Understanding how powerful and damaging addiction is is hardly the same as being "pro drug!" What a leap! It's exactly the opposite.
What I'm concerned about here, is people not understanding addiction, thinking it is just about "get a grip and get some will power." The illusion of control and will power is precisely the PROBLEM with addiction. Addicts begin to labor under the illusion that they can master or control the substance or behavior.
People address an addiction when they realize it's ruining their lives and they cannot control it, it is controlling them. Something that has such a powerful hold on someone (and often a physical hold) is not going to be arrested by other people telling them it's "bad." I'm sorry, but I think any condemnation here is both out of place and futile.
p.s. And, I agree with Seven on this point and, once again, want to make clear that I myself am just speaking generally, and don't for a MINUTE imply that Boy George is an addict or that I have any idea what happened there. In fact, I personally think it's in poor taste to guess and theorize about another person like that. I was simply speaking to the misconceptions about addiction GENERALLY which I saw here...