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Subscribe to RSSIt's no secret that child stars often see much more than they should and at too young of an age. This was certainly true for superstar Janet Jackson.
The actress and singer revealed to Anderson Cooper on his talk show "Anderson" that she, too, saw something rather confusing for her as a young girl. Jackson told her host that when she was just 10 years old, she went to New York to visit her brother Michael while on a break from filming the TV show "Good Times."
"I used to go to (Studio) 54 a lot," Jackson said. "I do (remember it well). You know, it was the first time I ever saw drugs. I couldn't figure out why people were putting flour up their noses."
The star also talked about her weight issues on the set of "Good Times."
"I remember I was getting dressed for the very very first episode ... and the wardrobe lady, while she was dressing me, says I have to put bandages around your chest because your breast are too, I developed at a very young age, and I said, 'OK,'" she revealed. "I immediately thought, 'I am isn't good enough.' "
Jackson said the body image problems continued in her second season of the show. "Just before we were to start, the producers called and said I was too heavy and I needed to lose weight," the star said.
The star also dished on her career, and of course, brother Michael Jackson. See what else she shares when her appearance airs on Monday. Check AndersonCooper.com for local air times.
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This is the one thing that has contributed more to destroying our society than anything else. When drugs were introduced into places such as Harlem back in the 1920's, it was not considered a problem as such, because it was not in white middle-class neighborhoods. But, now, drugs have permeated every segment, and every stratum of our society. The people who are responsible for importing this poison into our country, growing it on our land, and money-laundering through our banks, should all be given the most maximum sentences possible. Drugs are an anathma that is destroying the very fabric of our lives. The beat goes on, and nobody seems to care enough, because of the money that can be made..............when are we going to get serious about dealing with this problem? After all, this is a very complex problem that can't be attacked by taking a band-aid approach to resolving the problem. Just saying NO is not enough. This is a complex problem that will need to be tacked on a number of different levels, and both sides of the equation; from the one side that deals with importing, manufacturing and distribution, to the other that deals with the issues that take people to a point of using these substances. The psychological issues are sometimes deep; as well, as economic issues that can also take people over the line.
Or we could just legalize and regulate it all. Oh wait, but then the textile and pharmaceutical industries would have competition, and you can't have competition in a free market society.... right?
Eugene,
Check you history before you start dissing on Harlem. Anyone could buy Opium, Cocaine and Laudanum at any drug store in the nineteenth century. Parents used cocaine to sooth teething babies, and opium to get them to sleep. George Washington grew Pot at Mt. Vernon that was used in the manufacture of textiles and rope.
Hate to burst your righteous bubble, Eugene, but SingBiker is right. You could purchase kits from a Sears catalogue that contained heroin, syringes, and needles, which would be delivered to your door. I believe as recently as the mid to late 1930's, this stuff was available to anyone.
Of course, heroin was then criminalized, and I believe at the end of the 1930's something like 50% of the population in federal prison was there for heroin possesion. Then you had guys who had become addicted to something that just recently you could buy at Sears having to spend years locked away with murders... they went in addicts and came out hardened criminals.
The point here is that, punishment and jail time for drug users is not a solution, or an even remotely adequate way to deal with the problem of addiction. Also, the 20+ year so-called War on Drugs, is a complete and utter failure. The only way to address the problems associated with drug abuse is through education and treatment.
Then Legalize it, tax it.
Skins SWEPT the GIANTS = WE ARE BETTER THAN NY GIANTS!
loved your post lovebuzz2004...we certainly do learn stuff the hard way!
I am currently thinking there are stong similarities between the drug problem and the terrorist problem...people appear to become indoctrinated...and it appears to be easy to indoctrinate human minds
I do wonder if science will be able to uncover why humans are predisposed to indoctrination...is it some form of hypnotism we have yet to come to terms with?
like lemmings,
humans seem to gain a sense of purpose when following others off the edge of the proverbial cliff!
dumb dumb dumb to self destruct that way...but how does one "un-dumb" people?
education has also failed to help the change resistant & rebellious mind...what else is there?
