I am in no way a proponent of the ridiculous laws we have as a nation that put drug abusers in prison with rapist and murderers, but today we have been shown another case that amplifies the gap between the halfs and the have-nots.  You may remember a few weeks back when actor Gary Dourdan was found high and passed out with drugs all around him in a car outside of a hotel.  He was found with cocaine, Heroin and ecstasy.  Today he walked out of court with 30 hours of rehabilitation service to be served.  --

"Once Gary completes 30 hours of a diversion program, his case will be entirely dismissed," lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley told The Associated Press in an e-mail. "There is no jail time involved." Huffingtonpost

Personally I think celebrities do this on purpose every time their career gets in a bit of trouble.  The bad boy/girl mug shot image along with "I have a drug problem" goes a long way in Hollywood.  It always seems to get them another TV or movie.  Had this been the average Joe/Jane, Joe/Jane would be sitting in prison right now next to Bubba the killer.  

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