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  1. Latest drug addiction figures (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a rise in official figures relating to heroin addiction amongst young people. Home Office Minister David Mellor and Liberal MP David Alton comment on the causes of the problem and speculate on what...

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  2. Boy George on his heroin addiction (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Boy George, interviewed following a drugs conviction, discusses his heroin addiction, the effect it has had on his family, his road to recovery, and his future plans for making music. Male interviewer not...

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  3. Princess Diana speech at new drug clinic (1986)

    Genre
    Speech

    Princess Diana gives a speech at the opening of a drug clinic. She talks about drug addiction and the affect it has on families.

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  4. Richard Branson on Boy George’s drug addiction (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Richard Branson, head of Virgin Records, talks about pop singer Boy George and his addiction to heroin. Male interviewer not identified.

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  5. Ringo Starr gets treatment for alcoholism (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Eve Conway reports on Ringo Starr giving up alcohol following a spell in rehab with his wife Barbara Bach (who was there for support). Includes interview with Ringo on his alocoholism including his message...

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  6. John Tower pledges to give up alcohol (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Television pledge by John Tower, promising to give up drinking alcohol if he gets the position of US Secretary of State for Defense. President George H. W. Bush would like to appoint him but the Senate Armed...

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  7. Anti-crack offensive in UK (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Clive Myrie reports on UK Government attempts to prevent the spread of the drug crack cocaine. Includes interview with expert, Professor Griffith Edwards, Addiction Research Unit in London, about the...

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  8. Mayor of Washington charged and steps down (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports on Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington, who is currently on trial on drugs and perjury charges having been addicted to alcohol and cocaine. Barry will not be...

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  9. Female alcohol and drug addiction (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Mark Phillips reports on the Townswomen’s Guilds conference in central London about drug and alcohol addiction. Includes interviews with Action on Addiction’s Dr John Strang; Eric Appleby, Alcohol...

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  10. Lord Benjamin Mancroft on his time as a drug addict (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male (poss. Mike Carlton) interviews Lord Benjamin Mancroft about his life as a drug user.

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