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.
Did the same channel "flipping" as you. I agree with you to a point. I think someone is home but the lights are not working. Meaning, I think his mind/thoughts are "sound" but he has trashed his synapses to the extent that his thoughts cannot be expressed articulately through speech.
Not at all. My answers have been quite simple and entirely rational. I just enjoy hearing you guys hysterically explain how alcohol is so bad, but legalizing drugs will solve that problem. All of you amateur civil liberties lawyers keep trying to change the subject. Admittedly, I can't help addressing the fantastically moronic idea that kids will no longer have access to drugs when drugs are legal, but as for the rest, I'm not interested. All of you have yet to provide a compelling case for legalizing drugs. Next?
Well that at least which he hasn't already toked away using illegal drugs all his life.
He's a real role model for conservatives to emulate don't you think? "Ozzy sez : Pot bad.....conservatives cheer
We always cheer and celebrate the Truth.
Ozzie....consider nominating him for Governor of California."
Now I have it confirmed that you are not operating on all pistons. We true conservative Republicans will be nominating Ah-Nold for that esteemed position.
For your particular edification, I suppose it will be necessary to explain that, "Ah-Nold" stands for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Oh, now there you go using the "S" word, shame on you. And what is truly sad, is that instead of being out there attempting to change the "punative" laws, you are in here debating endlessly the same arguments over and over again.
Good luck for you will need it, 3 of the last 4 pot issues brought to the voters, were voted down.
As much as I admire Mr Schwartznegger's acting abilities, only a fool would believe that he is a conservative.
I don't live in California, but geez....don't you guys have a conservative candidate you can run out there?
Yeah, I do, what is tragic is that you don't.
Perhaps when you give answers. But when you are asked serious questions that go directly to the real issue - not that legalizing drugs will make alcohol issues better (which is a silly characterization - you have not seen anyone make such an argument), but that there are serious policy considerations arising from the WoD that have nothing to do with whether marijuana is "bad," but rather are focused on appropriate use of government resources, appropriate reasons for curtailing the freedom of Americans and eroding the Bill or Rights, and the extent to which the "harm" resulting from use of a substance serves as a basis for focusing a substantial portion of the criminal justice system on such use, and how much "harm" is necessary to justify such focus - you just avoid the questions.
Why not simply respond to 607 and 632?
So now I'm putting words in Ozzie's mouth? Soory heads, he really said those things.
Bump
Hey, that tactic has been working for you anti-woddies.
Um dopey, that is the only point that I am interested in talking about. Find somebody else to talk about your other "issues." If you can.
And that is EXACTLY the logic that you dreamers are using "Alcohol is bad and it is legal, so make pot legal."
Talk about nuts.
Bump
Here's a gauntlet, if that is the only issue you are interested in - find me a single statement from any post that supports your lying allegation that I contend drug legalization will alleviate problems caused by alcohol. Find one. Even one you can stretch. You can't do it, you lying sos.
You stated your reason for continuing the WoD, and in #631 I asked you to elaborate on your reasoning. And you run away like a scared little girl.
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