| There is a saying that rock and roll stars live on the | | | | It is a fact that many celebrities and music personalities |
| edge and drive in the fast lane. Jimi Hendrix, Elvis | | | | are involved in the repeated and excessive use of |
| Presley, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, and Michael | | | | drugs and substances. High doses of many illegal |
| Hutchence of INXS did just that. They were music | | | | drugs can cause immediate life-threatening problems |
| icons who lived on the edge. Sad to say, their fame | | | | like heart attack, respiratory failure, and coma. The |
| and fortune also led to their untimely deaths. What's | | | | combination of drugs and alcohol are extremely |
| more alarming is these stars die a few years after | | | | dangerous. In addition, some drugs can have |
| achieving fame. News of rock stars and other music | | | | dangerous interactions with alcohol. The human body |
| icons dying young is alarming, because their deaths are | | | | can only handle so many toxins at once, this is the |
| associated with substance overdose. | | | | reason why illegal drugs should not be taken with |
| A recent study conducted in Liverpool John Moores | | | | alcohol. There are times that drug can chemically |
| University showed that 1,050 American and European | | | | interact with alcohol, when taken with alcohol it |
| artists or so-called "icons" died earlier than average | | | | disperses faster in the bloodstream and take effect |
| people. Of the 100 stars that died from 1956 to 2005, | | | | faster. These are the reasons why alcohol and drug |
| majority of these American "music icons" died at the | | | | overdose is one of the leading cause of death among |
| age of 42 on average, while those from Europe | | | | music icons and many individuals. |
| passed away at 35 years of age. The reason? | | | | The number of rock stars who died and are dying at a |
| Unhealthy lifestyle, improper diet, drug addiction, and | | | | young age is cause of alarm for society because |
| alcohol and substance abuse. In addition, part of the | | | | many artists are influential among children and young |
| dilemma is living with the stress and anxiety associated | | | | people. They want to be like them-the rock gods. The |
| with fame. | | | | young people hero-worship them. They buy their |
| According to the Journal of Epidemiology and | | | | albums, watch their concerts, and even try to dress |
| Community Health, drug and alcohol are the primary | | | | like them. A lot young people want to be like rock |
| causes of many deaths of music stars, which | | | | stars. They want fame, money, and other expensive |
| accounted for one in every four deaths. Alcohol | | | | stuff. Young people of today want to be rock stars |
| damages the body in many ways. It can affect the | | | | more than anything else. They want to sing loud songs, |
| brain and can lead to poor coordination, faulty | | | | strum the guitars to produce loud music, and beat the |
| judgment, slowed reflexes, distorted vision, memory | | | | drums real hard. The young people want to |
| lapses, and blackouts. Alcohol can damage many | | | | experience the euphoria that these rock icons claim |
| organs in the body. It is absorbed directly in the | | | | they feel whenever they're on stage. Sad to say, all |
| bloodstream and raises the risk of acquiring | | | | the fame, fortune, and money were not able to |
| life-threatening ailments like cancer. Extremely high | | | | change the fact that many rock stars and music icons |
| doses of alcohol can even cause alcohol poisoning, | | | | died early. |
| coma, or even death. | | | | |