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RESOURCES TO START RESEARCHING:
Famous Actors and Actresses Who have Battled Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
Celebrity Overdoses - Deaths Highlight Prescription Drug Epidemic - HUFFPOST
Which Celebrities Have Battled with Addiction?
https://www.drugrehab.com/
Celebrities Who Have Died from Addiction
Russell Brand - From Addiction to Recovery
Russell Brand From Addiction To Recover (Links to an external site.)
Amy Whinehouse - The Last Hour - documentary
Amy Winehouse (The Last Hour) documentary (Links to an external site.)
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Celebrity Addiction Case Study Analysis
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Introduction
Drug abuse is a widespread vice affecting our society as people of different ages, gender,
class, and race engage in drug and substance use for various reasons. Drug and substance abuse
includes using illegal drugs, such as cannabis, heroin, or cocaine, prescribed medications for a
different purpose for which they were prescribed, or excessive use of such medicines (Yoon et
al., 2020). Alcohol consumption is among the most used substance in society, and the effects are
witnessed every day, and it is made in various forms that vary in taste, flavor, and cost. People
engage in drug abuse due to different reasons, such as societal, economic, psychological, or
biological factors. Celebrities are some of the highest consumers of drugs and addictive
substances because of their ability to afford some of the expensive drugs. Besides drugs, people
are also addicted to other activities, such as gambling, sex, and technology, affecting their lives
in both psychological and social aspects. This paper delves into one such celebrity, Russell
Brand, who battled drug abuse for a long time before quitting, and the effects the drugs caused in
his personal and social life.
Russell Brand
Russell Brand is a professional actor born in Essex, England, in 1975. He became famous
in 2008 after a breakthrough appearance ...