# TV characters who have a drug problem but....no one cares **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034 "2021-01-08T13:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/21 "2021-01-08T15:07:00Z")
Seriously, nobody has mentioned **House** yet? A brilliant doctor who pops Vicodin like they’re tic-tacs? Although it’s not like the other characters didn’t try to get him to stop, and that he didn’t occasionally suffer the consequences of his addiction. But I think they all realized at some point they were fighting a losing battle. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/22 "2021-01-08T15:12:35Z")
Perhaps nobody has mentioned House yet precisely because the other characters tried to get him to stop? Not a great example of no one cares. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/23 "2021-01-08T15:13:02Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Seriously, nobody has mentioned **House** yet? A brilliant doctor who pops Vicodin like they’re tic-tacs? **Although it’s not like the other characters didn’t try to get him to stop** [Bolding mine] yeah, that one doesn’t fit the OP “…no one cares”. Edit: Geez, been gettin’ ninja’d a lot lately 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/24 "2021-01-08T15:34:26Z")
It’s kind of debatable whether or not **Dr. Johnny Fever** still had much of a problem but there’s no doubt at all the he’d been up and down and back again on anything and everything in every possible combination for decades. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/25 "2021-01-08T16:00:31Z")
Every single person on, “Cougar Town.” If they’re not wine-ing, they will be; it’s almost like a cult. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/26 "2021-01-08T16:23:44Z")
Granny and her rheumatiz medicine? ---
**Author:** ![TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TiberiusNeroClaudius)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/27 "2021-01-08T16:49:54Z")
Fort Courage on “F Troop” had a town drunk who they describe as the best in the west but he only appears briefly in a few episodes. On “Sanford and Son” was Lamont’s friend Rollo a marijuana smoker? Fred always accused him of being a thief. I seem to remember an episode where Rollo and others find a bag and Rollo suggests rolling it in small pieces of paper and setting it on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/28 "2021-01-08T17:12:27Z")
He was recovered alcoholic. And he relapsed after Diane left him. Frasier was introduced to help him get sober again. Everyone in the bar cared about his drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/29 "2021-01-08T17:13:11Z")
Taco in **The League**. Abbi and Ilana in **Broad City**. At least one character per episode of **High Maintenance**. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/30 "2021-01-08T17:15:08Z")
> [@CoconutPete](#): > > Charlie on Always Sunny in Philadelphia huffs glue. And then there’s Rickety Cricket… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/31 "2021-01-08T17:15:20Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Edit: Geez, been gettin’ ninja’d a lot lately 😛 Have you considered a trial of Adderall ?? [NB: **I** care ;-)] ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/32 "2021-01-08T17:20:41Z")
Frank will take just about any drug, and Dee and Dennis got addicted to crack. The whole crew at the bar including Mac are alcoholics, as well as Bill Ponderosa and The Waitress. Bill doesn’t seem averse to any other drugs either. And Cricket will do anything for a hit of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/33 "2021-01-08T17:22:42Z")
Another possible example; Frank Gallagher in either the UK or US version of Shameless. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/34 "2021-01-08T17:25:00Z")
Mindy St. Claire on **The Good Place** sure did like her some cocaine, and no one seemed to think it a problem. Granted, she was already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/35 "2021-01-08T17:55:37Z")
How about a real life example? The YouTube channel BuzzFeed used to do a lot of videos of people drinking alcohol. [Here’s a typical example.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewSA6Sh177A) Two of the people in that video, Kelsey Darragh and Curly Velasquez, have since gone public with their drinking problems. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/36 "2021-01-08T17:57:47Z")
Wow, I guess I didn’t watch the later seasons very carefully. Or my memory is not what it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/37 "2021-01-08T18:04:23Z")
It’s hard to find any show where caffeine addiction isn’t just taken for granted. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/38 "2021-01-08T18:06:52Z")
Aside from its most famous example of course. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1QBHO6ek2mU/hqdefault.jpg "Jessie Spano I'm So Excited") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QBHO6ek2mU) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/39 "2021-01-08T18:09:46Z")
Again, not a great fit for the OP since Zach clearly cares. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034/40 "2021-01-08T18:13:09Z")
On _Cobra Kai_ Johnny is usually shown with a Coors Banquet in his hand. It’s mentioned once or twice early on that he drinks a lot, but nobody seems to care after that. The show is also full of consequence free drunk driving by both Johnny and Daniel. At least through season 2. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-a-drug-problem-but-no-one-cares/930034.md?page=3)