Передозировки и отравления наркотиками: причины, статистика и тенденции.

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Drug overdose and intoxication are significant causes of accidental death and can also be used as a form of suicide. Death can occur from overdosing on a single or multiple drugs, or from combined drug intoxication (CDI) due to poly drug use. Poly drug use often carries more risk than use of a single drug, due to an increase in side effects, and drug synergy. For example, the chance of death from overdosing on opiates is greatly increased when they are consumed in conjunction with alcohol. While they are two distinct phenomena, deaths from CDI are often misreported as overdoses. Drug overdoses and intoxication can also cause indirect deaths. For example, while marijuana does not cause fatal overdoses, being intoxicated by it can increase the chance of fatal traffic collisions. Drug use and overdoses increased significantly in the 1800s due to the commercialization and availability of certain drugs. For example, while opium and coca had been used for centuries, their active ingredients, morphine and the cocaine alkaloid, were not isolated until 1803 and 1855 respectively. Cocaine and various opiates were subsequently mass produced and sold openly and legally in the Western world, resulting in widespread misuse and addiction. Drug use and addiction also increased significantly following the invention of the hypodermic syringe in 1853, with overdose being a leading cause of death among intravenous drug users. Efforts to prohibit various drugs began to be enacted in the early 20th century, though the effectiveness of such policies is debated. Deaths from drug overdoses are increasing. Between 2000 and 2014, fatal overdoses rose 137% in the United States, causing nearly half a million deaths in that period, and have also been continually increasing in Australia, Scotland, England, and Wales. While prohibited drugs are generally viewed as being the most dangerous, the misuse of prescription drugs is linked to more deaths in several countries. Cocaine and heroin combined caused fewer deaths than prescriptions drugs in the United Kingdom in 2013, and fewer deaths than prescription opiates alone in the United States in 2008. as of 2016, benzodiazepines were most likely to cause fatal overdose in Australia, with diazepam (Valium) being the drug most responsible. This alphabetical list contains 634 people whose deaths can be reliably sourced to be the result of drug overdose or acute drug intoxication. Where sources indicate drug overdose or intoxication was only suspected to be the cause of death, this will be specified in the 'notes' column. Where sources are able to indicate, deaths are specified as 'suicide', 'accidental', 'undetermined', or otherwise in the 'cause' column. Where sources do not explicitly state intent, they will be listed in this column as 'unknown'. Deaths from accidents or misadventure caused by drug overdoses or intoxication are also included on this list. Deaths from long term effects of drugs, such as tobacco related cancers and cirrhosis from alcohol, are not included, nor are deaths from lethal injection or legal euthanasia.

+ List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxicationNameBornDiedAgeProfessionDrug(s)MannerNotesRef. (Reference) 1941199554ArtistUnspecifiedUnknown 1955199641Wrestling promoterCocaineAccidentalDrug induced heart attack1864191652ActressMorphineUnknown 1980201029WrestlerUnspecifiedUnknown 1908197061PlaywrightBarbituratesAccidental 1964200743WrestlerUnspecified painkillersAccidental 1931196836ActorParaldehyde and promazineUnknown 1912193421ActressOpiumSuicide 1892192735WriterBarbitalSuicide 1966202054Club promoterHeroinAccidental 1998202021RapperFentanyl and alcoholUnknown 1930198251FilmmakerHeroinAccidentalOfficially accidental though speculated suicide 1911197059EvangelistAlcoholUnknown 1939198445Child actorAntidepressantsSuicide 1892193341Army officerUnspecified narcoticAccidental 1956199336MusicianHeroinUnknown 1782182138ActressLaudanumAccidental 1905192419ArtistCocaineAccidental 1932197139ActressBarbituratesAccidental 1975199721Child actressHeroinUnknown 1893193845JournalistSleeping pillsUnknown 1966200034JockeyMethamphetamineBlunt traumaThe coroner's report concluded that Antley's injuries were likely related to a fall caused by the overdose 1912197865WriterSleeping pillsSuicide 1923197148PhotographerBarbituratesSuicideArbus also slit her wrists 1943199047PoetUnspecifiedSuicide 1960199736MusicianOpiatesAccidental 1951199948PainterHeroinAccidental 1834189560–61YachtsmanChlorodyne SuicideSuspected overdose 1987200720American football playerMDMAUnknown 1962200240Photographer, make up artistUnspecified painkillersAccidentalAucoin's addiction to painkillers, which were prescribed, caused kidney and liver failure due to paracetamol toxicity 1956200650PoliticianSuccinylcholineMurder 1929198858MusicianCocaine and heroinAccidentalBaker fell from a balcony while intoxicated 1940198242ActorHeroinUnknown 1857191861Shipping magnateSleeping