[http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34 The Top Talk Radio Audiences] Tallkers magazine online</ref>
[http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34 The Top Talk Radio Audiences] Tallkers magazine online</ref>
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On October 6, 2003 Limbaugh told his audience he was addicted to OxyContin and other painkillers. <ref>The Rush Limbaugh Show, October 6, 2007.</ref> Limbaugh underwent treatment for his addiction, and charges against him for alleged "doctor shopping" to procure prescription medications were dropped on the condition that he continue treatment for his addiction.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/28/national/main1561324.shtml</ref>In what can be viewed as a testament to his professionalism, there was no apparent change in the quality of his broadcasts regardless of whether he was sober or stoned to the gills.
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On October 6, 2003 Limbaugh told his audience he was addicted to OxyContin and other painkillers. <ref>The Rush Limbaugh Show, October 6, 2007.</ref> Limbaugh underwent treatment for his addiction, and charges against him for alleged "doctor shopping" to procure prescription medications were dropped on the condition that he continue treatment for his addiction.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/28/national/main1561324.shtml</ref>