Judy Gallen suffered from drug addiction in the stage lounge in her later years
Hollywood is a dream paradise in some people's minds, but everyone knows that there is hellish darkness behind heaven, in which drugs and Hollywood have a long history.
Why are celebrities always prone to drug addiction and can't extricate themselves? How did they get caught with drugs?
On the set of the movie Something's Got to Give (1962), Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin
Among the stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Judy Garland (1922-1969) was reported to have a serious drug addiction, Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) had an overdose of sleeping pills when she committed suicide, Dean Martin (1917-1995) also died of drug use, Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) He was 40 years old before entering the drug rehabilitation center.
During the promotion of the film River of No Return (1954), Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitcham
Sally Kirkland's private parties in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century were famous for her various drug hospitality, when she almost died.
Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) intensified his addiction when he filmed Apocalypse Now (1979), and he didn't emerge from the brink of collapse until after 1986, but it also ruined the prime time of his acting career.
Dennis Hopper's prison license
As for James Dean (1931-1955), Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), Carrie Fisher (1956-2016), Liza Minnelli, Al Pacino and other familiar Hollywood stars, they are also inseparable from drugs.
Al Pacino's prison license
But the stars who came to the top didn't seem to get more inspiration from their predecessors, such as Whitney Houston (1963-2012), River Phoenix (1970-1993), Heath Ledger (1979-2008), Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, and Drew Barrymore Barrymore, Macaulay Culkin, Robert Downey Jr., Christian Slater, Angelina Jolie and other big Hollywood stars, their names are known not only because of their talent in acting, but also because of their untangled relationship with drugs.
Sean Penn
Macaulay Culkin
And the news of the artist's drug use usually involves their real life. Maybe they had an alcoholic father, maybe they were sexually assaulted as children, maybe they bought a mansion there and went to a crazy party, and then their psychiatrist would come forward and say they had mental problems all along.
Lisa Minnelly
So the curiosity of the average person has been slightly alleviated, once there is more news of such artists taking drugs, everyone is no longer concerned about "who is next", but "how long will it take to catch another one"?
One could argue that what makes drugs and Hollywood stars so close is their common nature—mystery.
Few people will know the actual drug trading process, just as few people will know the real private life of celebrities.
From left: Elizabeth Taylor, Lisa Minnelly, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston
So where are their real channels of access to drugs?
To put it bluntly, it is not as mysterious as ordinary people imagine, usually after the drug dealer and the artist get in touch, they will meet in the club where the artist is staying, and the bodyguard confirms the identity of the drug dealer, so that he and the artist will conduct a pair of transactions, when the drug dealer takes out a small bag of white plastic bags from his pocket, the artist also immediately takes out the banknotes, so the transaction ends, and the drug dealer drives away.
Revan Phoenix
At the same time, countless of the same transactions are going on; At the same time, there are countless parties in private villas and clubs around Hollywood, and for young stars, attending Hollywood parties is not only an entry ceremony for them to break into the luxurious world of Hollywood, but also an important medium for their first contact with drugs and drug dealers.
Al Pacino and Johnny Depp (right)
At the same time, the good drama has just begun, and most of the parties are held by celebrities in the social circle who have a good relationship with the entertainment industry, and all the crazy acts you can imagine or unimaginable happen inside.
However, this is only the superficial reason for young celebrities to become addicted, and the fierce competitive environment in Hollywood is more stressful for them, especially young actors who become famous too early, and the fear of failure and loss of fame and fortune is the main reason why they start using drugs.
Robert Downey Jr
One example is Robert Downey Jr., who was just 26 when he was nominated for Best Actor at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Chaplin Chaplin (1992), once said, "It was a peak in my career, and nothing else I did could compare to it."
In fact, Robert Downey Jr. has been in rehab many times, and although he insists on quitting his addiction, he doesn't seem serious enough.
Johnny Depp and Revan Phoenix (left)
Johnny Depp was also a "poisonous bug" when he was young. He learned to smoke at the age of 12 and tasted all the drugs he could find before the age of 14.
In 1993, at the age of 30, he became a shareholder of Hollywood's most famous bar, "Viper Nightclub".
What really made Johnny Depp determined to quit drugs was the birth of his daughter in 1999, and he sold his shares in nightclubs in 2003 for the sake of his family, gritting his teeth and getting rid of drug addiction completely.
Drew Barrymore
However, later, when Johnny Depp was photographed on the streets of Los Angeles, the glass tube he held was accused of being used for smoking marijuana.
Drew Barrymore was good, she climbed out of addiction and later developed a world of her own in Hollywood.
The tragic end was Keanu Reeves' friend Revan Phoenix, who declared six months before his death, "I know my friends are on drugs, I think they're stupid, I really don't know why they do it."
Chris Farley
Even more ironic are people like Chris Farley (1964-1997), who died of addiction at the age of 33, the same age as his idol John Belushi (1949-1982) when he died of addiction.
John Belusi
In 2008, Heath Ledger died in his apartment in New York at the age of 28, the cause of death is varied, one of the more likely speculations is the lethal drug combination, at that time, his dedication to the peak performance of "Batman: The Dark Knight" (2008) had not yet been released, at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, the judges gave the trophy for best supporting actor to Heath Ledger, who was far above heaven.
Heath Ledger
Angelina Jolie was also an addict, and in July 2014, a video about her time in drug rehabilitation was exposed on the Internet. In the video, she is thin and her face is very haggard.
In 2011, Angelina Jolie also generously admitted in an interview with the American TV program "60 Minutes" that she had an inglorious life experience in the 90s of the 20th century.
That same year, when it was reported that she had passed out at home, Brad Pitt persuaded her to go to a drug rehabilitation center.
Angelina jolie
But a few days after the news broke, Angelina Jolie attended the Golden Globe event with Brad Pitt, and there was no evidence that Angelina Jolie went to the drug rehabilitation center.
However, Angelina Jolie has completely changed from a bad girl to a loving mother and a messenger of love, and the bitterness of it is estimated that only she knows it, even if it costs millions of treatment costs, it is worth it for her.
As long as there is anxiety about the acting career, it is difficult for Hollywood stars to escape the gravity of drugs.
Angelina jolie
"Every star who uses drugs thinks they can control themselves from becoming addicted, and they usually say it's to make the filming process easier or to help them sleep."
Psychiatrist Mark Goulston said, "When their career was going well, the bad luck came."
Revan Phoenix
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