pillsSuicide 1948198233Music critic, musicianMultipleUnknownDextropropoxyphene, diazepam and NyQuil 1899197374Trapeze artistMethamphetaminesUnknown 1918195132AuthorBarbituratesSuicide 1916197357CricketerBarbiturates and bromideUndetermined 1946197629Serial killerHalothaneAccidentalAccidental overdose administered by nurse 1992201421ActressMultipleAccidentalHydrocodone, difluoroethane and carisoprodol 1960198827PainterHeroinUnknown 1907 1932 24ActorBarbitalSuicide 1987 201124JockeyCocaine and oxymorphoneAccidental 1924197853WriterInsulinSuicide 1929 196838Child actorBarbituratesUnknown 1979 200323Baseball pitcherEphedraHeatstrokeThe coroner stated the toxicity of ephedra played a significant role in his death 1945201872Radio hostMultipleAccidentalBell's death was a combination of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, and carisoprodol, complicated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high blood pressure 1868 192657WriterSleeping pillsUnknown 1949 198233ActorSpeedballAccidental 1892194048PhilosopherMorphineSuicide 1963 200945MusicianFentanylAccidental 1931199058ActressUnspecifiedUnknown 1971 199928MusicianMultipleUnknownBenzodiazepines, cocaine and propoxyphene 1951198533GamblerUnspecifiedSuicide 1950197322RoadieCocaine and heroinUnknown 1931199059Baseball pitcherAlcoholUnknown 1977 199518StudentMDMAWater intoxicationDied from water intoxication secondary to use of MDMA 1963 198622Basketball playerCocaineAccidental 1957 201153Presenter, broadcasterMephedroneUnknownDrug induced heart attack. 1974 200733MusicianUnspecifiedUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1961 200745WrestlerCocaineUnknownOther unspecified drugs were involved 1966 199933WriterHeroinUnknown 1943 199854Gambling executiveAlprazolam and heroinSuicide (suspected) 1953197926ActressDiazepamSuicide 1962 200744AristocratCocaine and morphineUnknown 1957 198730Ballet dancerMultipleUnknownCocaine, codeine, methadone and other unspecified drugs 1876 196285ActressSleeping pillsSuicideDrug induced asphyxiation 1984 201025GolferMultipleSuicideDrug induced asphyxiation caused by butalbital, temazepam, alprazolam, codeine, hydrocodone and tramadol 1850 188838ProstituteOpiatesSuicide 1943 198137MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1951 197625MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1948 198032MusicianAlcoholUnknownBonham choked on his own vomit while intoxicated 1977 202245Mixed martial artistFentanylAccidental 1982 201128Ice hockey playerOxycodone and alcoholAccidental 1882 190018Factory workerChloral hydrateMurder 1967 200840Ice skaterMultipleAccidentalCocaine, diazepam, alcohol and cannabis 1899 197878ActorBarbituratesSuicide 1929 197848AuthorMethamphetaminesUnknown 1973 200228ModelMultipleUnknownHeroin, methamphetamines, meperidine and alprazolam 1960 200242MotherGamma Hydroxybutyric acid and alcoholUnknown 1917199376WriterBarbituratesSuicide 1963 201450MusicianHeroinUnknown 1817 184831Painter, writerOpiatesUnknownDied of drug aggravated tuberculosis 1993201522Media personalityMultipleUnknownDrowned while intoxicated by marijuana, alcohol and an unspecified anti anxiety medication 1925 196640ComedianMorphineAccidental 1881193655PainterBarbitalSuicide 1895 192732ActressAlcoholAccidental 1947 197528MusicianMultipleUnknownHeroin, morphine and alcohol 1942 198744MusicianUnspecifiedUnknownDrug induced heart failure 1951 197725WriterSecobarbitalSuicide 1963 200441Baseball playerCocaine and opiatesAccidental 1959 199132Actor, journalistHeroinUnknown 1924 198459WriterMultipleUnknownCause of death was liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication 1896191822ActressCocaineAccidentalSuspected overdose 1919196747PastorBarbituratesUnknownSuspected overdose 1987 202234SingerDifluoroethane and alprazolamAccidentalCarter drowned in the bath after inhaling the drugs 1986 201225SingerMultipleUnknownOlanzapine, cyclobenzaprine and alprazolam 1977201134Pornographic actorUnspecifiedUnknown 1875194367ActorSleeping pillsSuicide 1950 198030Serial killerUnspecifiedUnknown 1964 200945MusicianUnspecified muscle relaxantSuicide 1891 194958JournalistSleeping pillsSuicide (suspected) 1909 196354Naval officerBarbituratesSuicide 1964 200742SolicitorAlcoholUnknown 1931 196331PianistHeroinUnknown 1960 199130MusicianMultipleAccidentalCodeine, diazepam, morphine and alcohol 1923 196945WriterUnspecifiedSuicide 1998202325ActorMultipleAccidentalMethamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines 1946 200761PoliticianUnspecified prescription drugs and alcoholSuicide 1976 200831ActressCocaineAccidental 1942 197229MusicianHeroinUnknown 1944200863ActressUnspecified drugs and alcoholAccidental 1963202259RapperMultipleAccidentalFentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine 1914 196046ActressBarbituratesSuicide 1941 197331PhotographerHeroinUnknown 1974 200127ActressHeroinUnknown 1979200828MusicianMultipleUnknownHeroin, chlordiazepoxide, ephedrine and amphetamine 1946 197427Boutique managerHeroinUnknown 1971 200130MusicianUnspecified pills and alcoholUnknown 1862 