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Postcards from the Edge at 35: How Carrie Fisher’s fiction put her back in control

In the late Eighties, Carrie Fisher went to rehab for drug addiction – a few years later, she turned her experiences into a celebrated debut novel. Kat Lister looks back on how the Star Wars legend chose comedy in the quest for truth over shame

The Independent UK

Friends star Matthew Perry was given ‘2 per cent chance to live’

Matthew Perry was on life support with a "2 per cent chance to live" when his colon burst from an opioid addiction.

The New Daily

Criminalizing drug use won’t help stop addiction

Drug addicts need treatment, as Peter Bensinger rightfully pointed out, but he is badly mistaken to think that the criminalization of drug sales and possession are also deterrents.

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Matthew Perry ‘grateful to be alive’ after addiction battle that once gave him 2% chance to live

“Friends” actor Matthew Perry feels “grateful to be a live” after a lengthy battle with addiction and repeated trips to rehab, he said in a new interview.

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Kenneth Egan and Philly McMahon call out TD Paul Kehoe's derogatory term for drug addicts

Paul Kehoe irritated many when he referred to O'Connell Street being overrun with 'druggies'

Irish Mirror

Friends star Matthew Perry reveals opioid addiction and details near-death experience

The Chandler Bing actor’s colon burst from opioid overuse and what followed was five months in hospital and nine with a colostomy bag

Evening Standard

Matthew Perry nearly died and spent weeks in a coma during terrifying addiction battle

Friends actor Matthew Perry says his family were told he only had a 2% chance of surviving a terrifying opioid overdose and he was left using a colostomy bag following his near-death experience, as he opens up about his battles with addiction

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A promise to my brother pulled me back from my drug addiction

I was four years clean when my beloved brother died – I had promised him I would finish my memoir, so that’s what I did, says author Matt Rowland Hill

The Guardian - UK

Illinois fines Celtic health insurance company $1.25 million

The Illinois Department of Insurance is fining health insurer Celtic Insurance Co. $1.25 million for allegedly failing to cover mental health and addiction at the same levels as other medical issues.

Chicago Tribune

New Bell County addiction recovery center would reunite mothers with children

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Carer took thousands from elderly care home resident to fund gambling addiction

Between July 2019 and November 2020, the defendant took almost £9,000 of his savings.

Nottingham Post

Oil addiction will keep the west in hock to dictators

Letters: David Woollcombe and Richard Baker on the urgent need to move towards renewable energy

The Guardian - UK

What makes magic mushrooms magic? Geneticists probe origins of psychedelic compounds

Compounds in magic mushrooms have potential to treat mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, compulsive disorders and addiction

Wales Online

A chance for change: Trauma awareness is affecting Scotland’s justice system

"QUIET please”, reads the screen. “Court is in session.” Livingston’s busy summary court sits obediently silent while today’s sheriff…

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How the Wynnum Manly Radio Model Yacht Club is curing a sailing addiction for many yachties

It all began when two men decided to sail their model yachts around the Wynnum wading pool in the late 1980s. Now, the Wynnum Manly Radio Model Yacht Club has become a passion for a growing number of people.

Daily Mirror

Prison bosses use new drone to fight back against criminal gangs' drug drops

Crack cocaine, heroin, speed and skunk cannabis are the drugs most commonly sneaked over prison walls by drones which put lags at risk of overdose, addiction and violence on wings

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug laws should not be eliminated

The idea that we do not need laws of deterrence for illegal drug sales is like getting rid of speed limits on our highways.

Leeds Live

Recovering Leeds drug addicts 'sick of' junkies smoking crack in their street and begging them for cash

Simon and Sarah Scott kicked their heroin addiction but can't escape the addicts who light up and beg for drug money outside their house

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Liverpool Echo

Man caught out after 'flare' texts boasting '£25 discount drug deal'

Police also found a machete and knife at his address

The Guardian - UK

‘Stop promoting them’: victims call for football to end tragic link with gambling

Campaign to end advertising and sponsorship in football organising walk this weekend to five Yorkshire grounds in memory of loved ones lost to gambling-related suicides

Benzinga

Can Ketamine Treat Alcohol Addiction? In-Clinic Therapy Vs. Retreats

(Part four of a four-part series - Read part three)

The Independent UK

Games industry has ‘financial interest in fostering addiction’ with loot boxes

The in-game purchases should be treated as gambling and regulated accordingly, the Government has been told.

Daily Record

Pre-approval granted for first of its kind addiction recovery centre at Lanarkshire football stadium

The Recovery and Wellbeing Village will be situated within the North Stand at Hamilton Accies Football Club

Irish Mirror

The incredible story of how Angela Lansbury saved her daughter from Charles Manson cult by moving to Ireland

In 1970, Angela bought an old rectory near the rural village of Conna in Cork which became their home for many years as her children recovered from drug addiction

Irish Mirror

Darina Allen reveals Angela Lansbury stayed with her for five months as her kids recovered from addiction issues

The Murder She Wrote star died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, aged 96

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