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He also writes that he stopped taking the drug after his friend Vandi Haygood died from "steady doses of Dexamyl". [7] Dr. George C. Nichopoulos was indicted in May 1980 for having improperly prescribed Dexamyl and phenmetrazine (Preludin) to the singer Jerry Lee Lewis, despite knowing he was addicted to them. [8]
"Sonny's Blues" is a 1957 short story [1] written by James Baldwin, originally published in Partisan Review. The story contains the recollections of a black algebra teacher in 1950s Harlem as he reacts to his brother Sonny's drug addiction, arrest, and recovery.
Chemistry, not moral failing, accounts for the brain’s unwinding. In the laboratories that study drug addiction, researchers have found that the brain becomes conditioned by the repeated dopamine rush caused by heroin. “The brain is not designed to handle it,” said Dr. Ruben Baler, a scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, ... Robert Johnson to me is the most important blues musician who ever lived. He was true, ...
[5] [6] Cocaine and various opiates were subsequently mass-produced and sold openly and legally in the Western world, resulting in widespread misuse and addiction. [7] [8] Drug use and addiction also increased significantly following the invention of the hypodermic syringe in 1853, [9] with overdose being a leading cause of death among ...
Buntz is an effective officer with a natural detective's sense, but he often takes shortcuts and makes use of morally questionable tactics. He tends to dress in mismatched clothing and speaks in a distinctly working-class manner with a heavy Chicago accent (similar to Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers). He also makes use of colorful imagery ...
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Niche Imports Eddie Murphy partially credits a night out with Robin Williams and John Belushi in the 1980s for helping him realize he “wasn’t interested” in ...
Taylor also hosted WUSB (FM)'s Blues With A Feeling radio show. Along with Joan Jett, Billy Joel, Vanilla Fudge, KISS, Mountain, Shadow Morton, Run–D.M.C., and Twisted Sister, Taylor was inducted by L*A*W into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame in 1997.