Singer Noah Cyrus is opening up about her addiction to Xanax, a brand name for the prescription drug alprazolam, used to treat anxiety and panic disorders.
The 22-year-old said she first took the drug after her boyfriend gave it to her.
“My boyfriend at the time, when I was 18, was the first person that gave me a Xanax, and it became a way for us to bond,” Cyrus told Rolling Stone.
“I think I wanted to fit in with him. I wanted to be what he wanted and what he thought was cool and what I thought everybody was doing.”
She recalled her lowest moment when she began to pass out during a television interview that never aired.
The drug not only affected her career, but also affected her relationships with her grandmother Loretta, who died in August 2020, her mother Tish Cyrus, and other familymembers.