Okokugcina nokusatshalaliswa kwe-methamphetamine, ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu, uDouglas-junior wasongela ukuboshwa kusukela eminyakeni eyishumi kuya ejele. Noma kunjalo, uCameron wagwetshwa iminyaka emihlanu, ngoba, ngokusho kwejaji, wasebenzisana nomphumela.
Ngo-2007, iziphathimandla zoMbuso kaCalifornia seziphelile uCameron Douglas amacala we-athikili ngokugcinwa ngokungemthetho kwe-cocaine. Ngo-2009, waboshwa kwelinye lamakamelo eGasevoort eManhattan eNew York Operance Office of Purdet Administration. Ngesikhathi sokucinga eCameron Douglas, operatives bathola inani elikhulu le-methamphetamine, inani elilinganisiwe le-Black Market linamadola ayizinkulungwane eziyi-18.
UCatherine Zeta-Jones ubuye wazama ukusiza indodana yomyeni wakhe. Wabhalela izinhlamvu zenkantolo, lapho kwathiwa khona ukuthi umfana ohlonishwayo uCameron akazange alimaze muntu. UDouglas-junior wasongela ukuncishiswa kwenkululeko isikhathi esiyiminyaka eyishumi ngaphambi kokuboshwa kwempilo. Ngokunokwenzeka, wanikezwa iminyaka emi-5 kuphela ngoba i-jury yazisola ngoyise nogogo, abalingisi abadumile baseHollywood kanye nabakhiqizi uMichael Douglas kanye noKirk Douglas.
Cameron Douglas, ngendlela, futhi ungumlingisi, ngaphezu kwalokho, kwifilimu "amanani omndeni" ka-2003, ungabona wonke ama-Douglasov amathathu.