189634Baseball playerChloral hydrateSuicide (suspected) 1958 198022MusicianHeroinSuicide 1843189753–54ProspectorMorphineAccidental 1961 199331Baseball pitcherAlcoholAccidentalCrews was legally drunk when he crashed a boat, killing himself and Steve Olin 1946201366ChefBenzodiazepine and oxycodoneSuicide 1958198830American football playerCocaineUnknown 1959 200242MusicianHeroinUnknown 1764 181146–47PainterAlcoholUnknown 1900 195959LawyerSecobarbital and alcoholSuicide 1884 194965Literary criticSleeping pillsSuicide 1947 198538ActorHeroinUnknown 1926 197448ActressBarbituratesSuicide 1969201646WrestlerMultipleAccidentalOxymorphone, oxycodone, temazepam, diazepam, and alcohol 1934 196429ActressSleeping pillsUnknown 1880192343WriterCocaine and alcoholUnknown 1933 198754SingerBarbituratesSuicide 1855 188934ActorCocaine and morphineUnknown 1922 196542Actress, singerImipramineAccidental 1976200225Baseball playerAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1944 198843MusicianHeroinUnknown 1906 197670Art forgerBarbituratesSuicide (suspected) 1867 190335Baseball playerUnspecifiedUnknownDelahanty was intoxicated when he drowned in Niagara Falls. 1912194431–32MusicianHeroinUnknown 1967 200537BodybuilderHeroinUnknown 1963 200238DirectorCocaineAccidentalSuspected drug induced heart attack 1943200865BusinessmanSleeping pillsSuicide 1903198380PoetSleeping pillsUnknown 1903196460Jewelry designerUnspecified pillsSuicide 1902194542Writer, actressBarbituratesUnknown 1801184139–40Texian Army officerMorphineSuicide 1971 200029Disc jockeyCodeineAccidental 1970 202150RapperCocaineUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1915 196651SocialiteAlcohol and barbiturates AccidentalPossible suicide 1920 197453PoliticianBarbiturates and alcoholSuicide 1945199752WriterUnspecified drugs and alcoholSuicide 1905 195651MusicianSleeping pillsAccidentalChoked to death while intoxicated 1958200446ComedianMultipleUnknownUnspecified tranquilizers, painkillers and alcohol 1948 197426MusicianAntidepressantsSuicide (suspected) 1959 200445Pediatric heart surgeonUnspecified prescription drugsSuicide 1955200752SingerCocaineAccidental 1965 200034WrestlerUnspecified painkillers and alcoholUnknown 1903197268ActorBarbituratesSuicide 1966 200740Video game designerParacetamol and alcoholSuicide 1977 201134Actor, stunt manAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1967 200336WrestlerFentanylUnknown 1985202338ActorUnspecifiedUnknownCardiac arrest from a drug cocktail 1925 196439ActorSleeping pills and alcoholUnknown 1963 201147ActorMethamphetamines Accidental 1890 192939ActressChloral hydrateUnknown 1982 202038Singer songwriterFentanyl and cocaineAccidental 1990 202231Entrepreneur and DJCocaineCardiac arrythmia 1906198679–80Property developerUnspecifiedSuicide 1944 200257MusicianCocaineAccidentalDrug induced heart attack 1934 196732Music entrepreneurSleeping pillsAccidental 1955 200347MusicianHeroin and unspecified prescription drugsUnknownSuspected overdose 1871193968MathematicianBarbitalSuicide 1894194045SocialiteBarbituratesSuicide 1981201937Motivational speakerHeroinAccidental 1981 201028MusicianUnspecifiedAccidental 1964 199733ActorCocaine and morphineAccidental 1952 198330MusicianHeroinUnknownDrowned after overdosing 1945 198237Playwright, directorBarbiturates and cocaineUnknown 1964 200439SingerCocaineUnknown 1992 201624Baseball pitcherCocaine and alcoholAccidentalFernández was under the influence when he died in a boating accident 1963 200037Pornographic actressUnspecifiedSuicide (suspected)Officially ruled as "most likely suicide", though previously speculated as murder 1941199554Film composer Unspecified Unknown 1935 197944GangsterUnspecifiedUnknown 1961 199533Singer, actorUnspecifiedUnknown 1915 196752PoliticianSleeping pillsUnknownSuspected overdose 1953 198733Co publisher of HustlerHeroinUndeterminedDrowned after overdosing; whether her death was intentional or not was unclear 1959 200849MusicianUnspecifiedAccidentalSuspected overdose 1954 199945PriestUnspecified drugs and alcohol Suicide 1911 194230ActressSleeping pillsSuicide (suspected) 1791 184655DiplomatUnspecifiedUnknown 1885 192640ActorChloroformSuicideFrank used a combination of chloroform and natural gas. 1943 200057ActressUnspecified prescription drugsSuicide 1983 200724Model, socialiteCocaine and ephedrineAccidentalOfficial cause of death was hypoxic ischemic brain injury caused by cocaine and ephedrine 1969 200738Website founderKetamineMisadventureFrisch jumped from a balcony while intoxicated 1979202343RapperCocaine, alcohol and fentanyl Accidental 1956 200952Impressionist, entertainerHydromorphone AccidentalGans was killed by a combination of the prescription drug and a pre existing heart condition 1958 198425MusicianHeroinUnknown 1922 196947Singer, actressSecobarbitalAccidentalOfficially accidental though speculated suicide 1848190354PainterMorphineUnknown 1969 200839MusicianUnspecifiedUnknownSuspected overdose 1989 201425ActressHeroinUnknown 1908 199889WriterCyanide poisoningSuicide 1945 197934MusicianUnspecifiedAccidental 1940 197130ActressHeroinUnknown 