The NFL is doing something about concussions, when is Hollywood going to do something about drugs?

1 posted on 02/04/2014 8:53:20 AM PST by shortstop

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Not going to happen. Drugs the foundation of their culture because it is the only way they can bury their heads in the sand.

2 posted on 02/04/2014 8:58:15 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)

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Point taken, though to me asking the folks in Hollywood to speak out against the dangers of drugs would be like asking a whore to speak out against the dangers of VD.

3 posted on 02/04/2014 8:58:36 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Â– Robert Heinlein)

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On-set random drug testing, plus twice-annual random visits by a nurse with plastic cups. That's the ticket. These high-priced ~~atheletes~~ actors owe it to their fans!

4 posted on 02/04/2014 8:59:27 AM PST by alancarp

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An excellent point. Hollywood is reaping what it has sown.

Those who are gifted with the talent to sing, dance, act or otherwise entertain are very fortunate. Through some combination of genetics, skill, practice, and determination they have the potential to lead exceptionally successful and fulfilling lives. If they instead throw it all away because of addiction, it’s is society’s loss as well.

It’s a shame everytime a life is wasted, celebrity or not, but even more of a tragedy to see an industry that embraces and encourages such life-destroying behavior when it has the power to do the exact opposite.

5 posted on 02/04/2014 9:00:02 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)

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‘Twould seem that Hollywood’s fascination with drugs is doing a lot to help raise the country’s IQ.

9 posted on 02/04/2014 9:03:55 AM PST by Da Coyote

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The cancer on Hollywood's soul is the Culture of Death that they promote.

In order for that to change you'll need to speak w/ the entity holding the mortgage.

From what I hear he can be hard to bargain with.

11 posted on 02/04/2014 9:13:27 AM PST by Pietro

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Well, if they didn’t make so many movies and TV shows glorifying drug use (and even drug sales and drug sellers), that might be a start.

12 posted on 02/04/2014 9:20:01 AM PST by livius

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That would be like snapping your fingers and making the Fukushima radiation go away.

15 posted on 02/04/2014 9:28:04 AM PST by moovova

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Posting without reading: Screw hollyWood

17 posted on 02/04/2014 9:45:14 AM PST by BigIsleGal (Wake Me Up When the Stupid Wears Off)

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HOLLYWOOD NEEDS TO FIGHT DRUGS

Why? Hollywood doesn't believe in life.

It supports abortion. It supports assisted suicide. If one of their own wants to get cranked out of his head 'til he drops over, according to them, isn't that really his choice?

21 posted on 02/04/2014 11:38:28 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)

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People that seek to be other people as a profession in generally aren’t on good ground psychologically. They don’t like themselves, they’re trying not to be themselves, they are seeking release. Drugs provide all that too. You’ll never get drugs out of Hollywood because you’ll never get marginally insane people out of Hollywood.

22 posted on 02/04/2014 11:43:30 AM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)

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As Philip Seymour Hoffman is remembered for his abilities as an actor, his death should be a wake-up call to an industry awash in substance abuse and the misery and death it causes.