SINGER JOHNNY CASH DISCUSSES HIS LATEST ADDICTION TO MORPHINE
SINGER JOHNNY CASH DISCUSSES HIS LATEST ADDICTION TO MORPHINE
NBC ID: ARD2PYN0HT | Production Unit: Today Show | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: T840314 | Air Date(s): 03/14/1984 | Event Date(s): 03/14/1984Transcript
Event Date(s): 03/14/1984 | Event Location(s): Today New York Studio;Nashville;Texas | Description: SINGER JOHNNY CASH DISCUSSES HIS LATEST ADDICTION TO MORPHINE SINGER CASH SAYS HE IS A CHEMICAL DEPENDENT PERSON. HE SAYS DESPITE REFRAINING FROM DRUGS & ALCOHOL FOR NINE YEARS HE BECAME ADDICTED TO PAIN KILLERS & MORPHINE FOLLOWING SURGERY IN OCTOBER 83. CASH SAYS HIS FAMILY & DOCTORS POINTED OUT HIS DEPENDENCY WHICH LED TO HIS STAY AT THE BETTY FORD CENTER FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY. CASH SAYS THE FORD CENTER IS NOT FOR THE RICH BUT IS PROBABLY THE LEAST EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE CENTER. CASH SAYS HIS ROOMMATE WAS SAN DIEGO PRINTER TOBASIAYE(PH); APOLOGIZES FOR SAYING TOBASIAYES NAME;& CONTENDS TOBASIAYE IS HIS FRIEND. NASHVILLE NETWORK EXCERPT OF CASH SINGING IN CONCERT SEEN. CASH SAYS HE FEELS HES BEEN GIVEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE& PRAISES GOD. TA; LIVE 2-WAY REMOTE WITH EJ; :26 Producers: NBC
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