1914 197863CricketerUnspecifiedUnknown 1938197536ActressSleeping pillsSuicide 1970201443Pornographic actorUnspecifiedUnknown 1962 200340ActorMultipleAccidentalHeroin, cocaine, diazepam and hydrocodone/paracetamol 1929197545WriterSleeping pills and alcoholUnknown 1965201044ComedianUnspecified prescription drugsAccidental 1964 199531MusicianHeroinUnknown 1973 200936Disc jockeyMultipleAccidentalCocaine, levamisole, oxycodone, hydrocodone, lorazepam, clonazepam, alprazolam and diphenhydramine 1972 201038MusicianFentanyl and morphineAccidental 1963 200239PoetHeroinUnknown 1909 196253AuthorSleeping pillsSuicide 1941 196826SingerUnspecified medication and alcoholUnknown 1982200725Basketball playerAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1942197835ActivistHeroinUnknown 1899196363ActorSleeping pillsSuicide (suspected) 1976 199721Computer hackerHeroinAccidental 1926 196741ActorPentobarbitalSuicide 1949199243MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1952 199947Model, actressUnspecifiedUnknown 1890193544–45FraudsterSleeping pillsUnknown 1924 196844ActorAmphetamines and alcoholSuicide 1807 185751SenatorMorphineUnknown 1986 201529Baseball pitcherCocaine and alcoholAccidental 1950 200555ComedianAlcoholAccidentalDrowned after he fell into the water while intoxicated 1854 189843Author, adventurerMorphineSuicide 1941 198039MusicianHeroinUnknown 1982 201431Free Syrian Army fighterHeroin and sertralineAccidental 1969 200535Bounty hunterFentanylUnknown 1967 199830Actor, modelHeroinUnknown 1890 194049Poet, playwrightBarbitalSuicide 1942 198038ActressTuinalUnknown 1940 200363MusicianCocaineUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1958 200143AuthorUnspecified prescription pillsSuicide 1868194273MathematicianBarbitalSuicide 1899 196061ActressBarbituratesSuicide (suspected) 1972 202250Musician Multiple 1953 198329ActorHeroinUnknownSuspected overdose 1923 195532United States MarineAlcoholAccidentalHayes was killed by a combination of exposure and intoxication 1949198334CartoonistMultipleUnknownDied from polypharmacy of unspecified drugs 1954 199238Rugby league playerHeroinUnknown 1968 200537ComedianCocaine and heroinUnknown 1918194930WriterBarbituratesSuicide (suspected) 1972 200331MusicianHeroinUnknown 1954 199642ActressPhenobarbitalSuicide 1942 197027MusicianBarbituratesAccidentalHendrix aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated 1958 200344WrestlerCocaineUnknown 1947197830MusicianHeroinSuicide 1927 199366Novelist, actorSleeping pillsSuicide 1957 198628WrestlerUnspecifiedUnknown 1963 201047Documentary filmmakerOxymorphone and alcoholAccidental 1802 187572–73ConductorMorphineSuicide 1916 196649CourierSleeping pillsUnknown 1907 196049Soldier, authorSleeping pillsSuicide 1943198138SingerHeroinUnknown 1988201628WriterUnspecifiedUnknown 1917 200991WriterUnspecifiedSuicide 1936 198952ActivistPhenobarbitalSuicide 1967 201446ActorMultipleAccidentalHeroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamines 1918 198163ActorAlcoholAccidentalHolden fell and bled to death while intoxicated 1924 196338SingerUnspecifiedSuicide 1971200332WrestlerCarisoprodolSuicideSuspected overdose 1954198632MusicianHeroinUnknown 1952 198533Actor, musicianHeroinUnknown 1956 198225MusicianCocaineUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1967 199528MusicianCocaineUnknown 1900194545ActorSleeping pillsUnknownSuspected overdose 1978201739ComedianMultipleAccidentalClonazepam, despropionyl fentanyl, diazepam, ethanol and furanyl fentanyl 1962 201047ArtistCocaine and heroinUnknown 1930197444Ice hockey playerDexamyl and alcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1963 201248Singer, actressCocaineAccidentalHouston drowned, with heart disease and cocaine listed as contributing factors 1945198944Child actorUnspecifiedUnknown 1910196857Ballet dancerUnspecifiedUnknownSuspected overdose 1935 196732AthleteHeroinUnknown 1930 196535ReporterPhenobarbitalSuicideOfficially suicide though speculated as murder 1905 197670Aviator, businessmanCodeineUnknownHughes died of liver failure after his physician administered an overdose of codeine 1956200044BusinessmanDoxepin and alcoholAccidental 1906 195649–50WifeSodium barbitalSuicideOfficially ruled as suicide by an inquest which received criticism; John Bodkin Adams was charged with her murder, though never tried for it 1974 200631Skateboarder, actorCocaineUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1892 194956ActressCodeineUnknown 1949 199545SingerPentobarbital and secobarbitalSuicide 1794 181622WifeLaudanumSuicide 1978 201032SurferMultipleUnknownDied from cardiac arrest, with secondary cause of death as acute mixed drug ingestion of cocaine, methamphetamines, alprazolam and methadone 1946200862MicrobiologistParacetamolSuicide 1977201335Hacker, security expertMultipleUnknownCocaine, heroin and other unspecified drugs 1903196865AuthorBarbituratesSuicide 1969 201040Playboy PlaymateHeroinUnknownSuspected overdose 1958 200950SingerLorazepam and propofolInvoluntary manslaughterJackson was killed by an accidental overdose administered by his