Posted on 07/08/2003 2:31:17 PM PDT by presidio9
Ozzy Osbourne may have weathered the lowest lows that drug addiction has to offer, but the news that his son Jack was seeking treatment for substance abuse taught him a lesson that his own decades of addiction never did.
"I used to think they should legalize pot, but you know what? They should ban the lot," Osbourne told MTV News, addressing Jack's battle for the first time. "One thing leads to another. Coffee leads to Red Bull, Red Bull leads to crank.
"When I found out the full depth of him getting into OxyContin, which is like hillbilly heroin, I was shocked and stunned," Osbourne continued. "The thing that's amazing was how rapidly he went from smoking pot to doing hillbilly heroin."
Ozzy's son entered a California rehabilitation facility in April to battle what was later revealed to be an addiction to the prescription painkiller OxyContin (see "Jack Osbourne Reveals He Was Addicted To Painkiller OxyContin"). Jack also said that he was drinking and using a variety of substances — including Vicodin, Valium, Xanax, Dilaudid, Lorcet, Lortab, Percocet and marijuana — before his trip to rehab (see "Rehab Helps Jack Osbourne Get To Root Of Addiction Problems").
Jack's laundry list of controlled substances made his father painfully aware of just how readily available drugs are. "When I started doing drugs years ago, they were hard to get, but today it's everywhere," Osbourne said. "It's not just America. It's not just California. It's not just Beverly Hills. It's not just downtown New York. It's not just London. It's all over the world" (see "All About OxyContin, The Pills Known As 'Killers' ").
This relatively easy access to allegedly "controlled" substances is especially hard for Ozzy to swallow given his firsthand experience with the damage that drugs can do.
"I'm 55 years old, and I didn't get off scot-free," Osbourne explained. "I have to take medication for the rest of my life because I've done so much neurological damage to my body," Osbourne said.
We'll have much more from our interviews with Ozzy and Jack in an "MTV News Now" special report, premiering Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET/PT (Jack's complete interview will appear on MTVNews.com when the show premieres). The show will be followed the next day by a repeat of MTV News' "True Life: I'm Hooked on OxyContin" at 6:30 p.m.
Maybe. But is the case of Ozzy, breathing air led to harder drugs (unless you believe that Ozzy would have never used harder drugs if pot did not exist)
Ozzy says coffee leads to harder drugs - do you also buy that hook, line, and sinker?
Ozzy is having problems with one of his kids and he is looking for something to blame. Ozzy says it is the inanimate objects that cause the problem. Other might think his parenting skills had more to do with it.
FACT: people that have a propensity to use illegal drugs will likely use illegal drugs – pot did not make them do it.
There is no such thing as a gateway drug.
There is a stigma attached to using an illegal substance. Once the line is crossed, it is much easier to use other illegal drugs because the laws have already made you an outlaw. The problem is the laws, not the substance. If pot was not illegal, the stigma would be removed and the “gateway” observation would vanish (IMHO).
Abusing any substance is bad. Be it food or mind altering substances like alcohol. The problem is abuse, not the inanimate objects. Prohibition does not work – never has, never will. If pot was legal there would be no criminals selling it. Notice the law enforcement problem related to pot is possession and distribution – not problems with people that use the substance. Starting to see the light now?
Who is to say? Maybe so maybe not.
Ozzy says coffee leads to harder drugs - do you also buy that hook, line, and sinker?
Not at all, those are clearly the ramblings of a man who by his own admission long ago fried his brains on all sorts of illegal witches brews.
Ozzy is having problems with one of his kids and he is looking for something to blame. Ozzy says it is the inanimate objects that cause the problem. Other might think his parenting skills had more to do with it.
A good argument for not using illegal drugs.
FACT: people that have a propensity to use illegal drugs will likely use illegal drugs – pot did not make them do it.
There again maybe. As LeRoy would say lets see you prove your claim.
There is no such thing as a gateway drug.
Again, prove your claim, and not with a study from some pro drug organiazation. How about some proof from say the American Medical Association?
There is a stigma attached to using an illegal substance. Once the line is crossed, it is much easier to use other illegal drugs because the laws have already made you an outlaw. The problem is the laws, not the substance. If pot was not illegal, the stigma would be removed and the “gateway” observation would vanish (IMHO).
That seems like "Never, never land" thinking.
Abusing any substance is bad. Be it food or mind altering substances like alcohol. The problem is abuse, not the inanimate objects.<.I>
Prohibition does not work – never has, never will.
Like the prohibition against murder? Should we then make it legal to murder someone, because the prohibition against murder has not stopped people murdering one another.?
If pot was legal there would be no criminals selling it. Notice the law enforcement problem related to pot is possession and distribution – not problems with people that use the substance.
Starting to see the light now?
Yeah,well not really, let's just agree to disagree.
In other words... You are a FILTHY LIAR!!!
What a joke! You don't have the first clue as to what the Bill of Rights says or doesn't say, or what rights it enumerates.
Wrong again.
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