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Whitney Houston: Cocaine worsened heart problems, officials say (Drugs Kill)
LA Times ^

Posted on 03/22/2012 5:47:14 PM PDT by BAW

Singer Whitney Houston's use of cocaine "exacerbated her heart condition" and played a role in her accidental drowning in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel suite, Los Angeles County Chief Coroner Craig Harvey said.

The long-awaited autopsy results were released Thursday after weeks of intense speculation over how the 48-year-old pop star died. It marks another high-profile Hollywood death connected to drug use, coming less than three years after Michael Jackson died suddenly at his Holmby Hills mansion. Jackson’s death resulted from intoxication involving a powerful sedative, and his doctor was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cocaine; crack; drugs; drugwar; ho; houston; warondrugs; whitney; whitneyhouston; wod; wodlist; wosd
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To: hole_n_one

None. Ever. And you?


21 posted on 03/22/2012 7:20:46 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: laweeks

You’re truly vile. The article indicated she did not OD on cocaine, the level hasn’t been determined which means it can’t be particularly significant.


22 posted on 03/22/2012 7:31:54 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Newt says, "A nominee that depresses turnout won't beat Barack Obama.")
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To: laweeks
incessant screaming and hollering

You are truly brave to correctly characterize this drugged out diva's "singing". Bravo!

23 posted on 03/22/2012 7:36:13 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Enterprise
My only point is that you seem to want to give credence and accept at face value Obama's characterization of his past drug use.

Whatever citations exist regarding that period in his miserable existence on this planet are based on his version alone. There are no 2nd party accounts, except for Sinclair.

So, when you say nothing has been reported to show him to be nothing more than an occasional user of cocaine, understand that it is his version and his alone.

..........and why you would believe anything that falls out of his mouth is beyond me.

24 posted on 03/22/2012 7:39:44 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one

If Obama says he wants gasoline to go to 4 dollars a gallon, I would absolutely believe him.


25 posted on 03/22/2012 7:50:36 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: laweeks

We each have our own opinions. She had a remarkable voice and her drug use made a heart condition worse. All how you spin it. She didn’t “od”. There are different ways to die. Od, combo, .. she didn’t have toxic doses. And what junkie doesn’t have staph or paraphernalia? Not defending he’d but why did she die? Not everyone that parties dies. Ie- sheen. 6 grams a hit.. really??


26 posted on 03/22/2012 7:53:21 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: goseminoles

Well.. staph=stash.. could be the same..


27 posted on 03/22/2012 7:57:10 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Enterprise
If Obama says he wants gasoline to go to 4 dollars a gallon, I would absolutely believe him.

You are smart enough to know that if he said $4.00, what he really wanted to say was $5.00.......$6.00......$7.00.......$8.00........

So, $4.00 would be a lie.

Again, why would you believe anything spewed from his blue lipped pie hole?

28 posted on 03/22/2012 8:05:44 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: goseminoles

I’m with you. She was an extraordinary talent, and a tragic figure.


29 posted on 03/22/2012 8:07:39 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: hole_n_one
"So, $4.00 would be a lie."

Answer the next question "yes" or "no."

Did Obama ever say he wanted gas to go to 4 dollars a gallon?

30 posted on 03/22/2012 8:44:41 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: laweeks

I hope this serves as a wake-up call for people.

What is so glamorous about cocaine?


31 posted on 03/22/2012 10:29:12 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Cocaine - When wealth and fame just isn’t enough.


32 posted on 03/22/2012 10:30:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

I loved Bill Cosby’s routine:

I said to a guy, I said, “Tell me, what is it about cocaine that makes it so wonderful?”, and he said, “Well, it intensifies your personality.” I said, “Yes, but what if you’re an a$$hole?”


33 posted on 03/22/2012 10:33:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
What is so glamorous about cocaine?

It was "glamorous" thirty years ago - today I don't know that it's any more so than alcohol (another drug that has taken many lives).

34 posted on 03/23/2012 8:10:43 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

It was actually offered to me once but I turned it down. I didn’t know how I was going to react to it.

People have died the first time they used it.

Is it worth it?


35 posted on 03/23/2012 11:55:44 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: dfwgator

That’s a good one. LOL.


36 posted on 03/23/2012 11:56:43 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Is it worth it?

That's a question every adult should be free to answer for himself - as with alcohol or tobacco use.

37 posted on 03/26/2012 10:23:28 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies
Cocaine is a scary drug. People have died the first time they used it.

You're pretty much done for once that stuff damages your heart. It's irreversible.

38 posted on 03/26/2012 7:17:11 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Alcohol and tobacco have also done irreversible damage. "Is it worth it?" remains a question every adult should be free to answer for himself.
39 posted on 03/27/2012 8:22:44 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

You’re right.


40 posted on 03/27/2012 12:54:48 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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