https://freerepublic.com/tag/onlinedrugoverdose/ en-us Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:33:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/834364/posts He takes fatal OD as Internet pals watch Chatroom vultures egged him to pop more Rx pills By HELEN KENNEDYDAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Brandon Vedas "I told u I was hardcore." Those were the last coherent words Brandon Vedas, 21, typed into the computer in his Phoenix bedroom as he showed off for Internet pals watching on a Web cam by swallowing more and more prescription drugs. Vedas died online as a crowd of virtual onlookers egged him to "eat more!" A chilling record of the Jan. 12 chat reads like an Internet version of the notorious 1964 Kew... NY Daily News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/834364/posts#comment Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:33:21 GMT