physician 1964 199733Rugby league playerHeroinUnknown 1978 202143Football playerMethadoneUnknown"Moderate" levels of cocaine were also present 1932 198754ActressUnspecified Suicide 1951201463MusicianMethamphetamineUnknown"Acute methamphetamine intoxication" was a contributing factor 1948198436SingerUnspecifiedUnknownSuspected overdose 1969201848ArtistCocaine and cold medicineUnknownThe "likely cause of death" was found to be a combination of the two drugs 1961200746EntertainerOxycodoneUnknown 1988 200820ModelUnspecifiedAccidental 1875 190832AuthorMorphineSuicide 1958 197618ActressMethaqualone and alcoholAccidental 1975 200529Pornographic actressUnspecified prescription drugsAccidental 1975 200529MusicianHeart attackSuspected to have been caused by a heroin overdose 1943197027MusicianHeroinAccidental 1998201921RapperOxycodone and codeineAccidentalOfficial cause of death was seizures induced by acute oxycodone and codeine intoxication 1927196538Baseball playerSleeping pillsUnknown 1907 195447ArtistOpiatesSuicide (suspected)Official cause of death was pulmonary embolism, though no autopsy was performed; modern biographers believe that she committed suicide with opiates 1947 199648MusicianHeroinUnknown 1970 201040WrestlerUnspecified pillsSuicide 1970 201343ActressMultipleAccidentalCombined drug intoxication of unspecified drugs 1932 196028SingerSecobarbital and alcoholSuicide 1907 197972Lepidopterist, medical doctorUnspecifiedAccidental 1944 200359Weapons expertDextropropoxypheneSuicideEvidence indicated Kelly consumed 29 dextropropoxyphene pills 1913 196552JournalistBarbiturates and ethannolUnknown 1948 201869ActressUnspecified painkillers and alcoholSuicide 1965201247Taxi driverMultipleAccidentalDrowned due to the combined effects of a heart condition, alongside alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and phencyclidine intoxication 1958 201254PainterDiazepam and ethanolUnknown 1918 199375White supremacistSleeping pillsSuicide 1911 199381AuthorSleeping pillsSuicide 1905 198377AuthorTuinal and alcoholSuicide 1933200168WifeUnspecified painkillers and sleeping pillsSuicide 1965 199227Hockey playerUnspecifiedUnknown 1983201229Reality TV star OpiatesUnknown 1922 198967WriterUnspecifiedUnknown 1953 200047WriterUnspecified pills Suicide 1913 196450ActorUnspecified drugs and alcoholAccidental 1973 200532Pornographic actressTemazepamSuicide 1919 194829ActressSecobarbitalSuicide 1964 201147SingerAlcoholUnknown 1877c. 1877194263–65Community leaderMorphineUnknown 1979 200828ActorMultipleAccidentalOxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, diazepam, temazepam and doxylamine 1951 199745PoetUnspecifiedUnknown 1966 200640SingerMultipleAccidentalOxycodone/paracetamol, hydrocodone/paracetamol, dextropropoxyphene, alprazolam and two antihistamines 1928 198253ActorSleeping pillsUnknown 1936196427SingerUnspecifiedDisputedSome sources state he died from an unspecified drug overdose while others state he choked 1877 192448IllustratorUnspecifiedSuicideSuspected only 1996201721MusicianFentanyl and XanaxAccidentalHydrocodone, Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), Oxycodone and Oxymorphone 1961 199736Model, actressHeroinUnknown 1883 192541ActorBarbital and morphineSuicideLinder and his wife both took the drugs then cut open veins in their arms 1910 193524ActressSleeping pillsDisputed suicide 1931 196331American football playerHeroinUnknown 1929 197445SocialiteBarbituratesUndetermined 1927 197042–43WifeBarbituratesUnknown 1949 199849ActorAlcoholAccidentalLloyd was heavily intoxicated when he choked on his own vomit 1944197732ActorPhencyclidineUnknownLochary bled to death while intoxicated 1891 195564ActorSleeping pillsSuicideSuspected overdose 1909 195747Poet, novelistBarbiturates and alcoholSuicide (suspected) 1962 199937Model, actressUnspecifiedUnknown 1945 197933Model, actressHeroinAccidental 1942 196825SingerHeroinUnknown 1949 198636MusicianDisputedUnknownConflicting sources report various causes of death, including heart and liver failure, heart failure and pneumonia after a drug overdose, and blood poisoning from heroin addiction 1957 199739MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1946199144Baseball pitcherAlcoholUnknown 1983 200926American football playerAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1965 200741Australian football playerCocaineAccidental 1965200640PoliticianUnspecifiedUnknown 1769 183465British naval officerOpiumUnknown 1906 194942WriterSleeping pillsUnknown 1958 200749WrestlerOxycodoneAccidentalOther unspecified drugs were involved 1832187643AbolitionistLaudanumSuicide 1936 196831ActressBarbituratesUnknown 1911 196352WifeBarbituratesUnknown 1964 200743AuthorAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1950 198938American football playerDextropropoxypheneAccidental 1958 200950SalespersonCocaineHeart diseaseCocaine use was listed as a contributory cause of death 1962 199936MusicianHeroinUnknown 1872 194067BoxerSleeping pillsSuicide 1953 197926MusicianHeroinUnknown 1923 196542ActressUnspecified multiple drugsUnknown 1862 188926Baseball