Did Cocaine Kill Ike?

Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Sat, 01/26/2008 - 9:43am

Or was it Ike?

Robert Arthur comments on Ike Turner’s recent death , noting many headlines such as “Cocaine Killed Ike Turner ”. He surmises that there may be, as Paul Harvey likes to say, “more to the story”…

The ubiquitous headlines have been “Ike Turner Died of Cocaine Overdose” and the underlying articles have focused on his past recreational drug use. As usual the government and the media have twisted their presentation of illicit drug use to create a morality lesson. ...



 

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