Hugh Laurie: I Experimented With Vicodin - Page 2
While I believe that the show provides a balanced view of House's drug addiction, (he doesn't believe his addiction is a big deal, since it doesn't interfere with his work, while it is obvious to all around him that it is...however, no viable alternatives are suggested or tried, other solutions having been attempted and discarded), and I don't see the show glamorizing his drug usage in any way, I am uncomfortable with this admission that Hugh tried Vicodin and admitted that yeah, they do make you feel good. If you've ever taken one, you already know how they make you feel, so that's no big surprise. I don't necessarily think some kid is going to think it's okay because some actor who isn't on a teen drama did it, I'm just uncomfortable with the whole thing.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem that he's repeated the experiment.
His father was a doctor, and Hugh has a view on that which is one of the most balanced I've heard:
Your dad was a doctor. What would he have thought of House?He couldn't have been more different to House. He was a hero to me. A very gentle man who would take any amount of time with patients.
You never thought about going into medicine?
I think I was too lazy to be a doctor. I do feel bad that now I'm pretending to do what my dad did and getting paid more for it than he ever did.
Just don't repeat that little experiment with the Vics and we'll be fine. I have to get my weekly dose of the good doctor, you know. It hurts when I do this...
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