Jared Leto looks back on being “always interested in drugs” from a young age
nme.comJared Leto has reflected on his perception of drugs from a young age, saying that he was “always interested” in exploring different substances during his childhood.The actor and 30 Seconds To Mars frontman looked back on the topic in a new interview with Apple Music 1.
Speaking with the show’s host, Zane Lowe, Leto recalled that he was “always interested” in drugs from a young age, and raised in an environment where drug usage was normalised.“I grew up in an environment where there were drugs around.
I mean, I knew what the smell of weed is, as a very, very young kid,” the 51-year-old recalled in the interview.“I remember walking by some trees, like bushes or something as a young kid, very young kid, maybe, I don’t know, fourth grade or something.
And saying to the other kids, ‘Oh, someone’s smoking pot there,’” he explained. “They’re like, ‘What do you mean? What’s pot?’ They didn’t know what that certain spice was.
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