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The battle for custody of Ariel Winter continues!

The Modern Family star's mother Crystal Workman is looking for any way to attack the temporary guardianship of big sis Shanelle Gray.

We heard she planned to leak risque photos. Now she's looking for a history of drugs!

Tags: ariel winter, crystal workman, deposition, drug use, hollywood, lindsay lohan, modern family, mother, shanelle gray, sister

Kit Culkin may have been out of touch with his former child star son, Macaulay, for over 15 years, but that's not stopping him from worrying about his health like the rest of us.

Upon seeing the picture that stirred reports of a dangerous drug addiction, the actor's ex-manager and estranged father has told sources he hopes that Macaulay "has the right people looking after him."

Since the pain of the

Tags: actor, drug addict, drug use, estranged, father, heroin, jeanette krylowski, kit culkin, macaulay culkin, manager, pictures, stepmom

It’s hard to believe that the legendary Stevie Nicks has been making her mark on the music industry now for FORTY years!

The Fleetwood Mac songstress gave a pretty intimate and revealing interview on CBS This Morning earlier today, and, like her BFF Oprah, co-host Gayle King asked ALL the pressing questions!

From her solo career and drug use to all the "bonking going on" in the group, Stevie laid it all out on the table!

Check out her interview (above) for a candid look at the music icon!!

We love how she makes NO apologies for her past and holds no regrets!

Of course, we are definitely excited for the Fleetwood Mac reunion, which Stevie reveals will be taking place in 2013 with EVERYONE on board!

Tags: career, cbs this morning, drug use, fleetwood mac, gayle king, interview, music, oprah, reunion, solo career, stevie nicks, today

And between 1972 and 1974…he LOVED dropping LSD!

A recently publicized background check for a Top Secret government security clearance has revealed specific details about the life of Steve Jobs. When asked about his drug use, the co-founder of Apple wrote:

Tags: apple, blackmail, co-founder, drug use, government, lsd, pentagon, security clearance, steve jobs, top secret

Wow. Just…yeah. Wow.

Brett Butler was a household name for two years in the '90s for her starring role on the Chuck Lorre-produced sitcom, Grace Under Fire, but as it's widely known, the comedienne was ultimately fired for her out-of-control drug-use, and hasn't been acting much since!

Well, in case you're wondering what happened to her, Entertainment Tonight recently featured her in a new interview, in which she reveals that she's been sober since 1999…but she's also been living in a homeless shelter!

Oh yeah, and she's psychic now, too! And getting a reality show!

Ch-check out segments of the interview (above…and AFTER THE JUMP!)

We don't know what's better - when she starts in about being able to read the thoughts of fish or just interviewer Nancy O'Dell's increasingly HIGHlarious face as she listens to it all!

Yeesh!

Well, hey! She's definitely made us curious to watch her forthcoming reality show! We can't even BEGIN to imagine what kind of crazy is going to be seeping out of her mouth during THAT!

Tags: brett butler, chuck lorre, crazy people, drug use, entertainment tonight, grace under fire, homeless, homeless shelter, nancy o dell, psychic, sober

Our sixth grade D.A.R.E. teachers would not be happy to hear about this!

A new British study has found children with high IQs are more likely to use drugs as adults than people who score low on IQ tests as children.

Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study, which has been following thousands of people over decades, researchers found men with high childhood IQs were twice as likely to use illegal drugs compared to their lower-scoring peers.

It's not just a guy thing either. In fact, the study revealed it's actually more a of a girl thing! Women with high IQs as children were up to three times more likely to use drugs as adults.

James White, a psychologist at Cardiff University in the UK and the lead author of the paper, isn't surprised by his findings, explaining:

"Previous research found for the most part people with high IQs lead a healthy life, but that they are more likely to drink to excess as adults."

He offers up the notion that those with a higher IQ are "less likely to smoke [cigarettes], more likely to be active and to have a good diet", but do not see any danger in occasional drug use since there is little data suggesting any harm, elaborating:

"With smoking, the evidence [about its dangers] is overwhelming, whereas when you look at things like cannabis use, since they are more likely to associate with people who are similar to them, they are likely to see that smoking cannabis relatively infrequently doesn't have huge impact."

Ultimately, he feels that the main propulsion for the higher IQ population to use drugs is "openness to experience" paired with "having an educated view of risk as well." In his research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, White states:

"People with high IQs are more likely to score high on personality scales of openness to experience. They may be more willing to experiment and seek out novel experiences."

On the flip side, the psychologist notes other studies find kids with high IQs may use drugs because they are bored or to cope with being different.

We imagine there are an abundant amount of reasons kids and adults use or abuse drugs, but we don't think a single study will ever completely nail them all down.

On another note, does this study mean Charlie Sheen is a genius?

[Image via AP Images.]

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Science may have finally figured out why it's so hard to give up unhealthy food — because it's addictive!

New data is suggesting that there really are food addicts and it's not that hard to become one. Researchers believe sugary and fatty food can hijack our brain in ways that resemble addictions to cocaine, nicotine and other drugs.

This belief is even supported by the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who said:

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