Lamar Odom, has reportedly checked himself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Odom was arrested early Friday morning (August 30) on suspicion of driving under the influence of "alcohol and/or drugs."
The 33-year-old forward was released on $15,000 bail and had his driver's license suspended for one year for refusing a chemical test at the time of his booking.
The DUI arrest came on the heels of multiple reports that the 14-year NBA veteran has used crack cocaine, OxyContin and Ambien in recent years, and had gone missing for 3 days after a reported attempt at an intervention by wife Khloe Kardashian-Odom failed.
The DUI arrest came on the heels of multiple reports that the 14-year NBA veteran has used crack cocaine, OxyContin and Ambien in recent years, and had gone missing for 3 days after a reported attempt at an intervention by wife Khloe Kardashian-Odom failed.
The basketball player has admitted to drug use in the past. He violated NBA drug policies twice in 8 months back in 2001, and spoke in 2003 of his marijuana use. "I just couldn't control myself in L.A. ... the lifestyle that I was living and the things I had access to," he said.
Odom's father struggled with heroin addiction, and Odom once wondered if he was "fighting my father's demons."
Lamar Odom played last NBA season for the Los Angeles Clippers and has won 2 NBA titles and the NBA's 2011 6th Man of the Year Award with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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