playerMorphineSuicide 1950 197424MusicianHeroinUnknown 1970200030Ulster Defence Association memberCocaine and unspecified painkillersUnknown 1928 197849ActressSleeping pillsSuicide 1981 201029WrestlerUnspecifiedAccidentalIntoxication from mixed drugs complicated a cardiomyopathy 1890 194453EvangelistSleeping pillsUnknown 1961 199634KeyboardistHeroinUnknown 1904195147ActressAlcoholUnknown 1902196360AnthropologistUnspecifiedSuicide 1903 195956ComposerAspirinSuicide 1992201826RapperFentanyl, cocaine, and ethanolAccidental 1945 197933Model, pornographic actressParacetamolSuicide 1960 200342Wrestling managerMultipleUnknownPainkillers, nausea medication, tranquilizers and alcohol 1926 196236ActressBarbituratesSuicide (suspected)Officially ruled as a probable suicide though several conspiracy theories exist 1952199138–39BouncerSecobarbitalSuicide 1982 201331Actor, musicianHeroin and alcoholAccidental (suspected) 1950198736Media personalityUnspecifiedUnknown 1893192128WriterBarbitalSuicide 1946 197832MusicianAnti seizure medicationAccidentalThe medication had been prescribed for alcoholism 1981 200726ActressUnspecifiedUnknownSuspected overdose 1971201139DirectorMultipleAccidentalMethadone, morphine and benzodiazaprine 1982201330Security hackerHeroinUnknown 1971202049Disk jockeyKetamineAccidentalCause of death was "acute ketamine toxicity" with MDMA and cocaine listed as contributing causes 1901 197069ActorBarbituratesUnknown 1943 197127MusicianHeroinHeart failureOfficial cause of death was heart failure, though no autopsy was performed; strongly suspected to have been a heroin overdose 1959201757MusicianHeroinUnknownSuspected 1926 197144JournalistSleeping pillsSuicide 1951 197221MusicianMethaqualone and alcoholUnknown 1903 195551ActressSleeping pillsSuicide 1977 200932ActressUnspecifiedMultipleCause of death was a combination of pneumonia, an iron deficiency and combined drug intoxication of legal drugs for influenza treatment 1952 199037MusicianCocaine and morphineUnknown 1935200772WriterSleeping pillsSuicide 1940 199453WriterBarbituratesSuicide 1950197828ActorMultipleAccidentalDiazepam, alcohol and other unspecified drugs 1929 197445WifeUnspecifiedUnknown 1901196059AviatorBarbituratesSuicide 1964 200036Musician, poetUnspecifiedUnknown 1974 200935SingerSleeping pillsUndetermined 1969200233MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1902194845ActressSecobarbitalUnknown 1968 199628MusicianHeroinUnknown 1982200826Baseball playerMultipleAccidentalHeroin, methamphetamines, benzylpiperazine and alcohol 1954 200146ActressFluoxetine and hydrocodone/paracetamolUnknown 1935 197843SingerUnspecifiedSuicide 1958 198425ActressUnspecifiedUnknown 1968 200435MusicianCocaine and tramadolAccidental 1966199225MusicianHeroinUnknown 1971201846SingerAlcoholAccidentalDrowned as a result of alcohol intoxication 1952 199542SocialiteHeroinMisadventure 1957201355WrestlerHydrocodone and morphineAccidental 1981200220Football playerUnspecifiedUnknown 1970 200131Princess, modelSecobarbitalUnknown 1898196769WriterBarbituratesSuicide 1970 200434CyclistCocaineAccidental 1969200334American football coachAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1946197326SingerMorphine and alcoholUnknown 1954 200449ActorHeroinUnknown 1981201433Art dealerUnspecified prescription drugsUnknown 1908 195041Poet, novelistBarbituratesSuicide 1956198832Comics artistHeroinUnknown 1939201070Comic writerBupropion and fluoxetineAccidental 1959202263DrummerHeroin and fentanylUnknown 1928195829PianistHeroinUnknownSuspected overdose 1969 202354ActorKetamineAccidentalContributing factors were listed as drowning, coronary artery disease, and buprenorphine effects 1971201543ActressMorphineAccidental 1976 200024ActorUnspecifiedAccidental 1950 201766Musician, actorMultipleAccidentalFentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetylfentanyl, and despropionyl fentanyl 1988201224PoliticianBenzodiazepine and pregabalinUnknown 1967 199427MusicianHeroinUnknown 1970 199323ActorCocaine and heroinAccidental 1965 199832MusicianUnspecified prescription drugs and alcoholUnknown 1973 200733MusicianCodeine and promethazineUnknown 1936197236PoetUnspecified sedativesUnknown 1964 199934ActressCarisoprodol and hydrocodone/paracetamolSuicide 1968 200738Serial killerSleeping pillsSuicide 1809 184940PoetLaudanumMultiplePoe was killed by a combination of the laudanum alongside dipsomania and delerium tremens 1912195644PainterAlcoholAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated 1952 200250Baseball catcherCocaineUnknown 1922198057WriterAlcoholUnknown 1935 197742SingerMultipleDisputedFourteen drugs were involved; it is accepted they played a factor in his death, though to what degree is debated 1896193738ActressAlcoholUnknown 1941 196927SingerSleeping pillsUnknown 1958 200749SingerHeroinUnknown 1958 201657MusicianFentanylAccidental 1915194429Resistance fighterCyanide poisoningSuicide 1893194854JournalistPhenobarbitalSuicide 1942 200461MusicianHeroinSuicide 1970 200232ActorUnspecifiedAccidental 1951 200250MusicianHeroinUnknown 1985200115StudentDextropropoxypheneSuicide 