# What was Rush Limbaugh's quote about drug users **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-rush-limbaughs-quote-about-drug-users/323925 "2005-09-28T22:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-rush-limbaughs-quote-about-drug-users/323925/1 "2005-09-28T22:39:03Z")
I am looking for a verifiable source of what Rush Limbaugh had to say about people who use drugs. IIRC, he said that all drug users should be imprisoned, but I’m not sure of the exact quote. I do not wish to debate anything. I need to show this to someone. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-rush-limbaughs-quote-about-drug-users/323925/2 "2005-09-28T22:44:36Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I am looking for a verifiable source of what Rush Limbaugh had to say about people who use drugs. IIRC, he said that all drug users should be imprisoned, but I’m not sure of the exact quote. > > I do not wish to debate anything. I need to show this to someone. [Rush Limbaugh drug-war quotes.](http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/1652834_comment.php) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-rush-limbaughs-quote-about-drug-users/323925/3 "2005-09-28T22:45:26Z")
“And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.” “When you strip it all away, Jerry Garcia (former Grateful Dead guitarist) destroyed his life on drugs. And yet he’s being honored, like some godlike figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks.” (well ditto heads? I bet you still love this drug addicted, law-breaking drug freek. Ever hear of ‘just say no’ or how by buying drugs you are supporting Osama?)" Here are some more: > **[FAIR](https://fair.org/?page=1159)** > > FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-rush-limbaughs-quote-about-drug-users/323925/4 "2005-09-29T01:06:13Z")
And people still hang on Rush’s every word as pure truth from on high. Oh, nevermind, he is high. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-rush-limbaughs-quote-about-drug-users/323925/5 "2005-09-29T16:40:41Z")
Rush very rarely mentioned drugs on his show. The quotes we have on him on the subject tend to be very old. In truth, the War on Drugs does not have universal support amongst right-wing radio listeners. That would only be one reason why Rush rarely mentioned it. So anyway, Rush has provided very little recent ammunition to use against him due to his drug (and legal) problems. (By the way, being investigated for drugs is bad. Being investigated for ‘Hillbilly Heroin’ is just so darn embarrassing.)