"Funny.... you failed to address the Rx issue"
I haven't heard anyone claim they had a prescription.

The reason congress is involved versus the NBA or the NFL is that baseball is the only sport in the country with an anti-trust exemption granted by congress. It's the duty of congress to revisit that from time to time to determine if that's still warranted. Basically congess is an overseer of MLB.

Murder, rape, armed robbery aren't against the rules of baseball that I know of either.
Should Michael Vick have been suspended? Did he break team or NFL rules?

Should college players be suspended for off campus crimes?

Highschoolers?

I too think that the owners on down were well aware and probably encouraged it with a "I don't want to know" attitude but I think that if this is swept under the rug then it will die down and continue business as usual.