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SuperChrisbo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:49:28 GMT

Damn fuck first this is crazy, heroin?

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SuperChrisbo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:50:52 GMT

I wonder if this is Karma's response to a nigga who provoked a whole nation to smoke marijuana.

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DJ TEKNISION — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:07:30 GMT

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DelicateBeats — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:27:05 GMT

This is really sad...

Their seems to be a lot of secrets about Dre's family.

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WILLY KILLEM? — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:38:39 GMT

Sad to hear that there....
I'm wondering if he even KNEW he was doing heroin, because alot of us know that there are certain drugs out there that CONTAIN heroin....was he doing HEROIN intself or some other drugs that couldve had heroin IN them.
SOME ecstacy has heroin IN it so......*shrugs shoulders*

Either way, it's sad news, tragic news, depressing news indeed.

R.I.P ANDRE YOUNG JR.

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Fresh Goods — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:42:38 GMT

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EmzieHHK — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:03:01 GMT

Damn.. Bad news...

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TwoHunidProof — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:06:48 GMT

God Bless The Dead

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T-ROC — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:28:57 GMT

R.I.P

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SaluateYaGeneral — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:39:14 GMT

20 AND DOIN HERION?!?!?!? NIGGAZ NEED THAT ULTIMATE HIGH

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HipHopDon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:51:30 GMT

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RawUncut — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:53:10 GMT

Maybe its just me, but the annoucing of Dre's son death and John Travoltas son death on the same day is to much of a coincidence.

How is it that drug test can take a few days, but now toxicology reports can take months?

From back in the day, when have you heard of someon being dead and having a funeral but no one knows what they died from?

I'm sure Dre son, if he was doing heroin, was doing it with friends and they would have said something.

Oh well................God bless them.

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E40 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:56:27 GMT

Im with you and that one RawUncut...Something just aint right about this, both Dre and John T.

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SniperK — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:01:41 GMT

Before everyone gets all judgemental on Dre's son, remember that our future president Barack Obama did heroin too in his college days. George W. Bush snorted cocaine, as well.

People have to start realizing that using drugs like these is like playing Russian roulette. Nothing might happen and you could be the next president of the United States or you get the wrong cut and you're pushing up daisies.

People need to respect their bodies as a temple and keep away from that devil's poison. R.I.P. Andre Young Jr.

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Kaynine — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:08:45 GMT

mannn this can happen to anybody its no way you can monitor your kids 24-7! People are dyin and people are typin first.....WTF!

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SuperChrisbo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:16:51 GMT

@ Sniper K

How do you know Obama used heroin? Thats new info to me,but, I dont put it past anyone.

Damn John Travolta's son die too?!?! Dzzamn!

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NEBRASKABOY — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:19:54 GMT

keep ya head up dre!
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SuperChrisbo — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:22:26 GMT

@ Uncut

Man, do you think John Jr and Dre Jr were getting fucked up together?
Or did John Jr die of some other cause?

What the fuck ever happened to the D.A.R.E. classes? I mean we have more young'ns getting high as shit than ever before.

I remember when i was young and the Police officer was in the class rooms telling me " up with hope, down with dope ".

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SniperK — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:37:31 GMT

@SuperChrisbo

For the sake of clarity, I re-read what Barack Obama said about his drug use. He claimed that he did "weed and blow when he was younger" (his descriptions of his marijuana and cocaine use) and that he was going to try "smack" and a drug dealer he knew even had a needle full of heroin ready to go but he got a bad vibe from the dealer and walked away.

So I guess, according to him, he DIDN'T try heroin. But he still admitted to snorting coke and some of that stuff cut the wrong way will still kill you just as dead.

The main point of what I was trying to say is that a lot of people from all walks of life have tried the so-called "hard drugs". And you never know when they can take your life...

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n.e.n.o.s. — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:43:27 GMT

haze or dro thats it.

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Mr.WickedJones — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:50:05 GMT

1.st i thought Barack did coke in his earlier days, (not like that makes a difference) and 2 he lost his son U dumb fucks. U know what the worse pain is? To loose a child.

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MissDallasTx214 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:15:25 GMT

Damn that's messed up, r.i.p.

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cetty519 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:21:59 GMT

tru that . . losing a child is life shattering . . even tho this happend in august best wishes to dree like i said few months ago . .i wana see detOX!!!!!!!!! RIP TO ANDRE JR.

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PACER_4_LIFE — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:36:09 GMT

Wasn't he a producer too?

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tbirdandkoolaid — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:54:44 GMT

damn, your kids are not supposed to go before you. i don't wish this on my worst enemy.

up all night partying who knows what was used...

