Singer Houston Enters Drug Rehab Facility

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 3.16.04

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LOS ANGELES — Grammy-winning pop singer Whitney Houston has entered a drug rehabilitation facility, her publicist said.

Houston "thanks everyone for their support and prayers," publicist Nancy Seltzer said in a statement Monday. She declined to offer any further details.

Houston, 40, admitted in a December 2002 television that she had abused drugs in the past, but told interviewer Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Primetime" that she had gotten beyond that time through prayer.

Houston's husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown, was sentenced to 60 days in jail in late February for violating probation. One of the violations included a December misdemeanor battery charge for allegedly striking Houston, leaving her with a bruised cheek and a cut inside her lip.

In January 2000, Houston left behind a bag at Keahole Kona International Airport in Hawaii that allegedly held less than half an ounce of marijuana and three partially smoked marijuana cigarettes.

In 2001, a petty misdemeanor drug charge relating to the incident was dismissed against Houston after a drug counselor filed an assessment with prosecutors stating that Houston did not require treatment for substance abuse.

Brown and Houston have been married since 1992 and have a 10-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

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But I thought she said she was not on drugs!

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She's on the cover of the March Ebony, and looks like she's been rode hard and put away wet....

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[ServesURight]

Sad to see what happened to Brown. New Edition is making another comeback album that's being produced by P. Diddy, and he purposefully left Brown out.

Houston should cut Bobby Brown loose and get on with her life. She doesn't need him.

[Catspaw]

But I thought she said she was not on drugs!

Surprise, surprise, surprise.

This, IMHO, is long overdue.

[BenLurkin]

Best wishes to her. She always struck me as being basically sweet a vperson on the inside.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Did you see her when they visited Israel? She looked horrible - pale, washed out looking - and spacey......

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Hummm.... wonder if her announcement that she was pregnant was just a fantasy on her part?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Houston should cut Bobby Brown loose and get on with her life. She doesn't need him.

Doubt that rehab will help her in the long run if she doesn't end her association with this clown.

[moonman]

'Save The Last Dance' for yourself Whitney. GODspeed

[petercooper]

losers, the whole group

[Eric in the Ozarks]

She looks very tired in the photo.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I pray she isn't. She needs a rest.

[TheGunny]

I was in love with this woman about 15 yrs ago, she sure has fallen quite a long way.

[babaloo]

I remember how cute and fresh she looked in the 80's. It is really sad what drugs and denial do to a person. I wish her well but she needs to lose her husband to survive. She cannot go back to living with a drug abuser and fully recover.

[bikewench]

Whitney pregnant?

Maybe that's why she finally went into rehab....
Although it could be too late for the fetus not to be effected...

If that's the case....it's pretty sad.
She's got God... tons of money... and access to the best help in the world....

[Liberty Valance]

This is great news. I hope she can get herself together. She had a magical voice once upon a time. Hope she can overcome the drug thing :^)

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Clintonbegone had linked me to a story where Whitney was performing in Russia and she had her hand on her abdomen and said something about a second child...... kind of vague - not sure if she was thinking "future" or currently being pregnant........

[Jalapeno]

She was such a beautiful woman and an absolutely fantastic talent. Truly a waste.

[FITZ]

She started out so wholesome --- and with a talent that allowed her to keep her clothes on --- unlike the untalented types out there now.

[kimmie7]

I'm not shocked or anything, but it is sad to see what's happened to her. What a beautiful voice.