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Brian Damage · 03-20-2008, 10:48 AM

We all know that Mackenzie Phillips was addicted to drugs. Would it have been smart to have an episode where Julie experimented with drugs? Sort of like a PSA type episode, to enlighten teens AND Mackenzie about the dangers of drug abuse?

NancyEiE · 03-20-2008, 11:08 AM

No I don't think it would've been a good idea. Might have made her addiction worse.

Brian Damage · 03-20-2008, 11:17 AM

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No I don't think it would've been a good idea. Might have made her addiction worse.

Interesting point, although showing her first hand the dangers of her addiction, might have been somewhat of an eye opener.

NancyEiE · 03-20-2008, 01:26 PM

Maybe for a day or two but then she would have probably been right back to it. It takes much more than a tv episode warning about addiction to help beat one or prevent one.

Brian Damage · 03-20-2008, 08:29 PM

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Maybe for a day or two but then she would have probably been right back to it. It takes much more than a tv episode warning about addiction to help beat one or prevent one.

That is true, I wasn't saying acting in an episode was miraculously going to cure her addiction, just bring attention to it.

Ireneparalegal · 03-20-2008, 09:22 PM

Valerie saw what it was doing to Mackenzie and yet, it didn't keep Valerie from trying drugs herself.

I will say though, seeing people become addicts (celebs as well) was enough to keep me from ever touching drugs. I didn't want to ever become addicted.

Brian Damage · 03-20-2008, 10:18 PM

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Valerie saw what it was doing to Mackenzie and yet, it didn't keep Valerie from trying drugs herself.

I will say though, seeing people become addicts (celebs as well) was enough to keep me from ever touching drugs. I didn't want to ever become addicted.

There was an afterschool special YEARS ago starring Helen Hunt as a teen who did coke and jumped out a window and started cutting her arms with glass. I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

Ireneparalegal · 03-20-2008, 10:31 PM

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There was an afterschool special YEARS ago starring Helen Hunt as a teen who did coke and jumped out a window and started cutting her arms with glass. I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

There were so many afterschool specials. Let me see if I can find it on the net.

Ireneparalegal · 03-20-2008, 10:37 PM

Ok, the information I found gives two drug-related movies with Helen called ANGEL DUSTED and DESPERATE LIVES.

Brian Damage · 03-20-2008, 10:51 PM

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Ok, the information I found gives two drug-related movies with Helen called ANGEL DUSTED and DESPERATE LIVES.

THANK YOU... I think it was Angel Dusted. I watched it in school and it scared the crap out of me.

Ireneparalegal · 03-20-2008, 10:57 PM

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THANK YOU... I think it was Angel Dusted. I watched it in school and it scared the crap out of me.

I am glad I was scared to death of doing drugs. I got better things to do with my life than that crap.

Brian Damage · 03-20-2008, 10:59 PM

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I am glad I was scared to death of doing drugs. I got better things to do with my life than that crap.

Although I was scared, I still experimented myself for about a year and a half.

Ireneparalegal · 03-20-2008, 11:03 PM

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Although I was scared, I still experimented myself for about a year and a half.

Sorry to hear that. But good to know that you didn't become an addict and spiral downward like so many.

Nighthawk76 · 03-24-2008, 11:54 PM

I think that it would have made a good episode. Teens do experiment with drugs and that is an issue that this show could have done really well with.

catlover79 · 09-03-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Valerie saw what it was doing to Mackenzie and yet, it didn't keep Valerie from trying drugs herself.

I will say though, seeing people become addicts (celebs as well) was enough to keep me from ever touching drugs. I didn't want to ever become addicted.

Same here.

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03-20-2008, 11:08 AM	#2
NancyEiE ff and rp addict Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 26, 2003 Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 174	No I don't think it would've been a good idea. Might have made her addiction worse.

03-20-2008, 01:26 PM	#4
NancyEiE ff and rp addict Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 26, 2003 Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 174	Maybe for a day or two but then she would have probably been right back to it. It takes much more than a tv episode warning about addiction to help beat one or prevent one.

03-20-2008, 10:37 PM	#9
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,689	Ok, the information I found gives two drug-related movies with Helen called ANGEL DUSTED and DESPERATE LIVES.

03-24-2008, 11:54 PM	#14
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	I think that it would have made a good episode. Teens do experiment with drugs and that is an issue that this show could have done really well with.