Disturbing Details Discovered In Juice Wrld's Autopsy Report

Despite all of his success, Higgins faced personal challenges. He had been open about his struggles with substance abuse, which started when he began taking opiates in the sixth grade (via Billboard). Higgins had actually started drinking "lean," a prescription cough syrup, as a teenager, drawing inspiration from the music of Future. He admitted he later developed an addiction to the medication, describing it as "a horrible habit." Abuse of this medication contributed to the deaths of such rappers as DJ Screw and Fredo Santana. Higgins' struggle to get sober can be seen in his music, such as the video for the 2017 song "Lean Wit Me" which shows Higgins in a meeting for addicts. He even included the phone number of an organization to help those seeking help for substance abuse. Still, the path to getting clean was rocky for Higgins. He explained to The New York Times that "I smoke weed, and every now and then I slip up and do something that's poor judgment." 

Higgins also wrestled with some mental health issues, such as depression, which only made it harder for him to avoid substance abuse (via Vulture). His mother, Carmela Wallace, spoke out about her son in 2020, telling WLS-TV that "I said, 'if you have anxiety, then you need to get medicated properly for it instead of medicating yourself." Wallace went on to explain that "I told him my biggest fear was him overdosing on the stuff."

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