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CNN -- "Rush Limbaugh announced on his radio program Friday that he is addicted to pain medication and that he is checking himself into a treatment center immediately.
"'You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life,' the conservative commentator said in a statement on his nationally syndicated radio show.
"'I need to tell you today that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.'
"Law enforcement sources said last week that Limbaugh's name had come up during an investigation into a black market drug ring in Palm Beach County, Florida. The sources said that authorities were looking into the illegal sale of the prescription drugs OxyContin and hydrocodone.
"Limbaugh, who has a residence in Palm Beach County, was named by sources as a possible buyer. He was not the focus of the investigation, according to the sources."
Source: CNN
Good on Limbaugh for talking about his addiction, and let's hope that his airing of the issue will help more conservatives see that addiction is an illness and not a moral defect, and that many addicts have the disease due to iatrogenic causes. Another thing that might be affected by Limbaugh's revelation is the common mistaken attitude that addicted people are of a certain stereotype.
CNN -- "Rush Limbaugh announced on his radio program Friday that he is addicted to pain medication and that he is checking himself into a treatment center immediately.
"'You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life,' the conservative commentator said in a statement on his nationally syndicated radio show.
"'I need to tell you today that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.'
"Law enforcement sources said last week that Limbaugh's name had come up during an investigation into a black market drug ring in Palm Beach County, Florida. The sources said that authorities were looking into the illegal sale of the prescription drugs OxyContin and hydrocodone.
"Limbaugh, who has a residence in Palm Beach County, was named by sources as a possible buyer. He was not the focus of the investigation, according to the sources."
Source: CNN
Good on Limbaugh for talking about his addiction, and let's hope that his airing of the issue will help more conservatives see that addiction is an illness and not a moral defect, and that many addicts have the disease due to iatrogenic causes. Another thing that might be affected by Limbaugh's revelation is the common mistaken attitude that addicted people are of a certain stereotype.
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