JOEL MADDEN TEMPTED TO TAKE HEROIN

Joel Madden smokes cigarettes instead of Heroin !

Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden has confessed he is tempted to take heroin.The rocker - who is dating reformed heroin addict Nicole Richie - relies on cigarettes to satisfy his craving for the highly addictive Class A drug. Joel told Blender magazine: "Without cigarettes, I would be doing heroin, probably, on a daily basis."Nicole - the 25-year-old adopted daughter of singer Lionel Richie - battled a heroin addiction as a teenager and entered rehab after she was charged with possession of the drug in February 2003. She is currently facing a charge of Driving Under the Influence of drugs after she was stopped by police for driving on the wrong side of a California highway after leaving Joel's house.Though Nicole has entered a plea of not guilty, she told police at the scene she had smoked marijuana and taken the strong painkiller Vicodin.'The Simple Life' star is due in court next month and faces jail if convicted.