Ukugcinwa kunye nokusasazwa kwe-methamphetamine, ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu, uDouglas-Junior wasongela ukuvalelwa ukusuka kwiminyaka elishumi ukuya kubomi. Nangona kunjalo, uCameron wagwetywa iminyaka emihlanu, kuba, ngokomgwebi, wasebenzisana nesiphumo.
Ngo-2007, abasemagunyeni baseCalifornia sele begqibile uCameron Douglas ohlawulelwa inqaku lokugcina icocaine ngokungekho mthethweni. Ngo-2009, wavalelwa kwelinye lamagumbi eGanantvoot eManhattan kwi-Ofisi yeNtsebenzo ye-NORK. Ngexesha lokukhangela kweCameron Douglas, iimbacu zifumene isixa esikhulu se-methamphetamine, ixabiso eliqikelelweyo lemarike emnyama ziidola ezili-18.
UCatherine Zeta-Jones wayezama ukunceda unyana womyeni wakhe. Ubhalele iileta zenkundla, elathi inkwenkwana yeFamari-demeracent azange zenzakalise mntu. UDouglas-Junior osoyikisayo ukulahlekiswa kwenkululeko kangangesithuba seminyaka elishumi ngaphambi kokuba ivalelwe ubomi. Uninzi lwenzeka, wanikwa iminyaka emi-5 kuphela kuba i-jury yazisola ngotata notatomkhulu, ootatomkhulu abangama-hollywood kunye nabavelisi uMichael Douglas noKirk Douglas.
Cameron Douglas, ngasendleleni, ikwangumdlali weqonga, ngaphezu koko, kwifilimu "ka-2003, unokubona zonke ezintathu douglav.