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Farell reveals 'wild youth filled by drink and drugs'

Irish movie star Colin Farrell smoked heroin during a wild adolescence fuelled by drink and drugs, he admitted today.

Farell reveals 'wild youth filled by drink and drugs'

Fri, 22 Oct, 2004 - 17:14

Irish movie star Colin Farrell smoked heroin during a wild adolescence fuelled by drink and drugs, he admitted today.

Farrell, known for his “bad boy” ways, started drinking at 13 and took his first drug, marijuana, at the age of 15, he told GQ magazine.

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