Drug 'Em

I was, without shame, at two in the afternoon, watching Celebrity Rehab on VH1. VH1 is the red light district of cable. You know everything there is diseased and unhealthy, but you occasionally just drive by, because debauchery is amusing.

So, here I was, being amused by "celebrities" (VH1 uses the term very loosely. "You sir! Didn't you once star as an extra on 'My Mother the Car?' How would you like to rocket from extra to star? On what? Oh…umm…. celebrity rehab."). Thirty minutes into the show, I had an epiphany (it was more along the lines of an "idea," but if VH1 can toss around terms like "celebrity," I'm using "epiphany" willy nilly).
The idea: let's drug the druggies. Stay with me. These people are going through terrible withdrawal symptoms like depression, vomiting, and agreeing to star on Celebrity Rehab. What if we drug them to unconsciousness, and leave them there while there bodies readjust to life without the drugs? That way they won't have to consciously suffer all the withdrawals. Sure, upon waking up they'll have to continue avoiding their vice, but they will have successfully detoxed while comatose. Heh? What do you think? Have I horribly misrepresented science?