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To: usafa92

Anyone remember Len Bias?


9 posted on 07/25/2023 9:51:51 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

That was due to freebasing, wasn’t it?


11 posted on 07/25/2023 9:58:33 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Yes, we remember Len Bias — because it was such a shocking and rare occurrence. Not anymore.


12 posted on 07/25/2023 9:58:59 AM PDT by bpete123
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To: Vermont Lt

Yes, that was an outlier in that he was drafted by the Celtics, and he had an event triggered by drug usage. It is not the rare occassional heart or blood clot issues, it is rampant.


13 posted on 07/25/2023 10:05:12 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Vermont Lt; All

“Anyone remember Len Bias?”

What Is the History of the Len Bias Law?

Leonard (or Len) Bias was a college basketball player for the University of Maryland. He was the second overall pick for the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA draft. Two days after the draft, Bias died from complications of a cocaine overdose. The cocaine was remarkably pure, making it very strong. That suggested to prosecutors that the cocaine came from a high-level drug dealer.

After Bias’s death, the U.S. House of Representatives authored anti-drug legislation – The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. The legislation demanded a life sentence for people who distributed drugs that resulted in an overdose death. This particular provision of the law came to be called the “Len Bias Law.”

https://www.traceywood.com/wisconsin-len-bias-law/


14 posted on 07/25/2023 10:11:01 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Vermont Lt

He died of a cocaine overdose.

What point are you trying to make?


16 posted on 07/25/2023 10:19:27 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Vermont Lt

Hank Gaither


28 posted on 07/25/2023 11:36:52 AM PDT by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: Vermont Lt
I remember len bias ...OD'd on cocaine IIRC...

people...please go watch the last video with Ed Dowd....he's done a study of the rise in disability claims since the roll out of youknowwhat...

40 posted on 07/25/2023 1:29:58 PM PDT by cherry
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