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Overdoses
DMX Remains on Life Support Following Overdose “Please keep Earl/DMX and us in your thoughts, wishes, and prayers,” the rapper’s family said.
By Rebecca Alter
the opioid epidemic
Aug. 15, 2018
Drug Overdoses Killed 72,000 in 2017, a New National Record Overdose deaths now exceed the peak years for HIV, car crash, and firearm deaths.
By Adam K. Raymond
Prince’s Toxicology Report Finds ‘Exceedingly High’ Levels of Fentanyl The report offers more details on the singer’s death, all of which confirm an earlier finding that Prince died of an opioid overdose.
By Halle Kiefer
The Opioid Epidemic Is a Symptom of Toxic Greed Our system of financing drug research gave the makers of OxyContin a multibillion-dollar incentive to ignore the risks their drug posed.
By Eric Levitz
public health
Dec. 8, 2016
By Drake Baer
don’t do drugs
Sept. 1, 2013
By Delia Paunescu
weird things
June 18, 2010
Koppel’s Son Had Heroin, Cocaine, and Prescription Drugs in System at Time of Death This contradicts the story of his accidental binge death as told by the only two witnesses.
By Chris Rovzar
pills pills pills
June 9, 2010
Larry King’s Wife Overdoses on Pills Shawn Southwick was found unconscious by her father in her Utah home.
By Chris Rovzar
the sports section
Oct. 27, 2008
Isiah Thomas, Media-Savvy As Always Isiah Thomas was notoriously toxic toward the press as coach and general manager of the Knicks. But the guy sure knows the right time to overdose on sleeping pills.
By Will Leitch