Why Nicole Richie Can Still Drive

16. She is going to die one way or the other , the odds are stacked against her! I guess her father (Mr.Richie) doesn't love her enough to take charge of her life. But, I guess because she's not his REAL daughter he doesn't care enough....!

Posted at 5:41PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Who cares anyway?

17. What I dodn't understand is..this is NOT her first drug arrest!?! She was arrested for Heroin once and I belive this is her second pot possesion? Shouldn't that carry some weight?
Oh and to the person who asked about the legality of pot in California. Due to the medical marijuana act, ANYONE can posses less than an ounce and it is illegal but usually you will just get a ticket (fine) no jail or court appearance necessary.

Vicodin (as long as it was prescribed to her) I doubt it was, is legal.

Posted at 5:54PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Dan

18. The DUI laws are inconsistent and fairly stupid to start with. Statistics show that today more people have accidents when using their cell phones rather than drinking. Besides that, the figures for DUI never distinguish whether or not the alcohol actually was the cause of the accident, only whether or not it was present. I was a professional driver for 4 years, and I saw tons of accidents that were more from plain stupidity than anything else. Older people and teens can drive like maniacs with no help from drugs or alcohol. MADD in its fervor to push its myth has caused a lot of misconceptions, and a lot of innocent people pay for it.

Posted at 6:04PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Stanley

19. One down, two to go... for now. With Paris' immenent check-in at the Graybar Hotel, it is either Nicole's or Lindsay's turn next. But not to worry, even after all three of the dimwits get put away, there will be plenty of other celebri-sluts eager to climb aboard the circus train.

http://indefatigable-indolence.org/blog1/?p=60

Posted at 6:04PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Big Fella

20. "8. Isn't pot illegal in CA? So you can be on ILLEGAL drugs and STILL keep your license? Wow! No there is absolutely zero favoritism going on. I think this definitely proves they had it out for Paris and are just using her to prove a point. I bet both Lindsay and Nicole never get a lick of jail time even though what they did was worse than what Paris did."

Pot is such a widespread drug in Cali that even though it is *technically* illegal, people are rarely arrested or even ticketed/fined for being busted with it unless you have a large amount (I think it's more than an eighth). Then you can be charged with intent to sell. But if you're just high, or you're caught with an eighth or less, there's like a .0000000000000000001% chance that you'll face any consequences.

Posted at 6:15PM on Jun 1st 2007 by 'Chele

21. ONE LAW FOR THE RICH ONE FOR THE POOR!!

Posted at 6:19PM on Jun 1st 2007 by daisy

22. My understanding she was breaking the terms of her probation driving under the influence so based on that she will probably have to undergo treatment provided they find her guilty now since she has decided to recant what she told the police that night. Is there any kind of testing that can prove that you have been smoking pot that the police can use? I mean she was arrested and booked for DUI, not for driving the wrong way up the freeway. What about a UA? It could be done just like an alcohol test. You can refuse to drop but it would be automatic loss of liscense. Or you could drop and get a better deal. I think there are kits that can give UA results for certain drugs right away. Anyway too bad - you can take vics and smoke dope and say you're stoned,, get arrested, but then get off later. You drink 2 drinks in an hour, blow or refuse and you're screwed.

Posted at 7:15PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Angie

23. Hot damn Nicole looks super sexy sweet in that mugshot... er pic. I'd love to ride er sorry I mean drive Nicole around town she needs a driver.

Posted at 7:38PM on Jun 1st 2007 by TMZ_User

24. OH!!! So, marijuana is ILLEGAL, but it's OK to drive on it, but alcohol is LEGAL, and driving is a no-no. Just as long as we're clear.

Posted at 7:40PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Momma

25. I think Paris and Nicole would be great cell mates, it would definatly be a simple life!

Posted at 7:50PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Jodi

26. I, too, thought DUI meant Driving Under Influence of either alcohol or drugs - it certainly should, especially since most [legal, prescription] drugs that can have negative 'influence' on your driving come with warnings not to drive or operate machinery. It seems that the whole DUI issue and laws need to be revamped with more stringent guidelines.

Regardless of what other actions while driving cause (ie, cell phones, etc), DUI is a serious problem that needs to have serious consequences. I would be willing to bet that there are more repeat DUI offenders that have accidents than cell phone users repeating their mistake after an accident, just because of the nature of alcohol and drug use/abuse.

