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Mr Gillum previously functioned as mayor of Tallahassee, Florida.
A rising star of the Democratic celebration has actually said he will enter a rehab centre following news that authorities discovered him greatly intoxicated in a hotel.
Andrew Gillum, a previous Florida mayor turned political commentator, said he would step down from public functions after he was found in a Miami hotel room with another male thought to be overdosing on crystal meth.
Mr Gillum, 40, apologised and said the episode was “a wake-up call” to seek assistance.
He had been dealing with alcohol abuse considering that becoming depressed after directly losing the 2018 Florida guvs race, he stated.
” Because my race for governor ended, I fell under an anxiety that has led to alcohol abuse. I experienced my daddy suffer from alcoholism and I know the destructive impacts it can have when unattended,” Mr Gill