1979 201434Disc jockeyMultipleAccidentalHeroin, cocaine, and alprazolam 1941 1963c. 196321–23SingerUnspecifiedUnknown 1984 201631Pornographic actressCocaineAccidental 1832187846PoetMorphineUnknown 1980 201029MusicianCocaine and alcoholUnknown 1943 196925Film directorBarbiturates and alcoholUnknown 1891 192331ActorMorphineUnknownThe morphine was prescribed 1945 198236SingerMultipleAccidentalCocaine, alcohol, and temazepam 1981 200928MusicianMultipleUnknownOxycodone, oxymorphone, diazepam, nordiazepam and ethanol 1949 197323ModelBarbituratesUnknown 1909194738AviatorSleeping pillsSuicide 1982 200825ActorHeroin and morphineAccidental 1906194438SingerSleeping pillsSuicide 1968202354ActorFentanylAccidental 1860188928Baseball playerMorphineSuicide 1994202025Model, musician UnspecifiedUnknown 1927 198053ActressBarbituratesSuicide 1962 198623American football playerCocaineUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1954200651Rugby league playerAntidepressants and alcoholAccidental 1916196750JournalistUnspecifiedUnknown 1948 199445TV show hostessAntidepressants and tranquilizersSuicide 1925 198762Film producerDiazepamSuicide 1917197052HistorianBarbituratesSuicide 1903 197066PainterBarbituratesSuicideRothko also slit his wrists 1971 201644WrestlerHeroinUnknown 1964 199328SingerUnspecified Suicide 1958199940WrestlerUnspecified painkillersUnknown 1941 199150MusicianCocaineUnknown 1956201053Radio personalityCocaineHeart attackHeart attack was suspected to be triggered by cocaine 1974200732ActressUnspecifiedSuicide 1911 196251Composer, musicianSleeping pillsUnknown 1906 197265ActorPentobarbitalSuicide 1988201527American football playerHydrocodone and methadoneAccidental 1954 199944MusicianHeroinUnknown 1968 200233Model, actressCocaine and hydromorphoneUnknown 1961 200847ActressUnspecifiedUnknown 1909 195545ActressSleeping pillsSuicide 1911199584Veterinary surgeonBarbituratesSuicide 1934 197238Actress, modelUnspecified drugs and alcoholAccidental 1849189243Army officerOpiatesSuicideConflicting sources report morphine or laudanum as causing the overdose 1946 198033MusicianAlcoholUnknown 1927 199669MusicianBarbituratesAccidentalThe barbiturates were prescribed 1953 198026Bass playerUnspecifiedUnknown 1943 199451American football playerUnspecifiedUnknown 1956 200447MusicianUnspecified pillsSuicide 1956 199236Baseball pitcherCocaineUnknownDrug induced heart attack 1884 194561WriterSleeping pillsSuicide 1938 197940ActressBarbiturates and alcoholSuicide 1943 197128ActressBarbiturates and alcoholUndeterminedHer death certificate states the immediate cause of death was "probable acute barbiturate intoxication" due to ethanol intoxication 1962 200038MusicianHeroinAccidental 1921196947PhotographerAmphetaminesUnknown 1968 199931MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1980201535SongwriterMultipleAccidentalHydrocodone/paracetamol, alprazolam, alcohol and temazepam 1963202157RapperFentanyl, ethanol and methamphetamineAccidental 1956 199437Baseball playerCocaine and heroinUnknown 1994 202127Pornographic actressMultipleAccidentalCoroner's report concluded death was from "acute multidrug intoxication" 1829 186232Model, poetLaudanumUnknown 1944 197935MusicianCocaine and heroinUnknown 1943 199652Film producerCocaine and unspecified prescription drugsUnknownDrug induced heart failure 1933198551NunBarbiturates and alcohol Suicide 1891195463ActressBarbituratesSuicide 1991201927Baseball pitcherMultipleAccidentalChoked on his own vomit while under the influence of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone 1909 196555ActorBarbituratesSuicide 1962 198826MusicianHeroinUnknown 1798 182325Carpenter's assistantMercury poisoningAccidental (Disputed)Officially administered to cure bilious colic, though speculated as murder 1967 200739ModelMultipleAccidentalUnspecified anti depressants, diazepam, chloral hydrate, oseltamivir, methadone, sleeping pills, anti anxiety medication and human growth hormone 1946197932SkierMultipleSuicideChloralhydrate, paracetamol and salicylic acid 1986 200620StudentMultipleAccidentalCardiac dysrhythmia caused by methadone, escitalopram and sertraline 1998202123StudentFentanyl and alcoholUnknown 1981 200927ArtistHeroinUnknown 1900 196261PsychiatristBarbituratesUnknown 1970200535ComedianFentanylAccidental 1987 200821ModelGamma Hydroxybutyric acid and MDMAUnknown 1971 199827WrestlerUnspecifiedUnknownConflicting sources state drug overdose or coronary disease that might have been impacted by drug use 1874191843–44ComposerChloroformSuicide 1956200751MusicianMethamphetamineAccidental The Coroner found the cause of death was a brain hemorrhage bought on by an accidental overdose of methamphetamines 1967 200234MusicianMultipleUnknownCocaine, heroin and codeine 1966 201144MusicianUnspecified prescription drugsUnknown 1965201448MusicianMultipleAccidentalOoxycodone, hydromorphone, alprazolam and with alcohol 1958200849ShowgirlMultipleUnknownCocaine, hydromorphone and morphine 1968199426Pornographic actorMultipleUnknownCocaine, morphine, heroin and ketamine 1926 195529ActressSleeping