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Anyone can die at any age. I had a best friend that died at age 13 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He passed out at school and died a few days later. No one outside of skid-row junkies even knew what drugs were back in the 50s.

Of course, that's true. I didn't say otherwise.

Children dying in sports IS very rare. I am sorry for your best friend. What a terrible loss for you at such a young age. It must have hurt you VERY much.

If children dying in sports clubs were a common occurrence there wouldn't be any sports clubs for children. Countries ALL OVER THE WORLD have sports clubs for children. It's a win-win for everyone in the country.

For a 13-year-old to have a cerebral hemorrhage is MOST rare. My sister died of a brain aneurysm when she was 37. She fainted at work and was dead four hours later.

As for drugs, you must read some of the Victorian books and/or Sherlock Holmes. Drugs were fully used back then. Laudanum was even part of the story in the Wyatt Earp movie not too long ago. It was a narcotic meant to ease pain. It worked.

Humans have been "using" for as long as there have been humans. But, you know that, doncha?

“Humans have been “using” for as long as there have been humans. But, you know that, doncha?”
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Yes, of course, but it was pretty much limited to degenerate skid-row adults. When I went off to the Univ. of Tennessee, back in 1963, no one mentioned, much less used, drugs. We did, however, drink a lot.
Maybe you lived in a different society.

As for drugs, you must read some of the Victorian books and/or Sherlock Holmes. Drugs were fully used back then. Laudanum was even part of the story in the Wyatt Earp movie not too long ago. It was a narcotic meant to ease pain. It worked. Humans have been "using" for as long as there have been humans. But, you know that, doncha?

The fairy tale spread about since drug prohibition 100 years ago is that drugs are a new phenom and current drugs are more addictive than previous versions. In reality, there are addictive personalities and non-addictive personalities. I don't have a problem with drug prohibition, as long as it is accompanied by Thailand-style death penalties for anyone caught carrying over several doses of drugs. The half-assed penalties we get here lead to a lot of violence, because it pushes up the price without making it truly unaffordable, meaning that addicts can afford it only by stealing, robbing and burgling. When a single toke of cocaine costs $1000 because dealers are planted within two years of arrest, drug addiction will plunge stateside.