{"id":352,"date":"2004-09-17T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2004-09-17T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=352"},"modified":"2007-09-07T05:09:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T10:09:47","slug":"cocaines-a-hell-of-a-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cocaines-a-hell-of-a-drug","title":{"rendered":"“Cocaine’s a hell of a drug . . .”"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the coroner<\/a>, Rick James had nine<\/em> different drugs in his system at the time of his death, inclduing coke, speed, valium and vicodin:<\/p>\n

“None of the drugs or drug combinations were found to be at levels that were life-threatening in and of themselves,” the report said. It gave the cause of death as a heart attack and ruled the death accidental.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When it came to drug use, I don’t think anything Rick James did was that<\/em> accidental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the coroner, Rick James had nine different drugs in his system at the time of his death, inclduing coke, speed, valium and vicodin: “None of the drugs or drug combinations were found to be at levels that were life-threatening in and of themselves,” the report said. It gave the cause of death as … <\/p>\n

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