Wouldnt Rush Drug bust represent a Parole Violation ??

[Freedom_Aflaim]

Regular folks who get caught with illegally prescribed drugs while on probation for drug charges usually get sent to the slammer.

[benburch]

1. In a Just world, yes.

But he is;

A. Rich.

B. Famous.

C. Republican.

And there are different rules for them until the day comes when we have a new Robespierre.

[fmlymninral]

2. according to what I read

Rush is not on Parole. He did not plead guilty to any charges therefore he can not be on parole. He entered to into an agreement to stay in treatment in exchange for all charges be dropped at the end of that treatment. Now whether this will upset that agreement is not known at this time.

[niyad]

3. welcome to DU--I believe that part of the agreement was that he was

to stay clean and out of trouble for the 18 months. my guess, though, is that absolutely nothing is going to happen to him.

[Breeze54]

4. He's on Probation, not parole.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/14908490.htm

Rush Limbaugh detained at airport
BY CHRYSTIAN TEJEDOR AND MISSY STODDARD
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted on Mon, Jun. 26, 2006

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Just one month ago, Limbaugh signed a deal with prosecutors following a high-profile and long-running investigation into allegations of doctor shopping for prescription pain killers.

Investigators alleged that Limbaugh obtained overlapping prescriptions from three doctors, one in New York and two in Palm Beach County, without telling them.

While Limbaugh received treatment for back pain at a Jupiter outpatient surgery center, he signed a pain-management contract that required him to get all his drugs from the center and reveal which pharmacy he would use to fill the prescriptions, court documents show.

Limbaugh drew the attention of investigators after his former housekeeper went to prosecutors in December 2002 and told them she and her husband sold Limbaugh large quantities of the painkillers hydrocodone and OxyContin as well as other prescription drugs for several years.

Under the agreement, which was announced as prosecutors were considering taking their evidence to a grand jury, Limbaugh was briefly booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on the felony doctor-shopping charge.

He was fingerprinted and released within an hour after posting $3,000 bail. Some sheriff's deputies greeted him and shook his hand.

Limbaugh agreed to supervision for 18 months while he continued his rehabilitation with the therapist who has treated him since he admitted to a painkiller addiction in October 2003 and entered a month-long treatment program. The agreement also calls for Limbaugh to undergo drug testing and pay $30,000 toward the cost of the investigation, prosecutors said.

During that time, Limbaugh can't own a gun, can't use "intoxicants to excess" and must remain gainfully employed.

If Limbaugh successfully completes the terms of his 18 months of supervision, the felony charge will be dismissed and his record will be clean. <--snip

It was not immediately clear whether Monday's incident would affect the agreement with the State Attorney's Office. However, a spokesman for the office said that, generally, a person on drug
offender probation is prohibited from possessing narcotics and that Viagra does not fall in that category.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel researcher Barbara Hijek and correspondent Josh Hafenbrack contributed to this report.

[Rex]

5. Normal people get parole, wealthy assholes like Rush get probation.

Does the 'three strikes' rule apply to illegal drugs like what Rush was carrying? :sarcasm: