Lucas Trautman

“At the same time many of them self medicated... so their brain is still reliant on that, and it's really really hard to stop using,”

Lucas Trautman · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Lucas Trautman described the difficulty child actors face when attempting to stop using substances.

“We aren't equipped at a young age to be able to say no to it, to manage it, to correctly stay away from it altogether,”

Lucas Trautman · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Lucas Trautman explained why young people are ill-equipped to handle access to drugs and alcohol.

“But it's important to remember that they were also exposed during a developmental time to many adult aspects of life that the rest of us weren't - including traumatic experiences - and so that gives them unique risk factors for addiction,”

Lucas Trautman · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Lucas Trautman explained the unique addiction risk factors experienced by child actors.