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Matt Willis on addiction: I went to rehab three times for other people

The musician spoke about being a ‘master manipulator’ who was ‘constantly lying’ about his struggles with drugs and alcohol.

The Independent UK

Hunter Biden hits out at GOP ‘weaponisation’ of addiction in rare op-ed

The rare op-ed by President Joe Biden’s son is part of a public relations push meant to counter GOP attacks on him as his father gears up for a re-election campaign

The Independent UK

Methadone access becomes flashpoint in fight over opioid crisis - Roll Call

As overdoses rise, some policy makers are pushing to expand access to methadone, considered a gold standard for opioid use disorder treatment.

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Matthew Perry spent more than $9m trying to get sober

The ‘Friends’ star candidly wrote about his battle with addiction in his 2022 memoir, ‘Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing’

The Independent UK

Meet the people Matthew Perry saved from addiction

In the wake of Matthew Perry’s death, people remember the ‘Friends’ actor for his advocacy work to destigmitise substance use disorder and help those in recovery. Ariana Baio and Clémence Michallon report

The Independent UK

Matthew Perry said one Friends co-star 'reached out the most' during his struggle with addiction

"I’m really grateful to her for that."

Marie Claire

Homeless charity to open new Dundee 'village' to help those struggling with addiction

INTERNATIONALLY renowned homelessness charity Social Bite has revealed it has chosen Dundee as the location for its next major project.

The National (Scotland)

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Addiction can lead to financial ruin. Ohio wants to teach finance pros to help stem the loss

Across the country, family members of children, parents and other relatives struggling with the disease of addiction are facing new financial burdens whether it’s missing work, blowing through their savings or becoming parents again in their 60s and 70s

The Independent UK

OPINION - Mad Robert F Kennedy Jr could take the Presidency from either Joe Biden or Donald Trump

Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks in a croaking, rasping, painful-sounding voice. As a younger man, he did not have this timbre. There’s a vague explanation that its cause is a virus he might have contracted. Or, more likely, it is a crack-pipe voice, the larynx and throat seared over a…

Evening Standard

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) by Sly Stone review – funk, fame and addiction

The genre-bending musician has an astonishing story to tell – but wrestling it into a conventional narrative doesn’t quite work

The Guardian - UK

Children so addicted to nicotine they sleep with vapes under pillow, Australian hearing told

Medical professionals warn tobacco addiction is rising after years of decline and call for reforms on political donations and corporate sponsorships

The Guardian - AU

‘His book kept me sober’: Tributes to Matthew Perry’s ‘courageous’ work to help others battle addiction

The Independent UK

Jennifer Aniston breaks down at thought of losing Matthew Perry in resurfaced 2004 interview

Aniston tearfully spoke about Perry’s struggle with addiction in a 2004 interview with Diane Sawyer

The Independent UK

The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug addiction

Late actor called the controversial broadcaster and author ‘a complete tool’ while recalling the debate in his 2021 memoir

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Opening line of Matthew Perry’s memoir has a heartbreaking new meaning

Sitcom star’s fans are highlighting the line following his apparent drowning

The Independent UK

Opening line of Matthew Perry memoir takes on heartbreaking new light in wake of Friends star’s death

Sitcom star’s fans are highlighting the line following his apparent drowning

Evening Standard

Matthew Perry was the nicest, funniest, saddest and most famous guy I never got drunk with

Simon Mills recalls the late actor opening up to him in the Nineties, when his addiction problems were still publicly unknown

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Perry was much more than an addict. Don’t let his death overshadow that

My late husband, Rob, was a heroin addict, but that does not define who he was. And nor should it for the Friends actor, says writer Poorna Bell

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The Independent UK

The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug addiction

Late actor called the controversial broadcaster and author ‘a complete tool’ while recalling the debate in his 2021 memoir

The Independent UK

The ‘addiction’ driving the double World Cup winner set to join England’s coaching staff

Former Ireland international Felix Jones will join Steve Borthwick’s staff in January

The Guardian - UK

‘An alcoholic from the age of 14’: Matthew Perry’s troubled life and foreshadowed death

He called himself a just-add-water addict, hooked on painkillers after a jetski accident. In last year’s shockingly frank memoir, detailing ferocious substance abuse and on-set drinking, he seemed resigned to a young death

The Independent UK

How Matthew Perry confronted his drug addiction, and spent his life urging others to seek help

‘Friends’ star, who has died aged 54, was a prominent campaigner for drugs reform and spoke candidly about his own battles with substance abuse

The Independent UK

The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug addiction

Late actor called the controversial broadcaster and author ‘a complete tool’ while recalling the debate in his 2021 memoir

The Independent UK

Life of Friends star Matthew Perry was a tale of two halves

The world loved him as Chandler Bing on the hit series, but behind the scenes the actor was battling addiction.

The Canberra Times

ACT drug treatment services 'not expecting a significant increase'

The changes have been broadly welcomed by health services who deal with drug addiction.

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