You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?

WHY DO PEOPLE DO DRUGS? This is a question that everyone seems to want answers to! I present you with WiseGEEK, an online ecology of information pertaining to the real reasons people choose to use drugs. A WiseGEEK article called Why Do People Do Drugs?, gives their explanation of peoples’ choice to pursue drug habits. “Some drugs help us heal, some help us think more clearly, and some alter our perceptions of the world radically, shifting our brain chemistry.” Who is to say that celebrities don’t do drugs for these reasons also? If escaping reality is an acceptable explanation as to why the average person abuses drugs, then how does that relate to celebrity influence? If people, particularly youths, are enduring such pain and trauma that they are resorting to using drugs as an escape to an illusory world, then it is not likely that they are paying attention to the real world around them, including the media and the stars that graze the covers of popular magazines. People who rely on drugs to perform their day-to-day functions are generally using drugs to battle some sort of internal pain, and therefore are consumed with their internal battles. To them, that prioritizes over knowing what celebrities are doing. Hmmm…