I kept hearing this as a quote from police on the days immediately following Whitney Houston’s death. I kept thinking, “That depends on how you define foul play”. Outside of the literal law enforcement view of “foul play”, on a more philosophical level, I felt there was a great deal of foul play at work in these circumstances.
In 2008, more than 12 million Americans were abusing their prescription pain meds. 1 In 2010, 2 million Americans reported using prescription pain medications nonmedically for the first time. About one-half of prescription painkiller deaths involve at least one other drug, including benzodiazepines, and alcohol. Benzodiazepine related deaths from 2004 to 2008 rose 24%. Benzodiazepines include but are not limited to Xanax, Valium, Lunesta.2 Not included in either of these classes (Pain killers or benzodiazepines) but also showing increasing levels of abuse, Soma, ( a muscle relaxer), and Ambien (short term…
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