https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/aug/12/russell-brand-methadone-treating-heroin-addicts   Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts Comedian backs abstinence as route to recovery Russell Brand has no compunction about calling himself a junkie. “When it comes to the disease of addiction I’m no different from any other addict,” he says. The 37-year-old comedian was hooked on heroin during