Perhaps due to the specifics in NR's case (drugs, not alcohol), it is necessary for her to be convicted of the crime before her license is revoked. I certainly hope after 2 DUIs and her past heroin abuse all piled up on her record she DOES get some serious consequences. That email invite to her Memorial Day party certainly shows that she encourages getting drunk enough to pass out. There wasn't anything on that invite about making sure attendees brought a designated driver or that rides for the drunks would be provided. She clearly doesn't take the whole alcohol/drug abuse thing seriously, even after all of her problems relating to it. Maybe jail will wake her up, but I doubt it.

Posted at 9:12PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

27. Thanx TMZ for the update. But in my state they now call it a OVI. Driving Vehicle (while) under the influence. A drug is a drug is a drug. All drugs do impair ones judgement. She should not be able to have a legal drivers license for a certain number of months. Too be rich, famous and laking adult responsiblites. Wow. Gonna teach my kids these things so I don't have them go to jail. Paris and Nicole r not kids. They r grown ass adults with nothing to give back to society. Not nothing to give back. They have "The Simple/Stupid Life". Oh and they both have singing and acting careers (My Bad).

Posted at 10:06PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Robin

28. Give the ana a court date, convict her and lock her up already!

Posted at 10:10PM on Jun 1st 2007 by paris has herpes

29. If Nicole and Paris were cell mates, justs means they can sell more of "The Simple Life" and call it "The Simple Life Cell Mates". Throw LiLo in there and it will be "The Simple Life/Lets see who does not kill one another.

Posted at 10:20PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Robin

30. By: William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

For the last week, you've read the latest news - and my latest predictions - about one of the biggest evils on the American medical landscape: Mass vaccinations.

As you'll recall, one of my extrapolations of this false panacea of medicine had to do with a new vaccine that's all the rage - one designed to prevent most cases of HPV (genital warts) in young women, along with the subsequent development of cervical cancer this viral infection is linked to...

My argument is that while it's all fine and good to prevent infections of a common STD and its often-cancerous aftermath, there's a "point of diminishing returns" in the equation if the vaccine gives young women a false sense of security about the safety of sex. This may expose them to all kinds of other diseases, some deadly (and getting deadlier).

But there are some "wild card" factors in this equation, too - things that could either mitigate the urge among young, naïve people to copulate with abandon OR temper that very same urge: Things like schooling, parenting, and one other influence I alluded to in the last Daily Dose...

I'm talking about popular culture.

If you've been a reader of mine for any length of time at all, you know I've long lamented the steady decline in the themes and messages in a lot of modern cultural influences - things like movies, TV, magazines, music (if you can call it that) and the over-publicized antics of spoiled celebrities. Now here's how this dovetails into the vaccine equation...

In the absence of strong, morally principled parenting - and schooling that minds the lines between what's proper curriculum and what's the responsibility of those parents to teach their kids - young, sexually curious adults are taking their cues on how to act from all the wrong places: Rap "music" lyrics and videos, movies, mom's Cosmopolitan mags, and whatever they learn from predators that prowl Internet chat-rooms and the MySpace profiles all their hyper-sexed, Ritalin-addicted friends are posting...

What's worse, they also learn how to act from what they're seeing Paris, Britney, Lindsay, and all the other pop-tarts doing on TV! (If you don't know who these people are, or are clueless about MySpace, you need to plug in to understand your kids and grandkids - but be forewarned, the journey's not for the faint of heart).

Think today's kids aren't REALLY so impressionable that they'd take their cues from a bunch of spoiled, talent-less Hollywood party-girls and gangster-rap stars?

According to recent UK Daily Mail article, researchers asked a random survey of 1,500 British kids aged 10 and under (the answers would be similar for American kids, I promise you), "What do you think is the very best thing in the world?"

Ranked from 1 to 10 by greatest number of responses, their answers were:

1) Being a celebrity
2) Good looks
3) Being rich
4) Being healthy
5) Pop music
6) Families
7) Friends
8) Nice food
9) Watching movies

And last on the list...

10) God

Take a look at the top three answers: Celebrity, beauty, and wealth. And also notice how "pop music" ranks above family, friends, and God...

Still think kids' sensibilities about life, love, sex, and what's important aren't being shaped heavily by hyper-sexed popular culture?

Bottom line: With STDs, sexual objectification, and victimization rampant - and with schools promoting sex as though it's civic duty - it's more important than ever for parents to set strong boundaries that instill sexual temperance and age-appropriate behavior in their kids.

Instead, we have parents steering children, either by first-hand example or by tacit approval of their over-eroticized young lifestyles, into having risky sex early and often...

If only we could come up with a vaccine against THIS kind of "cancer."

(Still) lamenting over-sexed parenting,

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

Posted at 11:29PM on Jun 1st 2007 by Parents Need to Know