Amber Portwood Claims MTV Made Drugs Readily Available!



Amber Portwood had an opportunity to have felony charges

dropped against her, instead she will be serving time in prison.

As a result of opting out of the Madison County Drug Court

rehabilitation program May 24, Portwood, 22, was sentenced Tuesday

in Madison Circuit Court 4 to five years in prison.

Had she completed the program, her felony convictions for domestic

battery and possession of medication without a valid

prescription would have been dropped.

Amber told Drug Court Judge David Happe upon opting out

of the program, that she felt she would never be sober.

However, when asked by the Judge

if she really felt that way, Amber responded “no.”
She said she first used drugs when she was 12 or 13,

and that her exposure on the reality TV show

presented an increase in temptations.

Her lawyer said before the show began shooting,

Amber flew out to California to meet with producers.

Drugs were readily available, and Amber and other members of the show

attended several parties together.

It was during her participation in drug court that Amber claims

she achieved her longest period of sobriety, two and a half months.

She said she started to abuse drugs again after undergoing surgery

to have gallstones removed. Amber was prescribed hydrocodone,

the same drug she was addicted to.

In an earlier plea deal, Amber was ordered to start a college fund

 for her 3-year-old daughter. Amber has earned about $500,000 from

her years in the reality show, said she has created the fund.

 The judge said he will make a recommendation with the Department

of Correction that Amber will be placed in a therapeutic community program

 at the prison, where she can continue to battle her drug addiction.

 Amber said the predicament she is in is a result of a decision

 she made when she was 16 years old to join the “16 and Pregnant” and

later “Teen Mom” casts. Looking back now she wished she didnt.