Jon Bon Jovi's daughter recovering after heroin overdose

Jon Bon Jovi attends the the "Grammys Salute to Icons" on Jan. 30, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif., with his wife, Dorothea Rose Hurley, right, and daughter Stephanie. / Getty

Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter was hospitalized and facing drug charges Wednesday after overdosing on heroin in a dorm at her college in upstate New York, authorities said.

Stephanie Bongiovi was found unresponsive by an ambulance crew sent to Hamilton College early Wednesday after a report that a female had apparently overdosed in Dunham Hall, the school's largest dorm.

Town of Kirkland police investigator Peter Cania said Bongiovi, of Red Bank, N.J., was recovering at a hospital he declined to name.

Officers sent to the dorm initially found a small amount of heroin and arrested Ian Grant, 21, also of Red Bank and a Hamilton student, according to police reports.

Investigators got a search warrant for the dorm and found heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, leading to Bongiovi's arrest. Cania would not say whether the search involved her room.

Police didn't know whether Bongiovi or Grant have lawyers. Jon Bon Jovi's representative wasn't commenting Wednesday.

Bongiovi and Grant were each charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Bongiovi was also charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana and criminally using drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

Both were issued tickets and ordered to appear in court at a later date.

Bon Jovi, 50, is scheduled to perform at a concert to benefit Hamilton's scholarships and arts programs in Times Square on Dec. 5.

The rocker took part in the recent NBC televised telethon to raise money for Sandy relief.

He's been married to his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, since 1989. Stephanie is the oldest of the couple's four children.

[support431]

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[Paulpots12]

And here you have the central paradox of prohibition, the drug laws make victims of the very people we are told they are trying to help. If someone has a problem how is it helping them to arrest them and put them through the court system? This will only make their problems worse and could lead to a downward spiral with the most serious consequences for a family.

If people want to use opiates they should be completely free to use them and then they would have the choice of smoking opium resin which is far safer than injection drug use. You basically cannot OD from smoking the drug. You pass out before you can ingest enough.

In every way prohibition has increased the risks in drug use and the pressure placed on those who use drugs. It is time for the police to butt out of health care and stop harassing the most in need people in the community and hand over a part of their budget to responsible community organizations that really help people in these situations.

[ojustice123]

So sad. I still remember when she was born (I was a big Bon Jovi fan when I was 11 years old, don't judge me!) I loved her name "Stephanie Rose"...I hope she gets her sh*t together and gets off the drugs for good. On a side note, I think AA is not for everyone (I personally didn't get anything out of working their program but have been sober for almost 5 years now) but there are many other alternatives to achieve a healthier and sober life. My heart goes to her parents.

[typingfast1]

Supply them with bigger needles. If they want to kill themselves by shooting up with dangerous drugs, help them do it right and save a lot of time and money on the police department investigations. Plus, it will free up a lot of jail space for the rest of the crooks. Just because her father is someone well known, makes her no different from anyone else. She is just a junkie with a lot of money to get her fix.

[unclec18017]

Just remember the British study from 2 years ago, that showed alcohol being the most dangerous, with heroin not too far behind (with crystal meth a close 3rd) as the most dangerous drugs. Cocaine, tobacco, marijuana and LSD scored less dangerous...

Whenever you see a young person's (30, or even 35) obit in the newspaper, there's a good chance heroin was the culprit. Or a drunk driving accident. Heroin is the designer drug, everyone wants to try. At first, there's no needle (you smoke it), it's "Persian", a highly refined opium. WRONG... Then once you get a taste for it, all fear of the needle seems to disappear, so you can really get high. You can inject it between your toes, so nobody knows.

Narcotics have become a way of life in Western society, whether high quality pharmaceuticals or high quality street drugs... not really any difference. I had a friend who died from visiting too many Dr. Feelgoods, at age 47. It's an escape for those who (mostly) can least afford it. Miss Bon Jovi is lucky.

Here are some findings of the study:

"In an effort to offer a guide to policy makers in health, policing, and social care, the team rated drugs using a technique called multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) which assessed damage according to nine criteria on harm to the user and seven criteria on harm to others.

Harms to the user included things such as drug-specific or drug-related death, damage to health, drug dependence and loss of relationships, while harms to others included crime, environmental damage, family conflict, international damage, economic cost, and damage to community cohesion.

Drugs were then scored out of 100, with 100 given to the most harmful drug and zero indicating no harm at all.

The scientists found alcohol was most harmful, with a score of 72, followed by heroin with 55 and crack with 54.

Among some of the other drugs assessed were crystal meth (33), cocaine (27), tobacco (26), amphetamine or speed (23), cannabis (20), benzodiazepines, such as Valium (15), ketamine (15), methadone (14), mephedrone (13), ecstasy (9), anabolic steroids (9), LSD (7) and magic mushrooms (5)."

With all the hysteria about psychedelics in the 1960s and 70s, remember all the fools who said it would damage your DNA and make you go crazy... look where LSD and magic mushrooms are on the scale. But the hysteria about heroin was right all along.

[myoleman]

When you live your life taking full advantage of all the benefits afforded by fame and fortunute the world takes its toll wherever it can. It's most often the weak and the young that end up paying the consequences. The world, the flesh and the devil are wicked deceivers who always take far more than what they give to tempt you into falling for their traps. The world overfeed us just to make us fat for the day of the slaughter. In those days people will no longer say, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.' Jer. 31:29

[Swift29]

Hmmmm. At least you're not raving about The Rapture.

[cbaustintx]

Every parents nightmare.

[skeezix06]

My thoughts exactly.

[Swift29]

Hate to chime in but horse is still 'something to discover' in certain parts of the country and youth will test the waters. If you haven't learned from people who know better you end up screwing up. I could tell you stories, like about a friend hanging with Turkish sh*tforbrains at Princeton but that's a long story. Ol' friend survived. Some don't. They're lucky. Kid might not need detox, just someone they can look up to to set them straight. Unfortunately that's almost never the parents.

[rwsmith29456]

She was lucky this time.

[Uneed2BWeened]

That is good to know.