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Bill_Blass74! — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:57:04 GMT

Flampro said:
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TonyMalibu — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:58:17 GMT

PACER_4_LIFE said:
Wasn't he a producer too?

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I think you're talking about Hood Surgeon, who is also Dre's son and alive and well. The one who died from Heroin OD was another one of Dre's sons...not sure if he was into music or not.

Damn...this is a sad story. Dre needs to drop Detox and then focus on his wild ass, out-of-control daughter. On the tape smoking weed and clowning, acting all extra-fast and what not. She comes across as a spoiled brat to me. I think her name in Menaj or something like that. Why does it seem like all of Dre's kids WANT to be in some gangsta shit? They should be in Harvard, Yale, or college somewhere carving out a career of their own.

I know everybody has issues...but Dr. "Mutha Fucka I'm" Dre's kids got some SERIOUS issues!

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Water Ur Seeds — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:07:27 GMT

Dauuum, Herion??? That caught Me off guard

Anyways very sad, bet Dre had A shit Christmas smh

RIP Starrr

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MAINE MAN — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:10:10 GMT

We have two dickheads who made two insensitive, disrespectful comments on this thread...SMH

@Superchrisbo...How in the fuck you gon say first on this tragic article...A legend lost his son...Grow up and have some fucking respect...

@Flampro...Before you make a dumbass comment like that learn how to fucking spell...You faggot!

R.I.P Andre Young Jr.

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JAH JAH — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:17:11 GMT

Thats really sad... I guess it was hard to live up to his fathers footsteps.. Maybe the Detox album wont come out afterall..
RIP

and as for the Karma aspect.. weed is awesome.. Dre had nothing to do with this country smoking weed!!! We were doing it before Dre...

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JAH JAH — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:20:00 GMT

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MR.100STACKZ — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:25:27 GMT

DAMM SMH WHY DO RICH PEOPLE DO DRUGS??? I UNDERSTAND WHY WE SMOKE BUD LOL BUT R.I.P THOUGH

AND THAT DETOX ALBUM IS COMING OUT WHEN MASE COMES BACK TO RAPPING LOL

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Tommy K. — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:26:22 GMT

woah. sad story... r.i.p.

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E40 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:27:12 GMT

"
SniperK said:
@SuperChrisbo

For the sake of clarity, I re-read what Barack Obama said about his drug use. He claimed that he did "weed and blow when he was younger" (his descriptions of his marijuana and cocaine use) and that he was going to try "smack" and a drug dealer he knew even had a needle full of heroin ready to go but he got a bad vibe from the dealer and walked away"

And you believe a crack addicted who is tempted to do heroin. And "KNEW" the dealer, but got a bad vibe and wouldn't take that the HIT?

YEA RIGHT!

Just like Bill didn't inhale.

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junclassic — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:37:45 GMT

Dayyum... and I just heard about John Travolta's son too...

Please dont tell me 2009 is gon be like 2008 wit us losing people...

Can't handle that this year man... we need some positivity!

God Bless You Dre...

100

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DC-King — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:38:17 GMT

is this the same son that was rappin under the name "Hood Surgeon"?

Anyway, RIP...

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Im Like God To You Niggas — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:57:21 GMT

No it isn't

But yeah duke prob killed himself after realizing Detox never dropping

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Water Ur Seeds — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:06:52 GMT

@ DC KING

NAH ITS A DIFFRENT SON

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poe — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:26:01 GMT

R.I.P.

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tha clear — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:54:04 GMT

How many kids do Dre got??

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Illmatic T — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:26:11 GMT

WOW R.I.P.

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TRUTHFROMDABOOT — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:39:43 GMT

It was an Extacy Overdose. X is either Cocaine base or Smack base that's what give you the high, the MDMA is just for the hallucinations effect. Stop poppin pills people.

RIP

hold your head Dre

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elflaks — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:55:24 GMT

@truthfromdaboot check your facts or change your name!

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justbeinme — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:57:05 GMT

Being a dad i couldnt imagine losing my son or daughter!!!!My prayers are with u Dre....I hope Dre was in his life and this caught him off guard and i hope the Dr wasbt to busy making beats and wasnt in his sons life!!!!!!!

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justbeinme — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:58:38 GMT

Who really gives a fuck who did what drug and who was the first to comment someone lost there fucking kid!!!Thats sad......

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Hustlinupnorth — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:06:35 GMT

Prayers and condolences to Dre and his Family. What a terrible way to lose a family member, especially a child. Kids these days don't know what they're fuckin' with. Watch out for Extacy with any black dots in it. Those dots are black tar heroin.

