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In response to "With all the drug/alcohol-related deaths that occur in the music industry, why don't shows like the Grammys ever seem to address substance abuse?" by ty97

For an event that's meant to celebrate the industry, this would seem to fall between opportunistic and lecturing.

Posted by Mop (196 lbs) (aka rburriel) Feb 13 '12, 10:57

I know that's a cynical response, but the people in the audience would probably not want to hear it. On the other hand, it's exactly what needs to be said.

Mop

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The people in the theater are not the audience I'm interested in. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 10:58 5
- Remember Whitney Houston when she had everything? Now she has nothing. Drugs = Bad mmmkay -- nm - Bacon Feb 13, 11:07
- But it's what matters to the media, like Gervais at the Golden Globes. - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 13, 11:05 1
  - The education would be wasted on adults with successful careers who have drug problems. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 11:07
- Remember the "this is brain on drugs" commercial. That got more laughs than converts. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 11:00 1
  - oh yeah, the Ad Council campaigns are normally bad -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 11:01

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For an event that's meant to celebrate the industry, this would seem to fall between opportunistic and lecturing.

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