Rapper Coolio plead guilty to drug charges stemming from an airport stop in March. Authorities found cocaine and paraphernalia in Coolio's bag and say the rapper and reality TV celebrity grabbed one of the screener's arms to stop him from searching a bag. He faced several charges, including misdemeanor possession and battery, as well as a felony drug charge. If Coolio completes an 18-month rehab program successfully, he may not face any jail time. He is due back in court this September.
I doubt anyone here is all that interested in Coolio, but I wanted to bring you this to point-out the disparity in those other celebrities' rehab stints. You cannot successfully treat an addiction in 30 or even 60 days! Maybe 90, depending on the drug and the length of the person's habit. I am no doctor, but everyone knows these party girls' 30-day stints in posh "rehab" resorts are nothing more than ploys to avoid jail time. Coolio may get in-treatment somewhere for 30-90 days and then be released, but he will be drug-tested for at least the next 18-months.
We wish him well.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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