R.I.P. Dre Jr.

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YoungDre360 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:15:40 GMT

from one dre to another, r.i.p. i wonder why it took 4 months to get the results back. it seem like anna nicole and her son had their toicology results in a flash. @TRUTHFROMDABOOT, it is pretty damn hard to overdose on mdma. people usually dehydrate or jump around too fuckin much at them raves and die. while it's true that some e ills are cut with coke , and others with 'ron, this is the west coast. coke is way more readily available out here. you're more likely to find herion laced pills back east. if he had thizz in his system, it would be on the report @superchristo, you made two distasteful comments. number one, you called "first" (but you weren't even first). it's never cool to have first on a story about somebody's death. hell, it's not even cool to call first on any story. this isn't first grade "front cuts and back cuts." and secondly, you blamed it on dr. dre making everybody smoke weed. so what you're saying is nobody ever smoked before the chronic dropped. what about the 70's and 8,000 years before that? that some "reefer madness" shit right there.

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tha clear — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:23:00 GMT

No matter how you look at it naming the album detox is probably the the most ironic thing to happen since Life after Death.

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ToneofTERRAZONA~BWS — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:10:48 GMT

R.I.P.

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YoungDre360 said:
from one dre to another, r.i.p. i wonder why it took 4 months to get the results back. it seem like anna nicole and her son had their toicology results in a flash. @TRUTHFROMDABOOT, it is pretty damn hard to overdose on mdma. people usually dehydrate or jump around too fuckin much at them raves and die. while it's true that some e ills are cut with coke , and others with 'ron, this is the west coast. coke is way more readily available out here. you're more likely to find herion laced pills back east. if he had thizz in his system, it would be on the report @superchristo, you made two distasteful comments. number one, you called "first" (but you weren't even first). it's never cool to have first on a story about somebody's death. hell, it's not even cool to call first on any story. this isn't first grade "front cuts and back cuts." and secondly, you blamed it on dr. dre making everybody smoke weed. so what you're saying is nobody ever smoked before the chronic dropped. what about the 70's and 8,000 years before that? that some "reefer madness" shit right there.
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co-sign!

i used to pop pills but i stopped messin with em when i would rely on them to have fun at parties so i quit that shit & plus i swear i felt like i was gonna have a heart attack!

rip dre jr.

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Gold Mind — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:06:29 GMT

really sad..

is this the same son who cuts records (dj)? i remember he was on rap city about 2 years ago..is this him?

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MR.100STACKZ — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:33:31 GMT

I NEVER USED DRUGS EXCEPT FOR A LIL BUD EVERY NOW AND THEN CAUSE I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT TO DONT GET HIGH OFF YA OWN SUPPLY,

AND BARACK OBAMA NEVE USED DOPE HE ALWAYS SAID HE USED WEED AND IF HE HAD THE MONEY BLOW, BUT NEVA SMACK ANDREW JACKSON LOOKS HIGH AS FUKK ON DA TWENTY DOLLA BILL ALL POLITICIANS USE

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SuperChrisbo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:57:04 GMT

@ MackMane and YoungDre

Yeah yall right i was wrong for typing that first shit.

@ YOung

Bra, I know people were smoking earlier before the chronic, but, you know Snoop and Dre provoked a lot of idiots to smoke.

@Mack

Who the fuck are you to call anybody a legend?!? Hop off Dre's dick.

Fuck you with a fist in your ass BITCH!!!!

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Rig — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:02:11 GMT

R.I.P The Gate Drug Huh! God Bless.

Deaths from heroin "overdose" have increased steadily over the past decade in the absence of any public health measures specifically aimed at reducing them. Recent research suggests that many of these deaths may be preventable.1-3 It also calls into question much of the conventional wisdom about the causes of "heroin" overdoses.

The toxicological data from the study of Zador and colleagues in this issue of the Journal suggest that heroin "overdose" is a misnomer. In only a minority of cases was morphine (the metabolite of heroin) the only drug detected at autopsy, and in a third of cases blood morphine levels were below the level usually regarded as toxic for opioid-naive individuals. More typically, morphine was found in combination with intoxicating levels of alcohol or other central nervous system depressants, such as benzodiazepines. These data are consistent with the findings of other studies of fatal overdoses1,4,5 and with what heroin users have reported about their use of alcohol and other drugs at the time of their most recent non-fatal overdoses.1,2,6

Opioid overdoses are not confined to inexperienced drug users.2 A recent survey of 329 Sydney heroin users, for example, found that non-fatal opioid "overdoses" are common among experienced users.2,3 Two-thirds of these 30-year-old users had experienced an average of three non-fatal overdoses during their 10 years of heroin use. A third had been given naloxone, and four out of five had been present when someone else had "overdosed".2,3
Opioid overdoses are not confined to inexperienced drug users

Contrary to media and drug-user folklore, fatal heroin "overdoses" are probably only rarely a consequence of unexpectedly high purity. Variations in purity can cause overdoses, but they appear to be a minor factor in fatal overdoses. Moreover, the fact that four out of five heroin users had been present when someone else had overdosed2,3 suggests that individuals in a group using the same batch of street heroin commonly experience overdose.

