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Drugs

Stephanie Tanner is a recovering tweeker

Former "Full House" star Jodie Sweetin admitted in an interview on Wednesday's "Good Morning America" that she became addicted to crystal meth two years ago:

Jodie Sweetin - Then and NowWhen the show ended in 1995, she said she wanted to be a normal kid. She went to high school and college and by age 20 was married to a Los Angeles police officer — TV older sister Candace Cameron was in the wedding party.

But two years ago, she found herself dangerously addicted to one of the most debilitating drugs, methamphetamine. She said she was unemployed and bored and began simply by experimenting. Soon, she was using meth everyday.

She eventually checked herself into a rehab clinic after an intervention by former co-stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, John Stamos, and Bob Saget. Unsurprisingly, she and her police officer husband are divorcing.

I can't help but think that Kimmy Gibbler is somehow to blame for all this.

[ABC News] 'Full House' Sweetheart Talks About Meth Addiction

Six smoke-free months

Just a quick personal bit of bragging...

On Saturday I celebrated my six-month anniversary as a non-smoker. Actually, I completely forgot about it over the weekend, so I'm celebrating today.

Slugger suspended for ‘unintentional’ steroid use

In March, while testifying under oath before a congressional committee, baseball player Rafael Palmeiro denied having ever used steroids.

Appearing with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and other baseball stars before a congressional committee on March 17, Palmeiro made an opening statement in which he said: "Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never."

This morning, Major League Baseball suspended Palmeiro for 10 games for violating of the league's new steroid use policy.

The Baltimore Orioles slugger, who recently became only the 4th player in Major League history to record both 3000 career hits and 500 career home runs, remained defiant. Sort of:

"I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period," he said. [Emphasis added] "Ultimately, although I never intentionally put a banned substance into my body, the independent arbitrator ruled that I had to be suspended under the terms of the program." [...]

Palmeiro said the arbitrator "did not find that I used a banned substance intentionally — in fact, he said he found my testimony to be compelling," but still ruled that he needed to serve the suspension. Palmeiro wouldn't go into the specifics but left the impression that the banned substance was contained in a supplement that was not prescribed.

As a seemingly ordinary player who has posted some extraordinary numbers over his career, Palmeiro has for many fans been the poster child for baseball's juiced ball era of the last 15 years. Prior to his reaching 3000 hits, there was even some speculation that he might become the first 500 home run player not to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Ongoing rumors of steroid use turned into outright accusations after Jose Canseco named Palmeiro as a steroid user in his bestselling book "Juiced."

[USA Today] Palmeiro suspended for steroids policy violation

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