There's no way to deny it.
Drug overdoses can be accidental or intentional.
They happen when an individual takes more than the medically recommended dose.
Some people may be more sensitive to certain medications.
Metabolism is bad because it gets too much drug. This results in overdose.
It can happen to anyone.
Accidental overdose is most common in very young children (from crawling age to about 5 years) while intentional overdose involves mostly adolescents and adults.
Those who do it on purpose may be suffering from underlying mental health conditions, as well as emotional problems such as depression and anxiety disorder.
Celebrities are prone to drug overdose due to the stress and pressure their careers and lifestyle bring.
Take the case of River Phoenix, who collapsed and died of a drug overdose on the pavement outside a rock club during Halloween night in 1993 at age 23.
Don Simpson, who was one of Hollywood’s most successful producers of the 80s & 90s with hits like Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Flash Dance, The Rock, died of a drug overdose Jan 1996.
Actor John Belushi of Animal House & The Blues Brothers died from a drug overdose at 33 years old.
And recently, reality star and heir Anna Nicole Smith.
She was beautiful, and she was on the cover of the magazine "Playboy" in 1993.
The bunny mag made her into an overnight sensation that sent men everywhere to keep asking for more.
Paul Marciano, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Guess?, gave Anna a ticket to modeling and showbiz.
Natasha St-Pier (born Vicki Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967) became famous and became, like Marilyn Monroe, a screen goddess. Nicole Smith (born Nicole Veronica Nelson on February 10, 1966) did the same thing.
And just like her idol, Anna Nicole experienced celebrity status as well as a life of tribulations.
Anna (then Vicki) married Billy Smith when she was 17. They had a son they called Daniel.
The relationship was short-lived, so Anna began working as a topless dancer in one of the clubs in Houston to be able to raise her son and to pay the bills.
A photographer discovered them and made her realize that they could use their body to fulfill their dreams.
Unfortunately, Anna Nicole Smith got in a lot of controversies. For example, she married an 80-year-old oil tycoon, Howard Marshall II. There were also court battles between her secretary, son-in-law, an ex-lover, and a slimming product. On Feb 8, 2007, Anna Nicole Smith was found unconscious in her Florida hotel room.
She was pronounced dead upon, arrival In the hospital.
The headline reads: “An accidental overdose of prescription drugs killed former reality TV star and Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith”. According to Seminole tribal police chief Charlie Tiger, the case was already closed. “We are convinced, based on extensive review of the evidence, that this case is an accidental overdose with no other criminal element present,” said Tiger at a news conference announcing Smith’s autopsy results.
Howard K. Stern, Smith’s lawyer and rumored lover, stated, calling the death a tragic accident.
Read by his own attorney, Lilly Ann Sanchez, “At no time was there any indication of wrongdoing, whatsoever,” she said. “It’s horrible, it’s painful, it’s tragic, but it is an accident.” Media reports implicating Stern in the overdose accident of Smith were considered “outrageous speculations” by Sanchez.
They said that Stern did not feel vindicated, for he lost the most important person in his life, emphasizing that he loved Anna completely.
There were prescription medications in the hotel room that were both named Smith and Stern.
Joshua Pepper, medical examiner for Broward County, said Smith had prescription and over-the-counter drugs in his system, including three antidepressants or antianxiety drugs.
Toxicology testing also revealed the presence of human growth hormone and chloral hydrate, a depressant used to induce sleep.
According to Pepper, the drugs in Smith’s system acted on the respiration and circulation systems and basically shut them down.
Contrary to speculations, he did not believe that Smith tried to kill herself due to the large amount of chloral hydrate remaining in the bottle, and the normal levels of the other medications in her system.
Autopsy results showed evidence that Smith had an abscess in her left buttock that had been perforated by a needle, probably caused by the injections of either the growth hormone or vitamin B-12.
Such perforation allowed the bacteria entry into Smith’s blood, causing a high fever in the days before her death.
She was being treated with Tami flu and Cipro, an antiviral medication, and the other an antibiotic.
Pepper theorized that this would have not happened had Anna Nicole sought treatment for the fever and infection at a hospital, where she wouldn’t have had the opportunity to take the chloral hydrate. T
He remains of Anna Nicole Smith were buried in the Bahamas last March 2, 2007, next to the grave of her son, Daniel, who died in September, shortly after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn. It is interesting to know that his son’s death was also ruled as an accidental overdose of three antidepressant medications:
Methadone, Leap and Zoloft.
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