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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

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - 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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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

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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.

The Independent UK

Julia Fox on fame, heroin and Kanye West: ‘Working as a dominatrix was one of the few times I felt safe’

The actor and writer, best known for playing Adam Sandler’s lover in ‘Uncut Gems’, has released a shocking new memoir. She speaks to Adam White about the drug addiction that nearly killed her, how kink saved her life, and what it’s like to spend six weeks dating the world’s most…

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The Independent UK

Most New Mexico families with infants exposed to drugs skip subsidized treatment, study says

A new study shows that most New Mexico families with infants exposed to illicit drugs, marijuana and alcohol in the womb have been forgoing subsidized addiction treatment and other voluntary support services aimed at protecting children

Al Jazeera

Sport weekly: Sandro Tonali and football’s gambling problem

Newcastle United star banned for 10 months over illegal betting, but critics point to football’s gambling ‘hypocrisy’.

Al Jazeera

Football’s ‘hypocrisy’: Betting scandals hit the sport in Italy and beyond

Football faces renewed criticism over its failure to address the problem and its partnerships with gambling companies.

The Guardian - AU

Australian politician’s speech at tobacco conference in September allegedly in breach of WHO treaty

Exclusive: Discussion on panel came as federal government was developing reforms to address high rates of youth nicotine addiction

The Independent UK

If being without your phone fills you with dread, you could have nomophobia

Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos highlights how phone addiction could be harming your wellbeing.

The Independent UK

Who is Bryan Kohberger? The criminology graduate charged with the Idaho college murders

Speculation and rumour have swirled in the months following Bryan Kohberger’s arrest, as conspiracists and armchair detectives paint all manner of pictures of the accused killer. But who really is the former PhD student? Sheila Flynn reports

Reason

"Strangers on the Internet" Podcast Episode 46: Dating While Sober

Substance abuse specialist Felicia Hermle guides the path for a good life after addiction

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