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Ozzy Says He Now Believes Pot Leads To Other Addictions
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| 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.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:33:35 PM PDT
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To: presidio9
The man is growing up finally. How refreshing. All those years of substance abuse had to have taken a toll on his body.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:33:47 PM PDT
by
goodseedhomeschool
(Evolution is the religion for men who want no accountability)
To: presidio9
.....gee, I wonder what his views are on spray paint and transmission fluid?
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:35:19 PM PDT
by
sfvgt
To: goodseedhomeschool
Just wait. This thread will soon be full of Libertarian Children saying that Alcohol is much worse than marijuana.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:35:38 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: presidio9
Coffee leads to Red Bull, Red Bull leads to crank.He'll turn into another mayor of New York.
To: presidio9
Watch how people who have derided him for years as a bloomin' idiot suddenly treat him as authoritative. It's magic!
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:36:47 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?)
To: goodseedhomeschool
Now wait a minute.
The majority opinion here is that drugs destroy an individual's capacity to think, make decisions, exercise proper judgement, and reason.
So, after all the years of hard-core drug use, what makes you think he's right on this?
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:38:38 PM PDT
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Cuba serĂ¡ libre...soon.)
To: presidio9
"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. First I've heard. Anyone know what meds he must take?
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:39:51 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(G-d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: presidio9
Looking at Ozzy's drunken stumblebum antics, and the number of people killed every year by drunks, I'd say that your sarcastic tone belies a willful disregard of reality.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:39:59 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: presidio9
Jack's laundry list of controlled substances made his father painfully aware of just how readily available drugs are.
His first clue might have been the fact that he himself was always able to get any drug he wanted his whole life.
Good thing were paying BILLIONS for that effective drug war, huh Ozzy?
Have another drink. What tastes good with bat head?
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:40:53 PM PDT
by
dead
To: thoughtomator; presidio9; Luis Gonzalez
Yup, my thinking exactly. When Ozzy says things that contradict conservatism, he's the Devil Incarnate. When he says something that they do agree with, watch -- he'll be acclaimed a genius, or at least the prodigal son.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:41:12 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: mvpel
Yep. Drugs had no effect on Osborn. Two wrongs make a right. Let's legalize them and damn the consequences I say.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:41:38 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
To: presidio9
"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."With the example you and your social set provided, Ozzy, what's to be amazed at?
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:43:06 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: Luis Gonzalez
I am saying that he is right to now see the error of his previous ways using drugs. It now is a problem for his child. It took him many years it would seem to see how bad drugs really are.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:44:24 PM PDT
by
goodseedhomeschool
(Evolution is the religion for men who want no accountability)
To: presidio9
Osborne pickled his brain with alcohol. Shall we go back to the heady days of prohibition when husbands loved their children and everything was all warm, fuzzy, and happy?
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:44:59 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: presidio9
Breathing oxygen also leads to doing hard drugs. Why? Because everyone who has done hard drugs has breathed oxygen.
The same can apply for drinking water, eating, etc.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:45:17 PM PDT
by
Quick1
To: presidio9
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.Maybe readily available given the contacts and money that Jack Osbourne has, but with the exception of weed, the rest of that list isn't all that easy to get ahold of for the average person. Maybe if Jack wasn't hanging around the MTV set (both location and people), he'd find it a lot harder.
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posted on
07/08/2003 2:45:35 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: presidio9
Dilaudid? That was big with Elvis. Dilaudid is heavy duty, man
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