Lady Gaga Used Marijuana to Cope With Hip Pain

Singer Lady Gaga stated in an interview with Attitude magazinethat she had to use marijuana in order to deal with the severe painshe suffered from a hip cartilage injury.

The 28-year-old singer said: "I was just numbing, numbing,numbing myself then sleeping it off, then getting on stage, killingit in pain, then getting off and smoking, smoking, smoking." Sheadmitted to reaching a rate of 15 joints a day.

Gaga stated that first she didn't knowwhat the cause of the pain was, and marijuana was her only way outtemporarily, until she underwent a recent surgery. Nevertheless, the“Applause” singer mentioned that her early experiences as astruggling artist contributed to her elevated drug use.