Originally Posted by DieselJim

We should not put people in jail that get addicted to pain killers. Especially if they are in pain. Equating a junkie addicted to his pain killers to street dealers is ludicrous. Now if Rush was acquiring pills to sell them they should throw the book at him. I am a huge Rush fan. I would like to see all drugs decriminalized. I think that policy makes a lot of sense. You have a liberal prosecutor going after an icon. Where is the media going after this bozo and the guy going after Tom Delay in Texas. I seem to remember that the media was as gracious to a prosecutor named Ken Starr. I hope there was some common sense buried in this thread somewhere.