The war on drugs was the most pathetic attempt at the impossible. You aren't going to stop it. Identifying a drug dealer is like identifying an illegal alien a terrorist or a common criminal. They come from all walks of life and with billions of people in the world it's like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.
Here's the thing, if you don't do drugs, don't have an addictive personality you aren't going to start doing drugs if they are legalized. This is one of the rare times I will agree that drugs should be legalized and controlled and in turn taxed. If you legally manufacture and distribute the drugs you put the drug dealers out of business. You reduce crime and you keep better track of the users.
The government already deals cigarettes, alcohol and prescription drugs, why not take control of the rest? Then they can be the true mafia replacements they already look like.
The ultimate question is, why is it that crackheads die every day but drugs only get attention when a celebrity dies? After the Whitney story passes drugs will still be rampant but the attention won't.
Makes one wonder what kind of drug the newsmedia remains addicted to.
No matter where it was introduced, there was no stopping it.
I believe all the man made drugs are a poison/cancer that is destroying the very fabric of our nation and fear it far more than any other nation or terrorist act. Pot? Could care less, legalize and tax I say.
What would you consider a hard drug that is capable of "destroying the very fabric of our nation"? Heroin? Opium? You realize they both come from a plant, right? What about cocaine? Yep, comes from a plant. Of the "major" drugs out there, the only "man made" ones I can think of are ecstasy, LSD, and of course, meth... and ecstasy and LSD aren't really a widespread problem.
Now, I'm personally for legalization of all substances - eliminate the black market and you eliminate the violence associated with drugs. Yes, addiction is a problem, but it can be treated and if someone wants to try heroin or cocaine, they're going to get their hands on it whether its legal or not.
Yes buzzy I know where we get our trouble drugs from, as much as you do I suppose. Just didn't take the time to word it to your specs I suppose. The powders are evil and I stand by my post. Take care and use a clean needle.
other countries have had success treating the drug problem the way that lovebuzz2004 suggests...he has a valid point...no way to stop people from getting what they are determined to get...but we can clean it up
the "use a clean needle" quip was a totally unnecessary comment & not even the least bit humorous
there are those of us out here with opinions re possible solutions who have never used drugs nor ever will
heroin and cocaine and other drugs like them use man-made processes to create them...therefore, it renders the "natural" plants into an unsafe product...they will kill you...marijuana needs no man-made process for its final "product"...it will not kill you...believe what you want, the argument of the naturalness of the plants that harder drugs come from just does not hold up...
Why aren't we asking what a 10 year old girl was doing at Studio 54?
During the 70's little celebrity kids at Studio 54 was not so shocking then as it would be now. I think this country is going backwards instead of forwards. What was acceptable 30 or 40 years ago is taboo now. That is so weird. We as a country have become so conservative and unaccepting of almost anything that used to be well fun. Drugs don't kill you unless you abuse them. Recreational drug taking is not a bad thing. People who can't handle it just shouldn't imbibe. Sorry if no one agrees with me but I don't feel the need to be politically correct all the time. I'm more conservative now at age 45 than I was 20 or 25 years ago but I'm not a hypocrite either. Yea I smoked pot and snorted coke for years but I did it on a Friday or Saturday night with my friends and it was fun. I didn't let it affect my family and never would partake when the children were with us. There is a time and place for recreational drugs and it is not around the kids. Well while I don't see the US Government legalizing drugs that are deemed illegal now I don't think it is a crime to smoke a joint in the privacy of your own home or do a line once in a while. To each his own. This is still a free country, isn't it??
My thoughts exactly. Why was a ten year old at Studio 54?
Well said. The drugs aren't the problem. People who abuse them and have no self control are the problem. Those with addictive personalities or substance problems should simply avoid drugs(including alcohol) other than maybe cannabis altogether. I mean even if they get addicted to cannabis what's the worst that could happen?
Imagine if we brought back alcohol prohibition because roughly 10% of the population can't handle their alcohol and has binge drinking/alcoholism problems? Wouldn't work too well would it?
You all can talk about drugs in your comment, I'd like to know who is editing these articles? It's poorly done, what a way to set an example.
