I felt compelled to state the obvious when it comes to prescription drugs and celebrities. There is a serious problem going on when you are in an industry that supports, condone and watches your demise as you become a victim to the legal killer called prescription drugs. Someone and everyone needs to be held accountable.
Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Dandridge, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Elvis Presley, Gerald Levert, Rob Pilaus (Milli Vanilli), Dana Plato (Different Strokes), Anna Nicole Smith, Pimp C, Heath Ledger , Michael Jackson and most recently and the most sad, Whitney Houston. When will it end?
The other side of this is, these artist/celebrities are supposedly grown responsible adults who make the decision to take drugs and alcohol while knowing the risk. The doctor's that prescribe the drugs know the risk. That's just like a drunk driver making the decision to drive, knowing there is a possibility that he would hurt, kill himself or someone else. But the average drunk driver does not have an "team" or entourage taking care of your every need. And there is a bartender who can and will cut you off if needed. These doctors that prescribe these drugs, only see a means to a very deadly end.
There are several people around celebrities who are getting a paycheck to either speak up or turn their head. Most of them are turning their heads and then turn back around when there is a death...oops! That's the culture of the industry. How can you survive in the belly of the industry beast? You have to have people who are stronger than you around and who are willing to risk their jobs in order to tell you the truth. There is no love, just a whole lot of loss.
As the days pass and the new news becomes the old. As several commentators discuss the matter with no solution in sight and as the day turns into night, this will always be what it has always been; a little "secret" problem that makes so much money that no one dares to speak up against it.
To one of most prolific icons, Whitney "Nippy" Houston, RIP.
LLW
