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Aging sometime actress Mackenzie Phillips was arrested Wednesday morning at Los Angeles International for allegedly bringing a “small amount” of what appeared to be heroin and cocaine through airport security.  The drugs were found after a secondary screening by airport officials wrapped in balloons and plastic bags.

Phillips is no stranger to drug use.  She is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mommas & the Papas.  The Momma side of the group featured the drug (or sandwich) related death of Cass Elliot.  Phillips herself has had a long string of television appearances and frequent episodes of drug use.  IMDB mentions her rise to fame on the set of One Day at a Time:

The show was an instant success, and everything was going well until the third season was launched, when she was arrested for cocaine possession and lied about the incident on her uncredited appearance on “Dinah and Her New Best Friends” (1976). During the run of the 1979-1980 season, Mackenzie started to fall off the deep end. The producers didn’t know what was wrong - she started getting tired and showing up late for rehearsals. On the set she was incoherent and the producers gave her a six week leave of absence. In 1980, she was fired from the series, went to rehab, then returned in the fall of 1981. Sadly, in 1983, she fell asleep during a rehearsal. Producer Patricia Fass Palmer told her that she had to take another drug test, but she refused and left.

The article ends on the ironic last line:

She has since recovered and returned to acting.

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