Garrett enters live-in drug rehab

Former teen idol Leif Garrett has voluntarily checked into a strict live-in drug rehabilitation program to “make sure he doesn’t fall off the wagon,” his attorney said.

Garrett, 44, told a Superior Court commissioner in Los Angeles this week that he needed more help than what he was getting at an outpatient treatment program. The decision came after the actor-singer failed a recent drug test, attorney Andrew Flier said.

Garrett was charged with felony possession of heroin last month after officers stopped him for allegedly trying to ride a Los Angeles subway train without a ticket and said they found suspected narcotics. Garrett has pleaded not guilty.

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