“Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000, 'legal' drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200, marijuana: 0. Considering government subsidies of tobacco, just what is our government protecting us from in the drug war?” WarGovernmentDrugAlcoholIllegalMarijuanaConsideringTobaccoAnnualsWar On DrugsSubsidiesOverdoseIllegal Drugs Author:Ralph Nader
“There is a safe, nontoxic drug called naloxone that can instantly reverse opioid overdose and prevent most of these deaths. But the drug war interferes with saving overdose victims in two ways: first, because witnesses to overdose fear prosecution, they often don't call for help until it's too late. Second, because the drug war supports the belief that making naloxone available over-the-counter or with opioid prescriptions would encourage drug use, the antidote is available only through harm reduction programs like needle exchanges or in some state programs aimed at drug users.” WayFirstsTwoWarStatesHelpingUseBeliefSupportDrugSafeLateProgramVictimAvailableHarmSavingWitnessToo LateUsersReverseInterfereAntidoteTwo WaysNeedlesReductionPrescriptionsWar On DrugsProsecutionDrug UseOverdoseOpioids Author:Maia Szalavitz
“Kylie Minogue - she's so great. You'd love her if you met her. Everyone would. In a way I wish everyone could, to see what a person she is. She's so sweet and no bull and really funny, man, really funny. The Rolling Stones are like a weight around your neck. All that..'you're not meant to rock after you're 30...you've got to die in a car crash or of a drug overdose.” IfsMenWayPersonsDiesWishRocksCarSweetMetsDrugStonesWeightNecksCrashRollingBullsRolling StonesOverdoseCar CrashFunny Men Author:Michael Hutchence
“If success is my drug then I've been on a chronic overdose all my life.” IfsDrugOverdose Author:Behdad Sami
“Well I have a drug history and a public drinking problem and I am not the healthiest guy. So they just ran that I died of a drug overdose.” WellsProblemGuyDrugDiedDrinkingRanOverdoseDrinking Problem Author:Artie Lange
“How does the [New York] Times treat White pathology? They reported an epidemic of heroin addiction in the Philadelphia suburbs. which included emergency admissions and overdoses; these White people in the suburbs were doing heroin like it was going out of style. I counted the words: the article consisted of 200 words. "Heroin Epidemic" in the back section. Out here in California, the typical drug addict is a housewife or suburban White woman.” PeopleDoeWhiteStyleNew YorkDrugTreatsAddictionCaliforniaArticlesGoing OutTypicalSectionsAddictEmergenciesNew York TimesSuburbsEpidemicsHeroinHousewifePhiladelphiaAdmissionDrug AddictPathologyOverdoseHeroin Addiction Author:Ishmael Reed
“That is the saddest thing: He [Prince] always thought I would die of a drug overdose, and here it happens he dies of an accidental overdose.” HappensDiesDrugSaddestOverdose Author:Stevie Nicks
“I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God every day to even be here.” ThinkingLongDrugThank GodHendrixOverdose Author:Rick James
“What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior.” KnowsPersonsAgeDiesFiveDrugBehaviorTwentiesSuicideAccidentsUnhappinessOddsRecklessTwenty FiveOverdoseLeukemia Book:Limitations Source: Limitations
“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.” BookHardHealingDangerDrugVictimBoundsOverdose Author:Karl Lagerfeld