Rush Limbaugh Will Not be Charged over Viagra

Rush Limbaugh will not be charged for carrying a legally prescribed, legal drug, while legally traveling, prosecutors say.

Rush Limbaugh will not face charges in Palm Beach County for the bottle of Viagra found in his luggage that was prescribed in his doctor’s name, prosecutors said Wednesday. Charges could have nullified the conservative radio host’s plea agreement in a “doctor shopping” case.

Limbaugh, 55, was detained for more than three hours at Palm Beach International Airport on June 26 after he returned on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. The state attorney’s office said Dr. Steve Strumwasser’s name was on the Viagra bottle, not Limbaugh’s. Strumwasser, who is Limbaugh’s psychiatrist, told authorities he “agreed to have his name on the label in an effort to avoid potentially embarrassing publicity for the suspect,” according to a filing by the prosecutor’s office. “Thus, the medication contained in the subject pill bottle was legitimately prescribed to the suspect by his physician,” the filing said. It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party’s name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County.

Shorter DA: Limbaugh committed no crime. Yet, he was detained for three hours and his name dragged through the press for something that was perfectly legal.

Related posts below the fold.

Continued…

Popularity: 13% [?]

Rush Limbaugh Will Not be Charged over Viagra

ADVERTISERS

TOPICS

AFFILIATIONS