Posted by cubbybear on August 13, 2003, at 0:19:02
In reply to Re: 20mg of Klonopin??, posted by djmmm on August 12, 2003, at 7:42:02
> > OK everyone, I may be going off on a tangent, but i'm just curious. . .some of the great rock stars of the 70s, e.g. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, etc. supposedly died of "drug overdoses.", but it probably went a lot deeper than that. Elvis died because he apparently had a whole witches' brew of drugs in his bloodstream. Actor River Phoenix collapsed and died on the sidewalk in L.A. from a lethal mix of drugs. Does anyone know what each of these celebs (I'm especially curious about River Phoenix) were taking and combining in their bodies? Dr. Bob should give some sort of Trivia Award to the person who knows.
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> River Phoenix died from a combination of "high-grade Persian Brown heroin" Valium, and cocaine.
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> His toxicology report showed: cocaine, morphine, valium, marijuana and ephedrine (probably a byproduct of methamphetamine, or a "filler" for Cocaine. The official cause of death was "Acute multiple drug ingestion."
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> Jimi Hendrix offical cause of death was "inhalation of vomit, Seconol intoxication"
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> Janis Joplin died from "acute heroin-morphine intoxication," "Injection of Overdose"
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> The offical cause of death for Jim Morrison is listed as "heart failure"
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> Elvis died from heart failure, most likely heart disease (hypertensive heart disease with coronary artery disease as a contributing factor) exacerbated by a combination of Ethinamate, Methaqualone, codeine and barbiturates. Chlorpheniramine, meperidine, morphine (byproduct of codeine) and Valium were also found in his system, but not at lethal levels.Great info--you should get the Trivia Award!
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