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Here’s the story:

Investigators were trying to determine Tuesday whether Rush Limbaugh violated a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case when authorities found he had a bottle of Viagra that was apparently prescribed to someone else.

Limbaugh, 55, was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after he returned on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found Viagra in his bag, but his name wasn’t on the prescription, Palm Beach County sheriff’s spokesman Paul Miller said.

Limbaugh’s lawyer, Roy Black, said the prescription was written in Limbaugh’s doctor’s name "for privacy purposes." The conservative host was released without being charged and investigators confiscated the Viagra, which treats erectile dysfunction.

CNN takes things a little different:

Rush Limbaugh could see a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case collapse after authorities found a bottle of Viagra in his bag at Palm Beach International Airport. The prescription was not in his name…..

Customs officials found the Viagra in his luggage but his name was not on the prescription, said Paul Miller, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

Miller said the alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor. The sheriff’s office was investigating and will soon turn the case over to the state attorney’s office, which had no immediate comment Tuesday.

Now, if you read the Fox story a little further, it quotes this:

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.

So, Fox, via a spokesman for the STATE attorney says it’s probably OK.  CNN quotes a sheriff’s deputy who says he could go to jail.  Gee, which one do I trust?

Bottom line, really, who cares?  If the media pursues this as they did his other little problem, they’ll have to explain in great detail WHY he needed the Viagra, and Rush will tell us in great detail what it did for him.

Now, I’m here to tell ya, that’s more than I ever need to know.

( And, to see how serious this violation is, look over there on my Google ads.  I bet you’ll see about five ads so you can buy it online.  Discretely.  )

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