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Jones was eventually drawn into the scandal, and after years of denials, later admitted to lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing substances.

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Perry struggled with addiction and spoke openly about his experiences with substance abuse and his recovery efforts in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.”

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There’s substance to this, but it shouldn’t be overstated.

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The team focused specifically on brass ammunition casings, a substance that has been traditionally resistant to fingerprint detection and is the most common type of material used globally.

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Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are a group of thousands of substances used in everyday products.

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