Drug Addiction News Stories Recent: Conservative Radio Host’s Prescription Drug Addiction Story

In recent years, the prescription drug addictions of many public figures have come to light. One of the most tragic personal prescription drug addiction stories in recent years is that of radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. He achieved a level of fame, wealth, and influence that most people would envy, but he dealt with a privately devastating prescription drug addiction.

Rush Limbaugh is a prominent conservative talk show host and author. Around 20 million listeners tune into his radio show Monday through Friday. He wrote several books that have become bestsellers and have sold millions of copies. His conservative opinions (including calls for personal responsibility and clean living) and quick wit made him a national superstar; many people were shocked when it developed that he was addicted to drugs, himself.

In October of 2003, Palm Beach County Police linked Rush Limbaugh to the illegal black market of prescription drugs. Limbaugh admitted that he had become addicted to prescription pain medication several years earlier, when he underwent a spinal surgery. The surgery was unsuccessful and the radio commentator continued to experience excruciating pain in his lower back and neck. He claimed that he checked himself into treatment centers on two previous occasions to try to quit using the pain pills.

Though Limbaugh spoke out against drug use many times on his radio broadcast, he came clean about his own problems soon after the story broke in other news outlets. He made no excuses for his addiction and entered a treatment center for a third and final time.

Rush Limbaugh has since returned to his radio show and claims that he is now drug free, but the ordeal lost him the respect of some of his former listeners and provided those who disagree with his views evidence that he is a hypocrite.

While Rush Limbaugh recovered relatively quickly from his addiction, he went through many hard times before being able to cure his addiction, and the severe hearing loss he suffered was likely a result of the drugs he was taking. The hearing loss seems to have been adequately resolved with the use of a cochlear implant. However, many personal prescription drug stories do not end as well as Limbaugh’s; some end in death.

Craziest Car Wreck EVER on 675! Car Ramps Into Overpass! (Cruiser Cam & News Story) – Video posted by Michael Clouse. GREENE COUNTY, Ohio — Beavercreek police said the man driving the car that crashed on I-675 Monday morning, was arrested and released shortly before he slammed into the cement wall of an overpass. That driver, 19-year-old Brennan Eden of Mason, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital in critical condition. According to Beavercreek police, Eden was arrested for prohibition, drug paraphernalia and drug abuse after he was found in his car with a teen girl in a parking lot near the corner of Beaver Vu Dr. and North Fairfield Rd. Police said they also found Eden to be in the possession of an unopened can of alcohol, a trace of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia inside the car. The juvenile girl was arrested for prohibition and released to the custody of her father. Eden was cited for his violations and released. Police said he was cooperative throughout the investigation. The officer conducted a field sobriety test and he said there was no indication that Eden was under the influence of alcohol at the time. He was released prior to 7 am and within 15 minutes, Eden was involved in the crash. At 7:15 am, the dashboard camera of a Sugercreek Township Police Officer’s cruiser captured Eden driving at a high rate of speed to the left side of I-675 near Indian Ripple Rd. The video shows the car striking a culvert and flew into the air, then hitting the Wagner Road Bridge overpass. The car broke into many pieces and Eden was ejected. State troopers in Xenia …

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