7. Cameron Douglas – Arrested and Spent 5+ Years For Drug Dealing
Michael Douglas is one hell of an actor, but his son is apparently not one hell of a drug dealer. Cameron has had several run-ins with the law and in 2009 was arrested for selling methamphetamine from a high-end hotel in Manhattan.
In 2013, it was announced that Cameron’s appeal to have his sentence reduced was denied. When asked why, it was mentioned that Cameron repeatedly broke prison rules including 4 separate incidents in which he convinced a woman to smuggle anti-anxiety prescription drugs in through her bra.
After drugs were found in his system in 2013, he was sent to solitary confinement. He ended up spending 2 years in solitary, and after 7 years in jail he was released to a halfway house.
Prior to that, when Cameron was under house arrest in 2009 he was also able to convince a girlfriend to bring him heroin that was hidden in an electric toothbrush. Cameron allegedly started doing cocaine when he was 20 years old and had been doing heroin since he was 25.
When Michael Douglas received his Best Actor award at the Emmys, he said “At first, I was certainly disappointed with my son, but I’ve reached a point now where I’m disappointed with the system.”
Douglas himself has battled addiction in the past, and had a stint in rehab, had lost a brother to an overdose. Cameron’s mother also had alcoholism run in their family. Douglas has also publicly said that he blames himself for his son because he was not a good father.
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