# Rush Limbaugh and drugs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763 "2008-02-22T20:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763/61 "2008-02-26T12:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Glad to hear it, I was trying to choose between “Quit Fuckin’ Talkin’!” and “Quasimodo’s Final Toll” [/QUOTE] you did better than me, all I could come up w/ was ‘quite friggid Quint’ which made no sense. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763/62 "2008-02-26T12:49:26Z")
When people complain that Rush Limbaugh isn’t being treated with sufficient civility, it always reminds me of the schoolyard bully who suddenly declares that it’s ‘no fair’ to use fists when the victim starts hitting back. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763/63 "2008-02-26T12:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] It is apparent (with thanks to Qadgop, DoctorJ and the other posters who were correct in this regard for the education) that I have underestimated how widespread is the abuse of pain-killers and the consequences thereof. My ignorance has at least been reduced in this regard. I do still think that pain-killer abuse, as a percentage of the overall drug problem that exists in this country, is still a relatively minor one. [/QUOTE] Newspeak -\> English Translation: I acknowledge your evidence of my error, but not to the point of actually changing my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763/64 "2008-02-26T17:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=chorpler] The Consumer’s Union report **Licit and Illicit Drugs** talks about women prostituting themselves and people trading all their food for cigarettes during WWII, when cigarettes were very scarce. [/QUOTE] Most people remember the old “I would walk a mile for a Camel” advertisements, however, not many people remember Lucky Strike’s wildly successful “I would suck a dick for a Lucky Strike” campaign… Toasty! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763/65 "2008-03-04T17:43:41Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Glad to hear it, I was trying to choose between “Quit Fuckin’ Talkin’!” and “Quasimodo’s Final Toll” [/QUOTE] When I’m trying to figure out those kind of things, I can never imagine an “F” as anything but fuck. So I guess nobody know the answer to the OP, which is does Rush still talk about drug addiction on his show? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763/66 "2008-03-04T17:56:24Z")
The thing that always seems lost in threads on talk radio is that these people are _showmen_ (and women). I work in radio, and it is a host’s job to drive ratings (and thereby drive up ad rates). Saying controversial things tends to drive ratings. I’d be shocked in Limbaugh (and his ilk, including the tv talk show hosts) believe things as vehemently as they portray on the air. Or if they believe them at all. Pissing people off is a tried and true way to get people to call in and capture listeners. Which leads to what I think should be the real issue: why so many people are never taught to deal with the media with a critical eye. Er, ear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-and-drugs/438763.md?page=3)