Twenty-six year old internationally famous rapper known as, Mac Miller, passed away 9/7/2018 due to drug overdose. It has been known to the public that Mac struggled with sobriety, and battled depression for some time. He has a record of a DUI, and a hit & run. It has also been known that his struggles with substance abuse was the deal breaker of his 2 year relationship with 25 year old famous artist Ariana Grande. Autopsy has reported back that Miller's died of cardiac arrest due to abuse of substances.
It is important we get in control of our huge world wide substance abuse situation because way too many people have died to substance abuse. More and more people are being affected by this. If this ongoing problem doesn't stop, then think about what will happen if teenagers and kids start get a hold of these things. It has been reported that 21.5% of the death rates are caused by substance abuse. It has also been reported that between 1999 - 2016, there has been approximately 63,600 drug overdoses. This has got to change!!
I agree with you 100 percent!! I think it's so scary knowing that you can get hooked on something so fast and then it taking over your life. It's also a tragic that we have been losing people to this and them having to go through stuff because of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it sucks how much drugs can affect and harm someone if they are taken advantage of or misued. I really hope people be more careful with them and learn from the mistakes of others and don't follow in the same footsteps.
ReplyDelete-Koko chen
It is tragic that we keep losing people from things that we could help and guide them to good health with if we tried. We have to do better and aid those in need when they're alive, not after another death.
ReplyDeleteIts sad how we keep losing many young artist to drugs and alcohol. We need to understand the importance of how it can harm your mind, body, and soul
ReplyDeleteThis event literally had me so heartbroken. I wish people would realize more what they are actually doing before they do it because 9 times out of 10 they didn’t mean to. It’s really sad, and his artistic talent will definitely be missed. ~Mekinna Knight
ReplyDeleteIt's so upsetting that we have lost yet another great artist. Drugs have been around for so long, and they continue to take peoples lives. I hope someday soon we can help to eliminate drugs in our society and work on losing less great people to them. - Joziah German
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad that we have lost another great person to substance abuse. I agree that we need to take action on the drug problem in this country, but we should also take action in reaching out to those who seem like they are in a bad state. They should not feel like their only option is to abuse drugs.
ReplyDelete-Neha Dhanekula
One good thing that may be able to come out of this horribly unfortunate circumstance is wider awareness for the effect substance abuse has on our country through a public figure such as him.
ReplyDeleteDrugs continue to destroy so many peoples' careers and lives every day, and I think that as much as we need to take control of the abuse, it's incredibly challenging to do. So many people go to drugs and alcohol for emotional "support", so creating laws against them really only puts people in withdrawal and some leading to further abuse these substances as a way of protest. There really isn't much we can do to prevent this from continuing, so as a country, we need to educate about the risks of drugs, and then allow people to take control of their own lives by refusing drugs in the first place, going to rehab, etc.
ReplyDelete-Ryan Mecca
What a tragic loss over such a sad addiction. It’s crazy how much these things can effect your body and your mind. Once you start it can be hard to stop, as we can see from not only Mac Miller, but many other people we have lost due to addiction.
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