Celebrities Who Were Addicted
Although the Factory had a reputation for being the hip hangout for drug addicts, Warhol's personal interest in drugs waned, and it is possible that his view on drug use changed. Warhol Superstar and Factory regular Jane Forth reported that he moved on from those "earlier days" of drug use (before she joined his entourage in 1969) to get down to business.4 Indeed, Warhol and Sedgwick's falling out in late 1965 may have been escalated by her increasing substance abuse compounded with his new turn away from drugs, along with professional disagreements on their film collaborations.