pillsSuicide 1872191845Poet, physicianMorphineSuicide 1974 201136ActorHeroinUnknown 1934 197035ActressBarbituratesSuicide 1956199438Pornographic actressUnspecifiedUnknown 1944 196924MusicianUnspecified Unknown 1939 197234MusicianSleeping pills and alcoholUnknown 1913195845ActressUnspecifiedSuicide 1909 196050ActressBarbituratesSuicide 1976 200327Pornographic actressUnspecifiedUnknown 1835 189156Real estate agentLaudanum Accidental 1982201634Ice hockey playerMultipleUnknownCodeine, morphine and alprazolam 1972 200128ActressMultipleAccidentalMotor vehicle collision while intoxicated by cocaine, clonazepam and cyclobenzaprine 1932 196836ActressUnspecified influenza medicationAccidental 1913194936WriterSleeping pillsSuicide 1944 196522MusicianHeroinUnknown 1973 200834WrestlerUnspecifiedUnknownSuspected overdose; Tatum was addicted to painkillers for years 1978201032ComedianUnspecifiedSuicide 1949 197425MusicianHeroinUnknown 1884 193348PoetSleeping pillsSuicide 1975 200933WrestlerOxycodoneAccidental 1948 197527MusicianHeroinUnknown 1938 197638PoetBarbiturates and alcoholUnknown 1953200956Conspiracy theoristUnspecified painkillersSuicideThe painkillers were prescribed 1956 197721PoetUnspecified Unknown 1952 199138MusicianDisputedUnknownAutopsy results were inconclusive, though it is generally believed to be drug related, and has been attributed to methadone and cocaine overdose 1846 189144LawmanMorphineUnknown 1901196463ActorBarbituratesSuicideSuspected overdose 1887 191427PoetCocaine Suicide 1822c. 1822186754–56VigneronLaudanumSuicide 1890 193545JournalistBarbitalUnknown 1960 199939American football playerHeroin and MDMAUnknown 1978199719SingerMorphineSuicide 1927197548SingerSleeping pillsAccidental 1969201848ActorAlcoholSuicide 1970 201242EquestrianOxycodone and other opiatesAccidental 1912 195441Computer scientistCyanide poisoningDisputed suicide 1962 199634AuthorKetamineUnknownDrowned while intoxicated 1968201042MurdererPropranololSuicide 1931 200776Musician, producerCocaineUnknownHypertensive cardiovascular disease and emphysema were contributing factors 1931 195524PianistHeroinUnknown 1908 195849Actress UnspecifiedSuicide 1820 189373PhysicistChloral hydrateAccidental 1930 200676AuthorUnspecifiedSuicide 1973 200936WrestlerUnspecifiedUnknown 1933197542ActressBarbiturates and alcoholAccidental 1960 199939SingerUnspecifiedUnknown 1962 201048WrestlerBenzodiazepine and oxycodoneAccidental 1961 200139Football playerUnspecifiedUnknown 1981 200321Computer expertMultipleUnknownAlcohol, cannabis, psilocybin mushroom, clonazepam, temazepam, methadone, hydrocodone and propanolol 1908 194436ActressSecobarbitalSuicide 1956 199538Magazine editorCocaineUnknown 1962 200038Pornographic actorHeroinUnknown 1957 197921MusicianHeroinSuicide (suspected) 1964 198723WrestlerTranquilizerSuicide 1894 193642ActressUnspecified painkillersSuicide 1918 195132ActorUnspecified sedativesAccidental 1976 200327Sound technicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1912 196350Osteopathic physicianSleeping pillsSuicideDeath was officially ruled a suicide but it has been speculated as murder 1924 196339SingerSecobarbital and amobarbitalUnknown 1981200019MusicianUnspecified sedativesSuicide 1946197630Road managerHeroinUnknown 1958 199334American football playerCocaineAccidentalDrug induced heart attack 1971 201140MusicianUnspecifiedUnknown 1967 201548MusicianMultipleAccidentalCocaine, ethanol and 3,4 Methylenedioxyamphetamine 1896 196771ComposerUnspecified sedativesUnknown 1927 196941PoetSleeping pillsSuicideWevill took the pills then exposed herself to carbon monoxide 1979 200021StudentHeroinAccidental 1939 199253ArtistHeroinUnknown 1955198933SingerAlcoholUnknown 1943 197229MusicianDiazepam and alcoholUnknown 1947199245WriterMultipleUnknownAlcohol, barbiturates and pethidine 1891 194755PoliticianBarbituratesUnknown 1926 198862ActorBarbituratesUnknown 1966 202154ActorMultipleAccidental Fentanyl, p fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine 1956199236MusicianHeroinUnknown 1943197027MusicianBarbituratesAccidental Death was officially ruled accidental though has been speculated as suicide 1983 201127SingerAlcoholUnknown 1935 197639SingerBarbituratesSuicide 1905 195954ActorSleeping pillsSuicide 1984 201530ComedianHeroinAccidental 1943198642ActivistUnspecifiedSuicide 1951 198736Pornographic actressUnspecifiedUnknown 1966 199024SingerHeroinUnknown 1980 199515StudentMDMAWater intoxicationDied from water intoxication secondary to use of MDMA 1938 198143ActressMultipleAccidentalDrowned while intoxicated by alcohol; there were traces of a motion sickness pill and a painkiller in her blood, both of which would have increased the effects of alcohol 1973 200127AthleteMultipleUnknownDiazepam, hydrocodone, lorazepam, fluoxetine and other drugs including anti depressants, painkillers and anxiety medications 1959 200041TV presenterHeroinAccidental 1984 199713StudentDextropropoxypheneSuicide 1965200136BoxerUnspecifiedUnknown 1904195853ActorUnspecifiedUnknown 1948 197325MusicianHeroinUnknown 1881 194260PlaywrightSleeping pillsSuicide