Justin Bieber.
XNY/Star Max/GC ImagesJustin Bieber It was already open when he struggled with drugs from the past.
In the January 2020 documentary Justin Bieber: SeasonThe singer revealed that he started smoking marijuana at the age of 12 or 13. As Bieber grew up in the spotlight, he later turned to “very heavy medications” including lean meat (codeine cough syrup, soda and hard candy), pills, MDMA, psychedelic mushrooms, and more.
“I’m still young, like everyone in the industry, people in the world have experimented and done normal growing things,” he reflected. “But my experience is that on camera, I have different levels of exposure. I have a lot of money and a lot of stuff.”
Bieber eventually seeks treatment for his drug abuse and mental health struggles.
In February 2025, fans noticed that he seemed to no longer follow his wife, which sparked Justin’s sense of happiness online, Hailey Bieberon Instagram. Justin later claimed his account was hacked.
Throughout his career, Justin Bieber has been an open book of his dedicated Legion of faith in his ongoing struggles in mental health. “Justin has become a reclusive and a changeable person. He has no interest in becoming a celebrity and an artist. […]
In the same month, he was still taking pictures, fisting naked.
Rumors are that Justin is taking drugs again, but the musician’s representatives slammed the “absolutely not true” speculation in a statement to TMZ. According to the representative, the discussion about Justin’s mental health “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to maintaining negative, mean, harmful narratives.”
Keep scrolling to see the honest quotes of Justin’s past drug use:
With Adderall
In February 2016, Justin shared that he was at Adderall (designed to treat ADHD) for at least one year.
“I didn’t get back to sleep, so I need it [Adderall] Focus on it, because I didn’t get the proper one [amount]”He said in an interview GQ. “You know, when you sleep, the body produces endorphins, creating these things, when you don’t sleep…”
Justin admitted that he hoped to stop taking the medication as soon as possible because it felt like giving him “anxiety.”
Unhealthy coping mechanism
In joints Fashion Justin was interviewed by Hailey, who revealed how he turned to drugs like Xanax in his personal struggles.
He told the media in February 2019: “I found myself doing things that I was very ashamed of, super challenge and stuff, I think I used Xanax because I was ham. Respect. For me, when I do this It’s always in my mind when it’s done, so I can never enjoy it. Drugs put a screen between me and what I’m doing.”
Become real
Justin went to social media to share that he felt “overwhelmed” by his past struggles.
“I started doing very heavy drugs at the age of 19 and abused all the relationships. “I became disrespectful, disrespectful to women, and felt rude to women,” he wrote on Instagram in September 2019. I became out of reach with everyone who loved me, and I hid behind a shell where I had become a person. I feel like I can never turn it around. ”
When Justin had a hard time, he admitted to focusing on the future and becoming the best version of himself.
“Breaking back from all these horrible decisions, I spent years solving broken relationships and changing relationship habits,” he continued. “Luckily, God blessed me and loved me for the extraordinary whom I loved me for. figure.”
Safety steps
Justin admits that his drug use once became so bad that his security team will have to check that he is still alive.
“My safety and stuff will come into my room to check my pulse at night,” he recalled in a 2020 documentary. “People don’t know how serious it is. Legal madness is terrible. I wake up in the morning and I want to The first thing I did was pop up the pills, bluntly, and start my day. It was just horrible.”
