It wasn’t just Prince and Bowie. 2016 claimed a lot of famous people. Get to the end of this list without a tear in your eye… The sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and George Michael have thrust the disquieting trinity of drug addiction, death and celebrity into the public consciousness.
Category: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)
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The nation’s first recreational marijuana shop opened nearly three years ago in Colorado. Since then, a growing body of research has shown that the availability of recreational marijuana – in Colorado and elsewhere – is having little to no effect on teens’ propensity to smoke weed.
5 Ways Carrie Fisher Helped the LGBTQ Community
Once, when a Star Wars fan called Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher her role model, Fisher replied, “I’m so sorry.” Despite her fame and literary accomplishments, Fisher remained plain-spoken and self-effacing-she considered herself a terrible actress and told her young daughter that her family’s history of mental illness and substance abuse provided all the material she’d need to become a professional comedian.