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.
It's a good thing teens can't get alcohol or cigarettes either because they are illegal for them to acquire. Oh wait that's on the rise too, what are we to do!!?
Welcome to the club where the pro-drug validation crowd throws mud, mud, and more mud.
You are correct that there aren't too many of them but, IMO, they think if they throw out enough mud and bump a thread, they think they have won, when in actuality they are losing, considering that the three pro-drug intitatives on the ballot(AZ, NV, OH) last November all lost big time.
One pro-drug intiative won last November, but it was in the city of San Francisco, what a surprise there.
Not only are you ignorant about marijuana, but you are also a big supporter of prison rape for pot users.
Why am I not surprised?
Yeah I know, but I thought maybe you would have accepted the facts this time.
A Gateway to Harder Drugs
Many people see marijuana as "harmless" because, unlike heroin and cocaine, it normally cannot cause an overdose.
No, not 'normally'. There is no overdose level with marijuana.
The truth is that marijuana is one of the most deceiving and destructive substances in our culture today, because it so often leads to use of more powerful, more addictive and deadly drugs.
Well, golly, there's a proposition, but it's utterly unencumbered by any support or data. How suprising.
As a "Gateway Drug" marijuana leads to use of cocaine, other hallucinogens, heroin and other harmful drugs.
There he goes again.
Marijuana users are more likely to fall into patterns of addiction and deteriorating health. The best way to avoid these patterns is to stay away from marijuana in the first place!
http://www.pdxnorml.org/gateway.html Cut and paste the link. Should clear things right up for you.
What is wrong with "lying sack of soot"? Or, did you think s*** meant something else? Where is your mind, sir? LOL
I thought pot was supposed to make people "mellow."
Oh dear Lord, please don't tell me that they use drugs in the city by the Gay?
Since you don't get it, and you are so slow, let me explain it for the learning-impaired. 1 - you made a statement about something that didn't come from you OR AXEL. 2 - I responded with a few statements that were made by you AND AXEL. 3- In response, you said about one of those statements "I never said that." 4 - In response, I said "I didn't say you did - Axel said that." 5 - For numerous posts you continue the ridiculous claim that I attributed the statement to you. A claim you still maintain.
You have no honesty and no integrity whatsoever. You are not to be believed. And I'll shout it from the rooftops.\
Now, you called me a liar. I challenge you to post the false statement you say I made. I challenge you. I know you won't do it, though, because you can't. And you don't have the guts to admit you were wrong.
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