The late rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.

Follow-up: picked by punthe 6 months ago

A teenage cancer patient was given a massive overdose of radiation earlier this year due to human error. My heart goes out to her family. :( picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago

Rebecca - who had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity and bipolar disorder, died of an overdose of prescribed drugs, and her parents have been arrested on murder charges, accused of intentionally overmedicating their daughter to keep her quiet and out of their hair.

This is so wrong on so many levels... picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

A nurse murdered four elderly patients by injecting them with a fatal dose of insulin because he regarded them as a "nuisance". picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

SWINEFORD'S© dedicated staff have spent months compiling names from official records from throughout the world to record, in one concise source, the place, date and time from medical records proving once-and-for-all the lethal effects of smoking Marijuana. picked by Mershaullk 10 months ago

"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine," picked by escaflowne 6 months ago

Song with pictures of famous people who died of drug related deaths.
I had to post this simply because of three people in this song. Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, and Chris Farley. picked by Blankspace73 5 months ago

A man who took more than the recommended dose of Viagra to increase his capacity for sexual pleasure is claiming it has left him with blue vision. picked by topofall 5 months ago

Apparently, this happens once or twice a year. picked by tundramonkey 2 years ago

Anyone not surprised by this? picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

Dennis Quaid's e two-week-old twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace were recovering in a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday after mistakenly being given a massive overdose of a blood thinning drug. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

An accidental overdose of prescription drugs killed former reality TV star and Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith, Seminole tribal police Chief Charlie Tiger said Monday.

Tiger said the case was now closed. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A horrible error resulted in as many as 17 infants receiving up to 100 times the proper dose of Heparin, a blood thinner. This is the same drug that a LA hospital accidentally overdosed Dennis Quaid's children. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

The 17-year-old downed seven double espresso coffees while working in the family's sandwich shop and was left "burning up and hyperventilating". picked by deepchill 12 months ago

I am not normally one to follow the celebrity gossip, but I could not believe this...

Dennis Quaid's newborn twins are fighting for their lives Tuesday after mistakenly being given an overdose of Heparin, a blood thinner, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ordinarily, babies are given 10 units of the anti-coagulant- the twins were given 10,000. picked by marli 8 months ago

Heath Ledger may have died from natural causes, not a drug overdose, because the amount of drugs in his system was too low to have killed him, it has been reported. picked by icepigs 6 months ago

This has got to be the cutest thing I've seen in a long while. It'd melt even the iciest heart. picked by doggylives 2 months ago

LOS ANGELES - Christopher Bowman, the former U.S. figure skating champion dubbed “Bowman the Showman” for his flair on the ice, died Thursday of a possible drug overdose, authorities said. He was 40. picked by tchengrox 7 months ago