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A lot of high schoolers get into sports, but Jared Leto had no time for it. “I was too busy taking drugs,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “Which was kind of a sport.” Leto found himself in that world almost with no effort. “I grew up in an environment where there were drugs around,” he said on “The Zane Lowe Show” in September. “I mean, I knew what the smell of weed is as a very, very young kid.” Leto could recognize when people were smoking marijuana since he was in fourth grade, an age when his friend had no idea what marijuana even was.
That exposure never scared Leto. To the contrary, it intrigued him. “I was always interested in drugs,” he told Lowe. “I was always interested in an experience. I was always interested in taking some risk.” So, he experimented. He did his fair share of drugs until it became a problem. “I took it for a ride, and then it took me for a ride, for sure,” he said. But Leto was lucky. He realized in time that he had the potential to make something of himself and that the road toward the goal was incompatible with that lifestyle.
Leto decided to get sober, quitting all drugs and even alcohol completely. “Some drugs are incredible, but the risk versus reward is out of line. I just saw too many examples of what not to do,” he told Rolling Stone.
If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
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