Demi Lovato started 'experimenting' with drugs at the age of 12
msn.comDemi Lovato started "experimenting" with drugs at the age of 12. The 30-year-old pop star previously struggled with addiction and has spent time in rehabilitation clinics after overdoses and explained that her troubles began after she was prescribed painkillers following a car accident.
She said: "I started experimenting for the first time when I was 12, or 13. I got into a car accident and they prescribed me opiates.
My mom didn't think she would have to lock up the opiates from her 13-year-old daughter but I was already drinking at that point.
I had been bullied and was looking for an escape. " The 'Sorry Not Sorry' hitmaker went on to explain that she was just 17 when she tried Class A drug cocaine and "loved it too much" before eventually going into treatment.
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