I'm A Celeb's Shane Richie plotted armed robbery after drugs sent him spiralling

dailystar.co.uk:

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here star Shane Richie first started abusing drugs when he was just 14. The telly favourite smoked ­cannabis and suffered side effects so bad he feared he was going to die.To this day, he still has vivid memories of the incident.Shane, 56, said: “Growing up, I was well aware of the drugs scene, but the first time I tried a joint myself was at a Christmas party in 1978 when I was 14.“A joint was being passed around nonchalantly and eventually it came to me.“I took a drag and for a minute I thought I was going to lose all control of my bodily functions.“My head was floating so high that I couldn’t work out if I was enjoying it or whether I was going to die.”A year later Shane started dabbling with the potent.