Andre Agassi Admits to Meth Use

Andre Agassi was apparently a meth head. (Wikimedia Images)"]
There is now an explanation for tennis champ Andre Agassi's energy on the courts. In Agassi's upcoming autobiography, he admits he used crystal meth in 1997, failed a drug test and then lied to the Association of Tennis Professionals about how the drug had gotten in his system.

Agassi writes in his autobiography, Open, that he sent a letter to the ATP tour to explain the positive test, saying he accidentally drank from a soda spiked with meth by his assistant "Slim."

"Then I come to the central lie of the letter," Agassi writes. "I say that recently I drank accidentally from one of Slim's spiked sodas, unwittingly ingesting his drugs. I ask for understanding and leniency and hastily sign it: Sincerely."

Agassi said the ATP accepted his lie and dropped the issue.

In the book, Agassi claims that at a low point in his life, when he was No. 141 in the world, he was sitting at home when Slim introduced him to meth. For the next year, they did meth, one of the most addictive drugs known to man, together.

"I just tell people, this book is honest," says Agassi. "It lives up to the title. It's my life, for better or worse. Get ready, buckle up, and keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times."

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