Rush Limbaugh, 55, a conservative commentator, where most of America knows

him as the football analyst from "ESPN's Sunday Football Countdown". Investigators

conducted a three year investigation on Limbaugh for prescription fraud.

"Rush Limbaugh was ‘doctor shopping' throughout Palm Beach, Florida. ‘Doctor

Shopping' is a term to describe a person seeking practitioner's to prescribe certain

Narcotics or overlapping their scripts for numerous amounts of narcotics."(1) Florida

law states that one that "doctor shops" could be punishable up to five years in prison.

Rush Limbaugh was seeking out practitioners to prescribe him with such

Painkillers as Oxycontin, Lorcet, Norco, Hydrocodone, Kadian, Xanax (anti-anxiety

drug), Niacin, and Cloriodine (treats increased blood pressure). Limbaugh claims he

became addicted to these painkillers due to severe back pain. Wilma Cline, Limbaugh's

former maid told reporters that even her and her husband......

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Title: Rush Limbaugh And The Politics Of Drug Addiction
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