable. Today, I hear that it costs 10 times as much.
I also know about type 2 diabetes brought on be alcohol, and improper diet, but still maintain that the actions that lead to diabetes are voluntary, and do not indicate disease in themselves.
When I went to LBJ Hospital, which was a county hospital, there was a program called the "gold card" that made it possible for those that, contended, that they could not afford medical care, could get it, virtually, free. There were many cases where this help was badly abused, and cost a lot of taxpayers' money.
I think that Rush knows that he made a serious mistake, and will be sure to correct it as soon as he can. He is not the only well known person that has gotten hooked on prescription medicine, without meaning to. Look what happened to Elvis. From recent revelations, he was not the one that insisted on the use of drugs. The abuse began when he became exhausted from touring, and Col. Tom Parker ordered the doctor to give him drugs so he could perform regardless of how tired he was. Parker is, in a way, responsible for the early death of Presley. He was in it for the money, and nothing else mattered to him.
No addict, regardless of his station in life, has the right to lay into another addict for any reason. Addiction does not give a damn if one is rich or, poor, and plays no favorites. The rich addict is just as much of a drain on society, as a poor addict, and does not deserve any more respect than the poorest, homeless, wino living under a highway bridge in a cardboard box. Whoever is caught using illegal drugs, regardless, of wealth, should receive the same punishment as any other, but one of the problems with
America today, is that money talks. That's how people like OJ get away with, cold blooded, murder. |