A first priority for prevention must be to reduce the frequency of drug overdoses. We should inform heroin users about the risks of combining heroin with alcohol and other depressant drugs. Not all users will act on such information, but if there are similar behavioural changes to those that occurred with needle-sharing7 overdose deaths could be substantially reduced. Heroin users should also be discouraged from injecting alone and thereby denying themselves assistance in the event of an overdose.

Increasing the number of heroin users enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment is another useful strategy for reducing overdose deaths, because the risk of such deaths is substantially reduced while heroin users are in methadone treatment.8,9

It has recently been suggested that supervised injectable heroin maintenance programs may also reduce opioid overdose deaths. This argument has been used in favour of the proposed trial of injectable heroin maintenance in the Australian Capital Territory, with media stories suggesting that providing heroin under medical supervision will reduce overdose deaths allegedly caused by uncertainty about the purity of heroin.10 This is one of the least cogent reasons for a "heroin trial", because it exaggerates the contribution of heroin purity to drug overdose, and ignores the role of concurrent alcohol and other drug use.

Media misconstructions of the aims of the "heroin trial" also create unrealistic expectations of its outcome. Even if heroin maintenance reduces opioid overdoses, the proposed trial is unlikely to detect such a reduction because only 40 heroin users will be involved in its first phase. As these users will be recruited from the ACT methadone program, their risks of opioid overdose will be small, and hence it will be extremely difficult to detect any reduction in risk. Even in the larger trial proposed in the second phase, the number of heroin users would be too small a fraction of the population of heroin users to have a detectable effect on overall opioid mortality.

A second priority for prevention is to reduce the number of fatal overdoses by improving heroin users' responses to the overdoses of their peers. Heroin users could be taught simple cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills so that they can keep comatose users alive until help arrives. Users also need to be encouraged to call an ambulance earlier than they do at present.3 Their understandable fears of police involvement need to be addressed, and relations between ambulance officers and heroin users need to be improved. A serious analysis should also be made of the benefits and costs of distributing the opiate antagonist naloxone to high risk heroin users so that they can reverse the opioid contribution to drug overdoses.11

Peer-based health education programs and the increased availability of clean needles and syringes appear to have maintained low rates of HIV infection among Australian injecting drug users.6 The public health challenge is to ensure that information about the causes of heroin "overdose" is acted upon so that drug overdose deaths can be reduced.

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SuperChrisbo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:03:46 GMT

@ Young Dre

You couldnt have read my comment completely.
I said I wonder if this is karma's response before i said the rest.

Key words I wonder.

I'm not in any position to say that it was Karma.

but i was wrong for saying that shit cause dre can read this shit too.

I am Sincerely sorry Dre for my comment earlier

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Villain — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:47:54 GMT

Drake be on Detox too....

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Bhudda Flii — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:04:30 GMT

damn... what a drug mix... wtf??

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K-dub 818 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:28:16 GMT

Whoa!!! Bad news. I was hopin maybe he had some rare disease that not a lot of people know about, like Bernie Mac did, or that he had a aneurysm. At least that way you can feel more sympathy for that person. Alas, another young life lost to drug abuse.

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v4vendetta — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:07:34 GMT

Ironic that Dre's album was called Detox..

Dre's daughter smokes a lot of Kush.
Living in the shadow of your pops can be tough I know but damn.

You gotta hold on and make your own way.

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El Terrible — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:28:27 GMT

The internet sure does make people paranoid.

Toxicology results can take up to 4 months, I know that from my own personal losses, none of which were drug related.

They take tissue samples from the deceased and need to run different tests; I would guess there are different tests to identify different probable causes, incidentally they can return nothing at all; providing their was no substance or disease which lead to the cause of death.

People joke about how ironic it is considering his album title is penciled in as "Detox", I'm sure that the irony is not lost on Dre or Interscope, who I'm sure will try to use it in some twisted way to shift units.

