Lindsay can always blame the advertising If, as her father claims, Lindsay Lohan is addicted to OxyContin, is she to blame? If you missed it, three top executives of Purdue Pharma, the marketer behind the narcotic painkiller, this month pleaded guilty to “misbranding” the drug and misleading regulators, doctors and patients about its risk of addiction and potential to be abused. (“May cause one to pass out in a car with one’s mouth hanging open” is not specifically listed as a side effect.) It’s a shame that young, wasted celebrities can’t blame all of their bad habits on drug and alcohol marketing, misleading or not. Though maybe Lindsay is setting Svedka up as the fall guy by having the vodka sponsor her 21st birthday party in July. —Posted by Tim Nudd

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What? A 20 year old girl getting drunk and high? All the reporters who write this articles and photographers who snap these pictures should be aware that when they're out invading her privacy their own kids are home doing the exact same thing. I think they need a smarten up slap.

-- J Broccoli

ps Deutsch sucks!

Posted by: J Broccoli | May 31, 2007 12:47:30 PM

Don't blame the media for this. Lindsey Lohan is one of those stupid people that get drunk and high in public, then get into a car and crash. She could afford a Limo, or to get high in a private Hollywood party. Instead, she acts like a nutcake in front of everyone. Serves her right. She doesn't deserve to be famous. Pretty girls are a dime a dozen, she's sooooo easy to replace.

Posted by: Bobby | Jun 4, 2007 2:53:13 PM

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