Troubled Celebrities

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After decades of abuse and 8 stays in treatment, Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler talks drugs and excess in his just released autobiography.

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Now in recovery and with a career reignited as the new head judge for the UK TV series, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff opened up about his dangerous binge drinking past and claimed that at the time of his entry into the Betty Ford Clinic for his last rehab stay in 2002 he recorded the highest blood alcohol content reading they had ever seen at admission.

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According to long in-recovery cocaine addict Dennis Quaid, in 1970’s Hollywood, cocaine use was so prevalent that movie execs even budgeted for drug purchases on set.

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Rapper Snoop Dog is getting heat for his endorsement of the soon to be released alcopop ‘Blast, by Colt 45’ which critics say targets underage drinkers. One can of the soda lookalike, 12% alcohol by volume Blast contains as much alcohol as 4.5 cans of beer.

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After beating a scary stage 4 throat cancer, Michael Douglas says he’s done with smoking and most of his drinking (planning for only an occasional glass of wine) as he aims to stay in remission for good.

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In trouble with cocaine and alcohol just months into his marriage to Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban says his new wife arranged an intervention that ‘moved him deeply’ and that since his stay in rehab four years ago, his love for Kidman has kept him sober ever since.

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Border Patrol officers arrested the country music legend on possession charges, after he was found with 6 ounces of marijuana on his tour bus.

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The True Lies star will spend a month in a residential addiction treatment facility to recover from an addiction to pain medications that were prescribed to him after a recent surgery.

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Aaron Sorkin says that even after 9 years, the hardest thing he does every day is not take cocaine.

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Lohan must appear in court on Friday and faces up to 30 days in jail on probation violation charges stemming from a recent failed drug test. In other celebrity drugs news, Paris Hilton reached a plea agreement with Las Vegas Authorities and won’t serve any time on her cocaine possession charges.

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Although out with bruised ribs at the moment, Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton says he wants to be with his team for the victory celebrations almost sure to come as the team inches closer to clinching a play-off spot. Knowing that these celebrations will involve alcohol, Hamilton is already planning a special outfit to protect himself from accidental ingestion.

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Jamie Lee Curtis credits her triumph over an addiction to painkillers for her enduring success as an actress.

Actor Michael Douglas revealed his stage 4 throat cancer diagnosis on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday evening.

Following a July incident during which he crashed his car into a London photo store while under the influence of marijuana, George Michael checked himself into a drug rehab clinic and today continues with outpatient counseling.

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Former Wham front-man George Michael will face yet another drugs possession and impaired driving charge after a July 4th incident in London.

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