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Former Child Star Todd Bridges Talks Addiction, Hitting Bottom

Posted on March 18, 2010 in Research & News

Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."

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Former Child Star Todd Bridges Talks Addiction, Hitting Bottom

Posted on March 18, 2010 in Research & News

Child star Todd Bridges, who played Willis Jackson on "Diff’rent Strokes," discussed addiction, Corey Haim, and his new book, "Killing Willis," on "Fox & Friends."

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Corey Haim Dies of Apparent Prescription Drug Overdose

Posted on March 10, 2010 in Research & News

Former teen idol Corey Haim died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to Los Angeles police. Haim, who has battled an addiction to prescription drugs for years, collapsed in the bedroom of his mother’s Oakwood apartment just before 1 a.m., police sources told TMZ.com.

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Turkish Pop Star Arrested in Drug Raid

Posted on February 26, 2010 in Research & News

Police have arrested Tarkan, Turkey’s most famous pop music star, in a narcotics raid, Turkey’s semi-official Anatolian Agency reported Friday.

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Lindsay Lohan Blames Father for Cocaine Addiction

Posted on February 24, 2010 in Cocaine

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is blaming her father for her own interest in cocaine, as he is a former drug addict. Lindsay has been in rehab three times since 2007, and has been caught with cocaine by police.

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Actor Wes Bentley Rebuilds Career after Beating Addiction

Posted on February 11, 2010 in Types of Addiction

Eleven years ago, Wes Bentley was a 21-year-old Julliard dropout living in Los Angeles with a Polaroid for a head shot and not enough money to eat at Taco Bell, writes Patrick Healy of the New York Times. But after his performance as Ricky Fitts in “American Beauty,” which won the Academy Award for best picture, he was riding in limos and drawing paparazzi. But after his initial success, Bentley turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the stress of stardom, and addiction took over his life for several years.

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Lady Gaga Admits Cocaine Addiction in Biography

Posted on February 8, 2010 in Cocaine

Lady Gaga (whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) has spoken out about her former addiction to cocaine in her new biography, LADY GAGA: Just Dance, written by Helia Phoenix. The 23-year-old pop star said, “I wanted to be the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol…And I thought the only way to do it was to live the lifestyle.”

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Rip Torn to Enter Rehab after Alcohol-Related Arrest

Posted on February 4, 2010 in Alcohol Addiction

Actor Rip Torn was so intoxicated when he broke into a Connecticut bank carrying a loaded gun that he thought he was home, taking off his hat and boots and leaving them by the door, according to court records.

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Redmond O’Neal Returning to Drug Rehab

Posted on February 3, 2010 in Research & News

Redmond O’Neal, the troubled son of Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, is headed back to a residential drug treatment program after being in custody since late December on a probation violation stemming from a series of drug offenses, a judge ruled Tuesday.

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Ozzy Osbourne Talks Addiction

Posted on January 27, 2010 in Types of Addiction

In his autobiography “I Am Ozzy,” newly released in the US, heavy-metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne, now 61, chronicles his drug- and alcohol-fueled behavior. Gelu Sulugiuc of Bloomberg.com writes that Osbourne was hampered by undiagnosed dyslexia in school, later failing miserably at various factory jobs and at an incipient career as a burglar before realizing his rock-star dream with Black Sabbath.

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