Notable Republicans - Candy McCain

[Cypress]

Candy McCain, Wikipedia:

In 1989, Cindy McCain became addicted to opioid painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin, which she initially took to alleviate pain following two spinal surgeries for ruptured discs and to ease emotional stress during the Keating Five scandal, which involved her as a bookkeeper who had difficulty finding receipts.

The addiction progressed to where she resorted to stealing drugs from her own non-profit foundation (AVMT) During 1992, Tom Gosinski, the director of government and international affairs for AVMT, discovered her drug theft. Subsequently in 1992, her parents staged an intervention to force her to get help....

 

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hahhahaha

 

[uscitizen]

Yeah I heard universal had made a made for TV movie about it. And now their place burned up....

 

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Crypiss,

You think drug addiction is funny?

 

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Personally I would think her addiction would warrant more sympathy than ridicule.

She did not start out her addiction with recreational drug use. I think that counts for something as well. But thats just my opinion.