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A Drug Problem Isn’t a Moral Failing

By Lynn Webster, M.D. | February 20, 2021 | 0
Rush Limbaugh

We may never know why Rush Limbaugh made the choices he did. But, just as we would never think of berating him for falling victim to the lung cancer that took his life, we also shouldn’t chastise him for misusing painkillers.

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