Editing The Real World (section)

===Drug use===
Cast members are also subject to random drug tests, and a cast member failing a drug test will lead to him or her being evicted from the house. During the Hollywood season, it became known that [[Joey Kovar]], had used large amounts of alcohol, cocaine, [[MDMA|ecstasy]], [[methamphetamine]], as well as steroids that he used in bodybuilding since he was a teenager, and had suffered near-fatal overdose. Because of the erratic behavior he displayed as a result of this, he was asked to leave the show to pursue treatment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Season 3 Cast Bios|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/celebrity_rehab_with_dr_drew/season_3/cast.jhtml |publisher=[[VH1]]|language=en-US|url-status=dead|year=2010|archive-date=December 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223075321/http://www.vh1.com/shows/celebrity_rehab_with_dr_drew/season_3/cast.jhtml}}</ref> Kovar would later die of opiate intoxication on August 17, 2012, at the age of 29.<ref>{{cite news|first=Christie|last=D'Zurilla |title=Joey Kovar of 'Real World', 'Celebrity Rehab' found dead at 29 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-aug-17-la-et-mg-joey-kovar-dead-real-world-20120817-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 17, 2012|access-date=May 23, 2023|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213110/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-aug-17-la-et-mg-joey-kovar-dead-real-world-20120817-story.html}}</ref> During the St. Thomas season, Brandon Kane was removed from the house in that season's eleventh episode after testing positive for cocaine use.<ref name=StThomas11>{{cite episode|title=Should I Stay or Should I Blow?|series=[[The Real World: St. Thomas]]|network=MTV|season=27|number=11|airdate=September 6, 2012|url=http://www.mtv.com/shows/real_world/st_thomas/episode.jhtml?episodeID=197255|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110045515/http://www.mtv.com/shows/real_world/st_thomas/episode.jhtml?episodeID=197255|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2012}}</ref>