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Newsbrief:
Actor
Larry
Hagman
of
"JR"
Fame
Speaks
Out
Against
Prohibition
in
Autobiography
6/21/02
Larry Hagman, who played
"JR" on "Dallas" and starred in "I Dream of Jeannie," has written an autobiography
titled "Hello Darlin': Tall (and Absolutely True) Tales About My Life."
In his autobiography, Hagman details his experiences with his father, alcohol
and mind-expanding drugs.
Hagman, now 70, had a liver
transplant in 1995 due to alcohol damage. Though he regrets his heavy
drinking, Hagman is not critical of the illicit drugs that he used, including
marijuana, LSD and peyote. He questions the reasoning behind the
prohibition of marijuana. Speaking to the San Jose Mercury News,
he said, "Why that stuff should be illegal is beyond me. It's so
benign compared to alcohol. When you come right down to it, alcohol
destroys your body and makes you do violent things. With grass you
sit back and enjoy life," says Hagman.
Hagman also praises LSD,
which he first took with singer David Crosby. "You lose your ego,"
he says. "It led me into having no fear of death, because you've
been there, done that, and it ain't so bad. Matter of fact, it's
wonderful." Hagman no longer uses any drugs, as part of a twelve-step
alcohol recovery program.
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Issue #242, 6/21/02
Editorial: Perspectives from Europe | Indiana Man Challenges Constitutionality of Analogue Laws | DRCNet Interview: Steven Silverman, Flex Your Rights | New DRCNet/StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Out -- Discounted Purchase Available | Newsbrief: Court Okays Police Pressure for Searches on Mass Transit | Human Rights Watch Report Says 124,000 Children Have Lost Parents to New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws | Newsbrief: Baltimore Anti-Drug Campaign Grant Shot Down | Newsbrief: Unitarians to Consider "Statement of Conscience" on Drug Policy Next Week | Newsbrief: New Zealand Greens Want to Talk About Legalization | Newsbrief: Britain Tests Heroin Dispensers | Newsbrief: Industrial Hemp to be on Ballot in South Dakota | Newsbrief: Nevada Voters to Weigh Benefits of Decriminalization | Newsbrief: Congress Questions Colombia's Drug War Performance | Newsbrief: Actor Larry Hagman of JR Fame Speaks Out Against Prohibition in Autobiography | The Reformer's Calendar
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