Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman attends “The Master” Premiere during The 69th Venice Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema on September 1, 2012 in Venice, Italy.
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TMZ has the story from Hoffman himself, who says that he started using prescription pills about a year ago and that his drug use had “recently escalated to snorting heroin.” He realized he had a problem, did ten days in rehab, and is already back at work, according to the report.
