Disturber "breaking news Jason Peter crackhead"

yeah , I know its old news, just funny how the disturber just got the "scoop". SI got the same story

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/9792318.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/nfl/09/29/bc.fbn.panthers.peter.s.ap/index.html

Posted on Wed, Sep. 29, 2004




Ex-Panther admits heavy drug use

Pain relievers, then crack and heroin

JENNA FRYER

Associated Press


Jason Peter, a former No. 1 draft pick of the Carolina Panthers, has admitted that he abused drugs - including crack cocaine and heroin.


Peter, who played for Carolina from 1998 to 2001, discussed his drug use in a feature running this month on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."

What started as an addiction with pain killers led Peter into the use of crack cocaine, heroin, and eventually the mixture of both drugs at once.

Some of his Panthers teammates say they knew that former defensive end Jason Peter was abusing drugs, but not to the extent he has revealed.
"What was surprising to me was the heroine and the cocaine - some of the other stuff wasn't as big of a surprise to me, but the hard drugs, that was," defensive end Mike Rucker said Wednesday. "That stuff is dangerous. Once you get started, it takes you down a different path. It's a slippery slope."

Both Rucker and safety Mike Minter played with Peter at Nebraska, and said they believe his abuse of pain killers started in college. It followed him into the NFL, and many of his teammates were aware of it.

"I knew he had a problem, but I didn't know he had gotten that bad," Minter said. "That was the biggest surprise."

Peter told "Real Sports" that he got to a point where he was relying on up to 80 Vicodins a day while in Carolina.

"My relationship with the pills was I needed them more than I needed anybody in my life," he said. "I was married to those pills."

It led him to harder drugs.

"When I started smoking crack, I could stay up for four or five days at a time," he said. "Then, eventually, that didn't work for me anymore. That's when I started getting into heroin. Combining the two was like kissing God."

The bottom fell out for Peter after he was out of the NFL. He mixed pills and alcohol one afternoon, then passed out on his parents' couch. When he woke up, he said he didn't want to live anymore and knew he needed help.

Carolina general manager Marty Hurney said the Panthers' management was unaware of Peter's drug use until the program aired. Players backed that up, saying they believed former coach George Seifert did not know.

Although Peter left the league in 2001, Rucker ran into him once and knew immediately the problem had spiraled out of control.

"I bumped into him about a year and a half ago, and he was really thin," Rucker said. "He just didn't look like the guy I knew. He had totally changed. He didn't look good."

Peter was an All-American defensive end when the Panthers made him their first-round pick in 1998. But his time in Carolina was injury prone, particularly with a nagging neck injury.

He left the NFL after the 2001 season, alleging his neck injury was forcing him to retire early. Peter has a younger brother who was temporarily paralyzed after suffering a neck injury, and he often spoke of his fears of doing further damage.

 

This is the guy who was dating Christina Argulara (sp)? Man did he F up his life.

 

Nah, that was Coop. Rumor only...

 

MOON!
the disturber is a little slow picking up on this one..wonder if they saw Real Sports before they figured it out

 

Yea, your right. Lucky F'er.