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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (738562)	5/1/2006 1:14:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

You are apparently correct, Sir on the number (for that one narrow time period only however... allegations --- possibly not included because of statute of limitations considerations, point to MANY, MANY MORE pills then that, though). Looks like no guns are allowed for Rush, though, and he has to come in for random 'pisser' tests, and continue with addiction counciling. this marks his THIRD trip into drug rehab: That is what a quick scan of the reportage seems to indicate: "...After seizing his medical records, authorities learned Limbaugh received up to 2,000 painkillers, prescribed by four doctors in six months." Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney and prominent Miami defense lawyer, said the agreement is a standard deal for first-time, nonviolent drug offenders. ``The essence of a pretrial diversion is that you do not acknowledge guilt,' Coffey said. ``It doesn't either vindicate the defendant's innocence nor does it truly vindicate the prosecution's assertion of guilt. In that sense, it's a draw.' sun-sentinel.com Prosecutors previously were investigating prescriptions that Limbaugh received from Florida and California doctors between March 2003 and September 2003, when he allegedly picked up 1,733 hydrocodone, 90 OxyContin, 50 Xanax and 40 time-release morphine pills. In 2003, Wilma Cline, Limbaugh's former housekeeper and her handyman husband, David, gave the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office copies of e-mails and taped phone messages documenting what they allege became Limbaugh's 30-pill-a-day drug habit. Wilma Cline told The National Enquirer that she began funneling to Limbaugh some of her husband's hydrocodone supply, prescribed after David Cline fell when a pull-down ladder snapped apart, injuring his neck, knees and hand in March 1988. After those prescriptions dried up, Wilma Cline found another drug source for Limbaugh, she told the tabloid, getting him at one point 11,900 pills in a four month period in 2001. After the Clines' story broke, Limbaugh acknowledged on his nationally syndicated radio program that he was addicted to painkillers, and took a 30-day leave of absence to try to kick the habit. "I want you to know I'm no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I'm doing something heroic here, something great here. I'm not a victim. I'm not going to portray myself as a victim. I take full responsibility for this problem," Limbaugh told his listeners in October 2003. Limbaugh also told listeners that day that he had twice checked into rehabilitation clinics over the past half-dozen years in an effort to break his addiction and would do so again immediately. . </b sun-sentinel.com Drug tests part of the deal for Rush Limbaugh team4news.com WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Rush Limbaugh is going to have to submit to random drug tests. It's part of an agreement filed today, one that will dismiss a prescription fraud charge against him after 18 months if he complies with the terms. The conservative commentator will have to continue getting treatment for what he acknowledges is an addiction to painkillers. And, he won't be allowed to own a gun. The agreement filed in West Palm Beach, Florida, doesn't require him to admit guilt to a charge of seeking a prescription from a doctor without revealing that he'd received medications from another practitioner around the same time. Limbaugh entered a plea of not-guilty on Friday. His lawyer calls the agreement a "common-sense resolution" -- and says it's the way the state should deal with someone who's addicted to pain medication and who has voluntarily sought treatment. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.