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Why Anna Nicole Smith Matters

  • by Marisa
  • March 30, 2007

There’s been so much talk about Anna Nicole Smith and her prescription drug addiction. That’s good. If nothing else comes of this tragedy and the media’s non-stop reporting of it, at least we’ve brought this serious issue to the forefront.

A dangerous myth surrounding this type of addiction, though, is that this is an addiction of the rich and famous. For some reason, we think of Elvis in comparison. We think that the average, everyday addict is usuing cocaine, crystal meth or pot. We just don’t think about the average person abusing prescription medications.

But the average person does. It’s more prevalent than most people realize and has been going on in suburbia for decades. And women are most often involved. Just because a doctor is prescribing, doesn’t mean there is no addiction and doesn’t mean that it’s safe.

So if you’re tired of Anna Nicole Smith and want to move on to something more useful and pertinent, research drug addiction. Get involved in community efforts to help those who suffer from it. Reach out to families who are dealing with a loved one’s addiction. In this way, you can make Anna Nicole Smith deserving of the publicity she always craved and is now recieving.

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6 Responses to “Why Anna Nicole Smith Matters”

  • Great post.

    only background Anais (2 comments.)March 31,. 2007 in the around lunchtime

  • Thanks. :)

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)March 31,. 2007 in the in the early afternoon

  • I believe it was the attention that killed her. She was sick, but did not want to go to the hospital. She crawled up in her room and tried to self medicate herself well. It is a sad story. Watch and see, it will be a movie. Even in death, they are after her money.

    May she rest in the arms of Jesus.

    only background CyberCelt (4 comments.)March 31,. 2007 in the in the late evening

  • Yes, that’s true. But how much longer could she have survived the way she was going. I think a tragic, early death was inevitable.

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)March 31,. 2007 in the late at night

  • It’s sad to see that her child will be left with a mother and that the child will just scrabble up by one of the many gold diggers.

    only background Paula G (1 comments.)April 2,. 2007 in the mid-afternoon

  • Frankly, I’m not sure being raised by a woman so addicted to drugs that she didn’t get clean during pregnancy is such a good thing. I don’t know if Larry B is the father or not but if he is, at least he made an attempt to get Anna Nicole to clean up. That’s why she hated him so much. He wouldn’t be her enabler like Stern was.

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)April 2,. 2007 in the in the late afternoon