Celebrity Drug Users

Here is a partial list of celebrities who have used drugs in the past or did so during their lives (Some are dead as a result of drug use). The question is: what is it about the Entertainment industry that seems to cause this to proliferate?


Tim Allen, Drew Barrymore, John Belushi, John Bonham, William S. Burroughs, David Bowie, Vico C Puerto Rican, Gia Marie Carangi,Mama Cass, Ray Charles, Tommy Chong, Eric Clapton, Montgomery Clift, George Clinton, Kurt Cobain, Jackie Curtis, Tony Curtis, Dorothy Dandridge, Miles Davis, Andy Dick, Walt Disney, Pete Doherty, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Epstein, Robert Evans, Chris Farley, Perry Farrell, Federico Fellini, Liam Gallagher, Judy Garland, Bobby Gillespie, Ruben Gomez, Richard Harris, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Dennis Hopper,Etta James, Mick Jones, Steve Jones, Janis Joplin, Hector Lavoe, John Lennon, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Courtney Love, Bela Lugosi, La Lupe, Marilyn Manson, Cheech Marin, Paul McCartney, Liza Minelli, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison, Kate Moss, Nick Nolte, Jack Osbourne, Juan Osorio, Jimmy Page, Robert Pastorelli, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, River Phoenix, Elvis Presley,Iggy Pop,Richard Pryor, Dee Dee Ramone, Lou Reed, Keith Richards, Mickey Rooney, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Savannah, Martin Scorsese, Tom Sizemore, Aaron Sorkin, Layne Staley, Ringo Starr, Elizabeth Taylor, Pete Townsend, Sid Vicious, Scott Welland, Tennesse Williams, Montel Williams