
MTV is known for..well not its music videos these days but its sizable amount of hit tv shows. Room Raiders, The Hills, and My Super Sweet 16 are just a few sires on MTV's show schedule. Currently the channel has added another show. "Gone Too Far" the recently added show reveals drug addicted youngsters and there quest for sobriety starting the late DJ AM as the host.
If an A-lister was in search of DJ, DJ AM was on the list of top party spinners in the industry. He was in a group called Crazytown who's song "Butterfly" went number 1 the top 40 charts in April 2001. Others may remember him from his high profile romances with Nicole Riche and Mandy Moore. DJ Am drawbacks consisted of but not limited to his drug addiction and a long battle with obesity. In his early 20's he was using cocaine and became heavily addicted shortly after. At age 30 he underwent gastric bypass surgery which controlled his weight. One would imagine after kicking his drug and eating habit he would be on top of the world. And on top he was! Until his death on August 28, 2009 from an accidental drug overdose.
MTV has officially GONE TOO FAR. DJ AM's show is now on the air, after considerable evidence proving the host relapsed from drug overdose. What message is the channel sending to adolescence teenagers as they glue themselves to the show. The irony is too apparent for people not to consider the release of the television show disturbing. The actual footage of Amy (addict of the first episode) injecting heroin was too much for the DJ to deal with. When filming he had to reconnect to his own faulty past, evidently his incentive to help backfired tremendously. Did MTV really need air the new show "Gone Too Far", and is this ethical?

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