DOUBLE STANDARD ON DRUGS

Regarding "Drug War Offers Bitter Pill" (Other Views, July 21):

Richard Paey is in state prison for misuse of pain medication for a
serious affliction, M.S. and chronic pain. He will be there, in his
wheelchair, for many years.

On Thursday afternoon, Rush Limbaugh was on the radio again carrying
water for the right and making a fortune while doing so. How is it
that Limbaugh illegally misused a pain medication that is in the same
legal classification as heroin and is living handsomely, while Paey
stares at the razor wire from his wheelchair? Perhaps those scales
held by "justice" in front of the courthouse aren't balanced after
all. Megadittos to our legal system.

THOMAS MACIOCHA

Tampa