The VICE TV show "Dark Side of Comedy" highlights Robin Williams' struggles with drug addiction, with fellow comics recalling his reliance on drugs early in his career. Williams got clean in the early 1980s after the tragic death of John Belushi, whom he had become friends with. Belushi died of a drug overdose after injecting himself with a speedball, a mix of cocaine and heroin. Belushi's death served as a wake-up call for Williams and other members of Hollywood's hard-partying crowd, leading him to leave drugs and the Los Angeles scene behind.

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