On a side note, am I the only one who noticed Eminem's unkind swipe at the death of Eric Clapton's son in one of his songs? something about little Eric falling from the building, the line ended "it's not my fault you shoulda been watching".

I only referred it because I think it was in just as bad taste as those trying to make jokes about something as serious as the loss of another person's life, if not worst because it wasn't drug induced.

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Mightydog — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:36:21 GMT

I have no sympathy for junkies

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ncsouthernaag — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:37:48 GMT

some people have no respect for those who have lost a loved one. people only think about "oh well when is his album going to drop?" or "oh im first to leave a comment!". Have some fucken descentsy and and respect.

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thaman1010 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:45:18 GMT

That's sad to hear.....as far as detox goes none of those clowns should be on the album, keep it west coast.

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D.I.C.E. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:47:32 GMT

SuperChrisbo said:
I wonder if this is Karma's response to a nigga who provoked a whole nation to smoke marijuana.
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what kinda corny ass nigga r u to say some shit like that? heroin and weed are in two diff categories. And he didn't provoke shit, his album was called the chronic bcus it was a "dope" cd. niggas was smokin weed waaaaaaay before dre and niggas gon continue to smoke weed waaaaay after dre, so kill that noise.

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D.I.C.E. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:50:13 GMT

Mightydog said:
I have no sympathy for junkies
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you a cold nigga...
he wasn't a junkie. jus a young nigga that made a fatal mistake

RIP

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SuperChrisbo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:03:25 GMT

@ D.I.C.E.

I recognize that people will smoke after and have smoked before the album, but, like I fuckin said, Dre and Snoop did provoke lots of people to smoke weed.

" whatever you sow on Earth, you shall reep 7 times over " ( Jesus)

Now do some research on that.

And i said, I WONDER, re-read my comment dumb ass.

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therealest1 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:17:10 GMT

Sorry for the loss Dr. Dre. Too bad, what a rough way to start the new year and learn this. Too bad to lose a young life over this crap though. I hope this doesn't take away from his focus working on that highly anticipated hopefully classic album.

I look forward to Dr. Dre projects always.

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YoungDre360 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:08:01 GMT

@ wESt up 213

that shit has a nigga's heartbeat on jet eninge status. those thizz hangovers are the worst. i used to fuck around, but that's something you only mess wit once in a blue moon. i ain't gonna front, though, that shit has you feelin like a kid on christmas eve.

@

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YoungDre360 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:16:57 GMT

my bad. allow me to finish.

@ SuperChrisbo

that was big of you to admit that it was kinda outta pocket. however, your assertion that weed is for idiots and all that nis wrong. 12 pesidents, bill gates, and numerous other rich and smart people used it. it's funny you should mention jesus, becaue he used it in healing and annointing oils. like i said, it's been aroundfor thousands ove years, so to fall for that "above the influence" commercial bullshit is exactly what big tobacco and alcohol companies want. check out the list here. you might be surprised who blows dro.

http://www.slatts.ukfsn.org/famous.htm

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theillseed — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:18:01 GMT

RIP

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SuperChrisbo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:32:57 GMT

@ young Dre

Yo, I wasnt saying that they were idiots for smoking Bud, I was saying they were idiots for being influenced by music to smoke.

How do you know Jesus used marijuana for oils or healing?

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YoungDre360 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:57:36 GMT

@ SuperChrisbo

i'm gonna use your own phrase. "Now do some research on that." i'mma make it easy on you

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jan/06/science.religion

http://www.slatts.ukfsn.org/famous/famous-notes.htm#bible

music doesn't influence people to smoke that fire. smoking that fire influences people to make music...about smoking that fire

i'mma close with this quote from honest abe

"Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica."
Abraham Lincoln, 1855

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billy_gramz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:20:52 GMT

lol at Lincoln smokin dat sweet hemp...i guess Jefferson was da first nigga smokin dat sour

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go462 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:47:57 GMT

@ RawUncut - dre's son's death was announced months ago. this article is the CAUSE of the death. so no there's no spooky coincidence going on with this article and the fact that john travoltas son died.

@ superchrisbo.. you said "Man, do you think John Jr and Dre Jr were getting fucked up together?
Or did John Jr die of some other cause? "

is that sarcasm or like really do you watch the news or anything?

sorry, not to come back being all rude but damn some of you can be ignorant at times. peace and god bless the dead. rip andre young jr.

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go462 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:49:36 GMT

mightydog... how do you know dude was a junkie? couldve been his first time. smh

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MR.AT — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:49:57 GMT

people are cold yo.... callin this dead man a junkie...
R.I.P.
Andre Young Jr.

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