No one could really express surprise, but I think this case should be closed with our prayers to his family and loved ones.
I'm shocked, actually. I wasn't familiar (that I know of) with Mays, not having a TV for all intents and purposes for the past 25 years (no cable, only broadcast signal, and not even that since the change-over to digital).
But I'm familiar with cocaine, and truly, I really feel for the guy and especially his family. I don't feel for Clinton and Obama because they're politicians, and Republican or Democrat, any politician is fair game for being slammed but hard when it comes to rec drugs including alcohol; out of respect for the public to whom they're responsible, politicians, like doctors and preachers, are morally bound to keep their noses clean (no pun intended!) and when they don't, they earn the consequences.
But a regular joe who finds his niche profession who falls into cocaine of all things ... actors, comedians, athletes, high-powered execs, lawyers, hot-shot entrepreneurs, high-profile managers, regular folks, I've seen its use in them all, sometimes first-hand ... cocaine is unique among drugs in its incredible power to create delusions of self-grandeur. That delusion is so exquisite that one is driven to reexperience it as often as possible. One has to have tried coke to understand, I think, and I cannot think of a single other drug that does what coke does in that respect.
The damage it does to the user is one thing; the anguish it brings to the user's loved ones is even worse.
I thank GOD and my Savior Jesus regularly for being with me all the times I was such a crazy, wild goof in my younger days. I see a guy like Mays and think not just for myself, but for all those who might presume to dismiss him with haughty superiority: "There but for the grace of God ..."