Skip to comments.
Ozzy Says He Now Believes Pot Leads To Other Addictions
MTV ^
| 07.08.2003
| Robert Mancini, with reporting by Gideon Yago
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.
TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: wodlist
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 721-740, 741-760, 761-780 ... 1,661-1,662 next last
To: lugsoul
What was the question?
We can keep bumping this article back to the top for the rst of the summer as far as I'm concerned...
741
posted on
07/10/2003 8:47:00 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: presidio9
You gave no examples. You just baldly claimed there were a bunch of them. Of course, I sure you don't understand the difference. And you did say it was MY logic. And you were lying.
742
posted on
07/10/2003 8:47:46 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
To: presidio9
#607 and #631
743
posted on
07/10/2003 8:48:11 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
To: presidio9
You are truly dense. You just refuse to get the point. I don't want any of this to be illegal. I don't care if you eat a thousand cheeseburgers and your heart explodes. Do you understand that this is the difference between us? I don't want to put you in jail for your self destructive practices (which, by the way often have consequences for those around you).
744
posted on
07/10/2003 8:48:30 AM PDT
by
jayef
To: lugsoul
Without reference to alcohol, I asked you to articulate your arguments why pot should be illegal. Um, Mr. Jefferson, pot is, like kinda, already illegal. You are the one who need to find a cogent argument for changing the status quo. So far, you haven't. But what the heck, right? We're only 800 posts into this thread (which is one of hundreds).
745
posted on
07/10/2003 8:48:51 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: RockyMtnMan
I argee and that's my point. Some people, say people who do drugs (will) go out and harm someone else. To them it's not a question of a few but everyone who does it. But those same people can't seen to relate that idea to alcohol.
To: presidio9
"Just the truth, which hurts, don't it?"
You certainly would not know anything about that. The truth, that is.
747
posted on
07/10/2003 8:49:00 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
To: jayef
Riiiight. So then tell me, why does our society so desperately NEED legalized mind-altering drugs?
748
posted on
07/10/2003 8:49:44 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: lugsoul
Whoops - okay, here it is: Presidio9 - a serious question: 1) Do you believe that intoxicating substances which, when abused, cause societal problems and cause problems for persons in close proximity to abusers should be outlawed and that their use should be subject to criminal penalties?
2) If so, do you believe that such criminal penalties should be limited to those substances presently illegal, or should additional substances which meet the standard in #1 be added to the prohibition list (i.e. ecstacy in the 80s)?
3) If the former, why?
4) If the latter, can you think of anything not currently on the list that should be?
5) BONUS: Can you name an illegal intoxicating substance of which use was eradicated by making the substance illegal and aggresively pursuing criminal convictions of those who possessed it? How about substantially reduced?
Double bonus - what is a pro-job nut?
LOL, why waste the time, answering such silly drivel?
749
posted on
07/10/2003 8:49:46 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Shriner's Childrens Hospitals Provide Free Medical Care to Those In Need.)
To: presidio9
Is that it? That's your position? If it is already a law, it is a good idea? Thanks for the laugh.
750
posted on
07/10/2003 8:50:02 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
To: lugsoul
Whatever. Go back and read the thread yourself. Or don't I care not. I am just interested in bumping
Ozzy Says He Now Believes Pot Leads To Other Addictions to the top as often as possible. And you are giving the opportunity to do so.
And all you've got left is fales accusations that a child could investigate. Son, cut back on the drugs. They're messing with yout mind.
751
posted on
07/10/2003 8:51:58 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
That's right. Why should anyone actually have a logical, coherent reason for taking a position, when they can just take one?
752
posted on
07/10/2003 8:52:01 AM PDT
by
lugsoul
To: presidio9
I don't need a beer. You need something, dude.
753
posted on
07/10/2003 8:52:42 AM PDT
by
ActionNewsBill
(Police state? What police state?)
To: presidio9
It's fun to duel with someone who just doesn't get it. LOL
754
posted on
07/10/2003 8:53:01 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Shriner's Childrens Hospitals Provide Free Medical Care to Those In Need.)
To: lugsoul
Nope. I think it is a good law, and society agrees with me. You seek to change society's mind. Go ahead, try doing so without making an idiotic comparison to alcohol. Thus far, you haven't been able to do so.
755
posted on
07/10/2003 8:54:18 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: presidio9
What gets me is that you are telling him point blank what we are doing, and he still doesn't get it. LOL, LOL, LOL...........................
756
posted on
07/10/2003 8:54:33 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Shriner's Childrens Hospitals Provide Free Medical Care to Those In Need.)
To: presidio9
And I am berating Libertarians here, not fellow Conservatives. I know you keep telling yourself that, and quite possibly you may even believe that.
There are many real conservatives who do not support the drug war.
Calling yourself a conservative is the height of arrogance.
757
posted on
07/10/2003 8:54:43 AM PDT
by
ActionNewsBill
(Police state? What police state?)
To: toothless
I have two webbed toes. My mother, believe me never smoked pot, I never even seen her drink. Webbed toes are genetics hand down by ones ancestors, my cousin has the same two toes webbed and her daughter has the same as well.
To: lugsoul
That's right. Why should anyone actually have a logical, coherent reason for taking a position, when they can just take one?And you do it so well............
759
posted on
07/10/2003 8:55:23 AM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Shriner's Childrens Hospitals Provide Free Medical Care to Those In Need.)
To: ActionNewsBill
You need something, dude. That is the kind of thinking that has led you to screw up your life to the point where you let chemistry dictate your happiness. I pity you.
760
posted on
07/10/2003 8:55:36 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 721-740, 741-760, 761-780 ... 1,661-1,662 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson