Drugs in Hollywood

The death of Heath Ledger – considered an accidental overdose of prescription medications – is another indication of how much drug use there is in the entertainment community.

He also reportedly had a long history of drug use and misuse.

Actor Megan Fox said in a Maxim magazine interview that she knows only five other people in Hollywood, other than herself, who do not routinely use drugs.

Dr. Drew Pinsky, of the VH1 show “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” affirms in an article that Hollywood drug abuse is widespread – much higher than it is in the general population, because, the article says, “those attracted to acting and fame tend to be narcissists who often struggle with various mental health issues, and then have the means to procure a constant drug supply and keep it quiet when they lose control.”

“They have all kinds of pathology,” Pinsky said, citing a study he did on narcissism among Hollywood celebrities.

“It’s so obvious that this is a population that has a huge appetite for drugs. So their behaviour, their horrible relationships, their addiction is not caused by celebrity, but is allowed to spiral into a fatal illness because of their celebrity status.”

From article Media should stop protecting stars and report on drug abuse.

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Of course, Pinsky is just expressing his own perspective. Maybe it is true that many actors who seek fame do have mental health issues such as narcissism.

But many actors are not in it for fame, and many do not have drug abuse problems. The media tends to report only problems, and perpetuates celeb rehab as another kind of titillating news.

One point of talking about substance abuse here, is to point out potential mental health problems actors can have, problems that limit their creative expression.

The media can stop enabling

The article mentioned above quotes Elizabeth Snead, a blogger for the Los Angeles Times, about seeing actor Brad Renfro at an L.A. party. He died of suspected substance-abuse causes.

“I watched a very under-the-influence Brad Renfro make quite a scene at a swanky Hollywood party several years ago. Not only did none of his celebrity friends, or the publicists throwing the bash, find his stumbling, slurring, falling down and bleeding nose unusual, but not one reporter covering the party reported it,” she wrote. “I tried to. But it was edited out of my then-newspaper’s party item.”