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Two weeks ago I conducted an investigative report on the shocking trend of Prescription Drug Abuse amongst teenagers. During my investigation I found that 1 out of every 4 teens is/has abused prescription drugs according to research. That means that 25% of teenagers are taking part in this dangerous and sometimes lethal habit.
Teenaers are obtaining drugs like Xanax & Vicodin from other classmates but mainly online from websites based overseas in the UK and Canada. The drugs are then delivered to the kids doorsteps! What teens don’t realize is that many of these online drug dealers are servicing them with counterfeit drugs that are laced with rat poison or baby powder.
One parent that knows what its like to have a teenager battling prescription drug addiction is Michael Lohan, actress Lindsay Lohan’s estranged father. He joined me on this segment as part of “The Maury Povich Show” to discuss the dangers of the trend. His appearance resulted in a plea to his daughter to end her addiction before its too late.
Michael said Lindsay is a “hollow person” and said there’s “nothing left in her” and that he “couldn’t even look at her” during a recent visit. At one point, he actually said, “I hate to speak out publicly like this…” Then he launched into an emotional plea to his daughter, saying he would do everything and anything to save her life.
Michael Lohan has been accused of whoring out stories about Lindsay for publicity. Jokes are constantly made about his publicity tactics and lack of relationship with his daughter. Most recently, Nene Leakes verbally castrated him on “The Insider” for “betraying his daughter to the press”.
I can’t endorse nor denounce any of these criticisms made about him. But what I can tell you is that I witnessed a desperate, concerned, helpless father make a tearful and what seemed like a heartfelt plea to save his daughter’s life. Michael Lohan told me that he realizes his daughter and ex wife resent him, but that he refuses to sit idly by and watch as the public, fake friends, and other family members enable her. Michael made a statement to me that resonated deeply. He said ” I don’t want my daughter to become the next Anna Nicole Smith….when she is dead and cold and it’ll be too late. I don’t wanna think ’I could have done something about it’ but didn’t.”
So perhaps this IS the case of a wreckless father seeking to profit off of his daughters fame, as many media outlets have declared. BUT, maybe, just maybe, this really is a concerned father using all the resources he has to reach out to his estranged daughter and try to talk some sense into her before it’s too late. YOU BE THE JUDGE!
Anyways, I’ll be posting my segment as well as the the Michael Lohan interview in its entirety very shortly as Part 2. Stay tuned!!
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