Fame, money and a recording contract aren’t enough to keep a star away from the destructive world of drugs. Surprisingly, some may have believed they have escaped the curse if they never lay a hand on illegal substances. For too many, however, the relief is not sought in something they buy from a dealer on the street, but instead something a well-trusted physician will prescribe.
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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has opened up about her struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, telling Meredith Vieira on NBC’s “Today Show” that recovery from addiction is the greatest accomplishment in her life. After a cosmetic surgery procedure on her eyes at age 35, Curtis became addicted to prescription painkillers. Now 51, the actress has been clean and sober for more than 10 years.
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Udonis Haslem, the thirty-year-old former University of Florida superstar who now plays forward for the Miami Heat NBA basketball team, was pulled over in Miami-Dade County this weekend and arrested on felony drug possession charges. His black Mercedes was impounded and the state of Florida has since filed paperwork to permanently retain the sedan. Haslem was released from custody later that day.
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VH1’s Celebrity Rehab is off to a new season with a new slate of celebrities with drug addiction. Dr. Drew will be hosting Jeremy London who starred in Party of Five, Leif Garret who was a teen idol in the 70s, and Jason Wahler of The Hills among others. Eric Roberts, actor and brother of Julia Roberts, will also be on the show.
"The Tudors" star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is returning to London to begin treatment for his addiction to alcohol, the actor’s rep confirms to People.com.
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Actor Corey Haim died from pneumonia complicated by an enlarged heart and narrowed blood vessels, while the prescription drugs found in his system played no role in his death, the Los Angeles County coroner said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
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Should a celebrity have the right to be heard above others in a plea for leniency? What if that plea is surrounding the sentencing for a drug offender? If the offender is facing a mandatory sentence, should the rules bend?
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The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has subpoenaed medical records from 20 doctors in its investigation into actor Corey Haim’s death, a coroner investigator said.
Former Major League Baseball star Dwight Gooden has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Three-time Emmy winner Edie Falco became a TV icon playing strong-willed mob wife Carmela in the HBO series “The Sopranos.” Now she’s already received a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nomination for her starring role as a flawed yet no-nonsense nurse on Showtime network’s critically-acclaimed dark comedy, “Nurse Jackie.”
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