Reasons for Drug Use
This reason for drug use is generally based on curiosity
What is Experimentation?
This rapper recently died in 2019 from an overdose of several different drugs. He sings 'Lucid Dreams,' and was inspired by his hero, Future.
Who is Juice Wrld?
This actor is known for his womanizing ways and his decades of substance abuse. He is known for dating adult stars. He is also believed to have exposed several of his partners to HIV. He believes he has an underlying psychological disorder which prompted him to self-medicate. He is known for his sitcom Two and a Half Men.
Who is Charlie Sheen?
This actress struggled with alcohol and cocaine. Her drug and alcohol abuse stemmed from issues in her childhood. She is the star of Parent Trap and Freaky Friday.
Who is Lindsey Lohan?
This famous cyclist admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs, and was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
Who is Lance Armstrong?
This reason of drug use centers around people simply liking the feelings they receive from drugs
What is pleasure?
She is known for being married to John Lennon and possibly for breaking up the Beatles. She disliked marijuana, but she pretended to like it during social situations.
Who is Yoko Ono?
This famous actor started doing drugs by the age of 8. His dad, who was an addict, gave the drugs to him. This led to him doing heroine, cocaine, and other various drugs. He is the star of Iron Man.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
This actress is a twin. She and her sister admitted to being addicted to coffee at age ten. During this actress's teenage years, she used marijuana, ecstasy, and cocaine. She became addicted to alcohol and cocaine.
Who is Mary Kate Olsen?
This Major League Baseball player has a history of substance problems related to alcohol and cocaine. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Angels.
Who is Josh Hamilton?
What are performance enhancing (drugs)?
This musician started using drugs and alcohol after being influenced by a friend in high school. She sings 'Sober' and was a Disney star of the show Sonny with a Chance.
Who is Demi Lovato?
This actor watched his father battle alcoholism. He started drinking as a teen. When he first became an actor, he would spend $200 a week on pizza, beer, and video games. He starred in Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.
Who is Ben Affleck?
The Hollywood star is known for playing in Never Been Kissed, Ever After, Charlie's Angels, and 50 First Dates. Her first interaction with drugs was when she started pouring Bailey's over her ice cream. At age 11, she developed a drinking problem. At age 12, she was a drug addict.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
This famous football player admitted to using drugs such as cocaine as early as his second year in the NFL, and was suspended several times by the league for failing drug tests. He was a linebacker for the New York Giants.
Who is Lawrence Taylor?
This reason for drug use is often to gain acceptance or approval
What is peer influence?
This musician used his guitar as a way to deal with the grief process of his mother dying. He had two alcoholic and drug abusing parents. This musician eventually tried LSD, cannabis, and hashish throughout his career.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This actor started smoking when he was 12 and shortly after started using more drugs. He claimed he was self-medicating to not feel things. He is known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands, and Sweeney Todd.
Who is Johnny Depp?
She abused drugs and cut herself in her teens and early twenties due to depression. She played a starring role in Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Who is Angelina Jolie?
This former NFL player turned to marijuana to self-medicate for depression and social anxiety disorder. He was suspended by the NFL for a violation of the substance-abuse policy. He was the running back for the New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins, and ended with the Baltimore Ravens in 2011.
Who is Ricky Williams?
This reason for drug use is one of the best predictors of increased drug use among adolescents
What is Rebelliousness?
This musician holds the nickname Sir. The rock legend used cocaine originally to overcome his shyness to perform. This was not the musician's drug of choice. He usually smoked marijuana and drank Johnnie Walker. He sings 'Tiny Dancer' and 'Rocket Man.'
Who is Elton John?
This actor overdosed while playing the role of The Joker.
Who is Heath Ledger?
This actress was prescribed opiates after minor plastic surgery on her eyes, and it led to a decade of pill addiction. She starred in the movie Halloween, Freaky Friday, and Christmas with the Kranks.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
This famous NBA player admitted the first time he tried cocaine was during a sexual encounter. He was married to Khloe Kardashian.
Who is Lamar Odom?