Why did Whitney Houston do crack?

Answer 1

Whitney Houston had an addictive personality, and she struggled with substance abuse for years. Those who knew her best said she suffered from severe insecurity and despite being famous, she had a poor self-image. That is not an excuse, but it does explain why she self-medicated so much. The rest of the answer is that she probably never expected to become addicted to cocaine. She probably thought she could just try it and then walk away. But as a person who was an addict, she could not walk away from drugs, whether marijuana or cocaine or crack or alcohol. And although her family got her to enter rehab, she soon relapsed. And her inability to walk away from crack (or other drugs) ultimately contributed to her death at the young age of 48.