only going to do with the gangs and drugs and crime coming across the board for mexico. where do you see it breaking down? dana: i think both things could be true. i took it as kelly talking about drugs coming across the border. i thought that s what he meant. but i feel like i should give the rest of my time to bob who feels pretty strongly on this. bob: yesterday, as you know i am a recovering alcoholic, addict and have messed with all this stuff, including methamphetamines and heroin. for anybody to suggest that marijuana is not in some way or another connected to more use of drugs and it s also the biggest illegal drug in america by far. the mexicans haven t given up selling it. that s how they get started. transportation is still there, the money is still there. i did an intervention yesterday with a guy who is 43 years old and he started off using medical
in who s life is it anyway on broadway, followed by her academy award nominated performance as repressed mother in the movie ordinary people. but moore s private life was in turmoil. about the early 70s that i began to drink to the point where i thought about it as a solution. reporter: her son died of an accidental gunshot wound. and her 17-year marriage to tinker ended a year later. in 1984 moore checked herself into the betty ford center. that s a battle that is never won. you constantly say, i am a recovering alcoholic. reporter: now sober, moore played lead and supporting roles on television and in movies for new audiences. i want you to consider my age and ask yourself how i maintain this. reporter: moore, who suffered from diabetes for most of her adult life was a spokesperson for the juvenile diabetes foundation and an animal rights activist. for fans, she was in the words
no. reporter: instead of family, she had coworkers and friends. it s a long way to temporary reporter: in seven years the series won a record 29 emmys. in the late 70s, moore turned to the stage and the big screen. first as a suicidal pair pa leejic in who s life is it anyway on broadway, followed by her academy award nominated performance as repressed mother in the movie ordinary people. but moore s private life was in turmoil. about the early siven70s i to drink to the point where i thought about it as a solution. reporter: her son died of an accidental gunshot wound and her 17-year marriage ended a year later. in 1984, moore checked herself into the betty ford center. that s a bate that is never won. you constantly say, i am a recovering alcoholic.
it was about 4:00 on a saturday afternoon. the hot sun streaming through the windows, i put a glass of scotch and soda down on the living room table, went to bed, and pulled the blankets over my head. i couldn t take it anymore. the next time i saw roger ebert, he was in aa. i was drinking very heavily. when i decided to out myself as a recovering alcoholic, i hadn t taken a drink for 31 years. and since my first aa meeting i ve attended, i never wanted to. since surgery in july of 2006, i haven t been able to drink at all or eat or speak. unless i go insane and start pouring booze into my g tube, i believe i m reasonably safe.
that i would still be drinking. i would also be unemployed, unmarried, and probably dead. in august 1979, i took my last drink. it was about 4:00 on a saturday afternoon. the hot sun streaming through the windows, i put a glass of scotch and soda down on the living room table, went to bed, and pulled the blankets over my head. i couldn t take it anymore. the next time i saw roger ebert, he was in aa. i was drinking very heavily. when i decided to out myself as a recovering alcoholic, i hadn t take an drink for 31 years. and since my first aa meeting i ve attended, i never wanted to. since surgery in july of 2006, i haven t been able to drink at all or eat or speak. unless i go insane and start pouring booze into my g tube, i believe i m reasonably safe.