Coming from a family with a history of alcohol & drug abuse I can say that despite what some think, it’s not that easy to stop using. Yes, she chose to use, but it takes a lot to quit & many addicts die in the process of detoxing. Drug abuse is an addiction & anyone with an addiction would have a hard time stopping. Instead of arguing over the media constantly talking about it or why didn’t they help her(Whitney went into rehab last May), why don’t they use this as a lesson to be learned. Even though she was trying, she still had her demons & was working hard to overcome them. Yes, Whitney was on drugs, but she’s dead & there is no reason to bad talk her now. We all know that she had her problems, but let’s focus on the good she did in her life & hope that Bobbi Kristina will be alright.

I think Bill was correct, it is a disease but let’s face it our media does nothing but sensationalize for ratings. No they are not in the job of doing interventions but they used Whitney like she was a freak show.. look at what she is doing now.
I don’t think anyone is talking about bad her? Maybe they are and I haven’t heard it but I do think this needs to be used as a lesson, let’s not glamorize her fall, let’s hope someone sees this and says “I don’t want that to me be or my cousin or sister or friend” She was a beautiful, talented, wonderful person who did drugs to kill something, maybe it was herself, maybe her own insecurities? I am not her so I can’t say.. but I’ve said this a million times, I’ve never met a happy person on drugs.

I have a drug addicted daughter. I have tried to help her anyway I can. In saying this , she doesnt want any help. She wants to remain the way she is. I wish instead of throwing addicts in jail, that the US government would pay and make it madatory to be in a rehab facility to do their time. It is difficult for middle class america to pay for rehab and most insurances will not. Bill was right, the media does sensationalize the addict instaed of helping them.

It’s not easy but it’s possible and it is a conscious decision. Addiction of any type is very hard to break. I think a combination of jail and treatment is necessary.

Bill is correct. Millions of addicts have been able to quit using. Why? Because they chose to do so. Bill’s analogy about cancer versus addiction is correct – one is beyond your control and the other is a choice.

She was a drug addict. This shit happens.

I can’t believe it, but Bill O’Reilly is almost completely correct in the way he expressed his thoughts on this aspect of society’s treatment of addiction. I’ve heard him say other things on this subject that I know from experience are ridiculous, such as mandated rehab and or jail time. Not only are drugs readily accessible in jails, but for non-violent offenders with a disease like addiction jail is often the most destructive place they could end up. However, in this interview he’s on point. What I do want to point out is that equating Whitney Houston’s hard-drug use with Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg’s pot use is irresponsible. Marijuana may be controversial, but it is scientifically proven to have many health benefits, it is actually safer than alcohol and is not physically addictive. People may use it irresponsibly, but it should not be automatically equated with the use of hard drugs.

I too have a daughter with an addiction .
She can’t afford treatment but seems to drugs that cost a lot
Oh money. Wish we,as her parents,could have
Her commited. She’s us 32 yrs old. I’m at a loss ;(

Everyone is different. Some people can tolerate drugs better than others. Some people’s body system has a quicker dependency than others. Dependencies vary in degrees according to the person taking the drug and the type of drug being used. You can’t say that they all work on the different people the same way.

No one is equating pot to the hard intense drugs. By suggesting the comparison I believe Mr. O’Reilly is simply stating the obvious. Once you step in to something illegal (and marijuana is), you are simply enabling the dealers who are probably dealing the hard drugs as well. Our kids are at risk because of this insidious activity, and many times our adults are vunerable as well. We are having better success on the war on terror, than the war on drugs. We should all be fighting that war instead of protecting the problem. Thank you,
Mr. Oreilly, for speaking the truth loud and clear.

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I also agree with Bill.
I have a husband currently addicted to drugs and it has been a nightmare. This is also a mental problem.

Don’t give up on him. Addiction is an illness and it can go into remission. Do not be embarrassed or ashamed. We all should become transparent about this awful activity when young people are playing with something as dangerous as Russian Roulette. When they begin experimenting, they all assume that they will not be the one who becomes addicted and how horrifying it is once they realize they are. Damn Drug Dealers, waving that carrot in front of vulnerable people!. How can they live with themselves, unless they are addicts as well, then we know how desparately they need their next fix and will do anything to get it.

Matt Lauer is correct, and oreilly is the usual ‘holier-than-thou’ condescending cold judgemental finger pointing narrow minded old decaying subhuman; repugnants always conveniently forgot their religious freak top rules, 7 deadly sins etc…
***Thou Shalt Not Judge…who among you is holy…that would throw the first stone?***
also means EVERYONE is addicted…to something, someone…middle class drugs of alcohol/nicotine/caffeine/prescription meds/unhealthy foods/unhealthy relationships/television/fashion/sports…all these control your emotions, reprogram you, and no matter how ‘in control’ you are, these addictions force you to laugh/cry/scream/feel happy/depressed.
+’There But For the Grace of God’***…No One Knows What Another Feels Until You Walk in Their Shoes’….so oreilly moron should shut his sanctimonious preaching hypocritical condescending pie hole and at the least have some simple common decency to not exploit or slander the dead.