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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Although Percocet or whatever painkillers were in Prince's system were prescribed it is unlikely they were prescribed in the quantities he had been taking. After all, he had previously overdosed. It boils down to prescribed drug use versus drug abuse.
The unfortunate truth is musicians and other celebrities lead lifestyles where pretty much anything they want is at least available to them and indeed frequently pushed upon them. Few appear have the self discipline to not overdo.
BTW I just lost a fraternity brother to a drug overdose and like Prince he was a very, very smart guy; he was a college professor and had earned two entirely separate PhDs, one in foreign languages and one in psychology. A year ago he had overdosed enough to put himself into a coma for a week.
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Just like alcoholism, drug abuse can happen to the best of people.
I'm guessing that those focusing on the drug part, would not be so quick to denigrate if it were a white country and western star who died from alcohol.