London
(ANI):
Actor
Michael
Douglas
has
revealed
in
an
interview
that
had
his
son
Cameron
not
been
sent
to
prison
he
would
have
lost
him
to
drugs.
Cameron,
31,
had
been
detained
on
drugs
charges
last
year
following
a
police
raid
on
his
New
York
hotel
room.
He
was
handed
a
five-year
jail
term
last
month
after
pleading
guilty
to
charges
of
methamphetamine
possession
with
intent
to
distribute
a
controlled
substance
and
one
count
of
possession
of
cocaine
in
January
(10).
Douglas,
65,
is
convinced
that
the
time
his
son
spends
behind
bars
will
help
him
to
rebuild
his
life.
“My
son
has
not
been
sober
for
this
length
of
time
since
he
was
13
years
old," the
Daily
Star
quoted
him
as
America"s
Today
show.
“So
he
was
going
to
be
dead
or
somebody
was
gonna
kill
him,
and
I
think
he
has
a
chance
to
start
a
new
life
and
he
knows
that.
And
from
my
understanding,
it"s
going
to
take
that
amount
of
time
for
him
to
rebuild
and
start
himself
afresh.
He"s
a
great
young
man.
And
I
wouldn"t
be
supporting
him
if
I
didn"t
feel
that
way,"
he
added.