<P> In 1997, he gave up touring to be closer to his family . To set an example about the importance of education to his son Waylon Albright, Jennings earned a GED at age 52 . </P> <P> Waylon Jennings's grandson Will Harness, better known as Struggle Jennings, is an American hip hop recording artist from Nashville, Tennessee, West Side, a neighborhood called "The Nations". </P> <P> Jennings started to consume amphetamines while he lived with Johnny Cash during the mid-1960s . Jennings later stated, "Pills were the artificial energy on which Nashville ran around the clock ." In 1977, Jennings was arrested by federal agents for conspiracy and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute . A private courier warned the Drug Enforcement Administration about the package sent to Jennings by a New York colleague that contained 27 grams of cocaine . The DEA and the police searched Jennings's recording studio . They found no evidence, because while they were waiting for a search warrant, Jennings disposed of the cocaine . The charges were later dropped and Jennings was released . The episode was recounted in Jennings's song "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Outta Hand?" </P> <P> During the early 1980s, his cocaine addiction intensified . Jennings claimed to have spent $1,500 a day on his habit, draining his personal finances and leaving him bankrupt with debt up to $2.5 million . Though he insisted on repaying the debt and did additional tours to earn the funds, his work became less focused and his tours deteriorated . Jennings decided to quit his addictions, leased a home in the Phoenix area, and spent a month detoxing himself, intending to start using cocaine again in a more controlled fashion afterward . In 1984, he quit cocaine . June Carter Cash held his recovery anniversary party at her Old Hickory Lake residence near Nashville . Jennings claimed that his son Shooter was his main inspiration to quit permanently . </P>

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