All three of these people died from a drug overdose or drug addiction. Many other famous people use drugs every day. This persuades younger fans to do drugs. When a famous person uses drugs, their fans think it s cool, so they do it too. This is one reason why people start using drugs.
People start abusing drugs for a variety of other reasons.
Most people want to escape the stresses of their everyday life. Some adults are facing separation or divorce. Some kids assume that it will help them relieve their problems at school. School problems can be social or academic. Other kids start abusing drugs because of peer pressure.