It IS horrendous, isn't it? How is it that nobody bothers to proofread the article before uploading it?
Another part of the problem was bringing 10 year old children to Studio 54. I remember Brooke Shields going there as a young girl too. SMH.....
Many superstars, in entertainment, sports whatever, blow their riches on sex, booze and drugs, and when the moola is gone they come asking for pity and sympathy!
Alcohol is one of the worst drugs out there and it is legal!!!!
Alcohol:
Fatal overdose possiblity: Check
Highly addictive both physically and mentally: Check
Leads to violent and unpredictable behavior: Check
Leads to billions of dollars in damage through DUI's, and health problems: Check
Physically harmful to your body: Check
Withdrawal severity: Extreme and can be fatal.
So uh why is this legal again?
The lacrosse player that killed Yeardley Love blamed alcohol for his violent temper after a choke-out session. But when sober he told her in an email "I should have killed you them" when he found out she was seeing someone else. Alcohol allows a side of some people to come out that many other drugs don't.
We never know how people are going to react to fame and fortune. Whitney Houston is just another in a long line of people who made some bad friends, found a monster for a lover and wasted the last 20 years battling Bobby Brown and Dope !
Hey Janet, you still sniffing.
Janet said that she first saw drugs at the age of ten when she went to Studio 54 to visit Michael. So, was it Michael who was snorting cocaine? That's what it sounds like she's saying although she doesn't elaborate in this article probably because we are supposed to tune in to Anderson Cooper to find out. No, thank you. She never said she snorted coke.
over 20 million NON-VIOLENT users have been arrested in 40 plus years, breaking up millions of families, making criminals out of otherwise law-abiding free citizens of america. with legalization of marijuana there will be less use of alcohol and cigarettes nationwide, which means less emergency room visits, and marijuana has also been shown to help junkies quit hard drugs, and alcoholics as well, not to mention prescription drug addicts, and it's also not addictive, so they can quit smoking it up after getting all that outta their system...so that means with legalization of marijuana, there'll be less junkies, less home thefts, etc. (yep, junkies steal to support their habits), less fatal alcoholic accidents, less murders (yep, drunks will kill someone in a fight), less sexual crimes (yep, drunks will rape someone), and our national GDP will rise as well, because marijuana is one of the most profitable products out there...it's america's top grossing cash crop, earning more than corn and wheat combined....not to mention, with legalization, it would put drug cartels out of business, and kids would have to be carded if they wanted to buy some bud, (currently it's easier for kids to buy bud than get cigs or beer)...and much more...
and all that doesn't even touch on hemp...which can replace all coal use in our power plants nationwide, which can be made into biofuel, (which we need to do pronto because we're wasting our food crop corn to the biofuel industry and because of that, food prices are rising nationwide), can be made into paper (goodbye, logging industry, and good riddance), clothes, (and you can recycle those clothes into paper!) (bye-bye, cotton, which harms our environment due to the necessary uses of fertilizers and herbicides), as well as biodegradable plastic products (shopping bags, etc.) and other products such as pvc pipes for homes, particle boards for construction, fabric for carpets, drapes, even subflooring materials, also paint, etc. (so you can totally build a house from scratch with hemp and power that home with hemp through power plants (burns cleaner too), and drive to work and back with hemp, hell, you can even build a body for cars from hemp, (ford did that when he first created his ford t model), and much much more....but basically, hemp will end our dependance on foreign fuel, coal use (and end coal mining), end deforestation, and build many of our homes.
oh yeah, all that means more jobs too. plus it's good for our farmers, who are suffering at getting only around 50 bucks per acre for corn and wheat...currently, recreational marijuana is a 35.8 billion dollar industry yearly, and hemp companies in america is a 300-400 million dollar industry...(it's legal to sell hemp products in america, but not legal to grow hemp...therefore, millions are wasted to import hemp from foreign countries, who are making money hand over fist LEGALLY through prohibition at our cost.) AND IT"S ALL ILLEGAL!! come on now!
legalization is necessary to our country. without legalization, we're in that handbasket goin you know where.
I love Janet! Next time I watch Good Times I'll have to see if her breasts were bandaged.