Legendary guitarist Matt Roberts (3 Doors Down) dead age 38

[Tarasoft11]

"MATT Roberts, the former lead guitarist of American rock band 3 Doors Down, has died at the age of 38.The musician passed away on Saturday morning of a suspected prescription drug overdose in a hotel in West Bend, Wisconsin, TMZ reports."


why do all these legendary musicians have to die at such a young age?

link to article: http://gbcworldnews.com/index.php/2016/08/22/legendary-guitarist-matt-robert-dead-aged-38/

 

[AlwaysShocked]

Because they are abusing drugs.

Whether prescription or non-prescription, abusing substances is all too often lethal. It is just so sad. And so stupid. And so frustrating that it continues to happen.

"Guitarist Matt Roberts, formerly of 3 Doors Down, has died at age 38.

The cause of death was an apparent overdose.

His father Darrell, who had stayed in a hotel room adjoining the guitarist's the night of his demise, told TMZ that the reputed overdose was connected to prescription medication, and suggested his death was accidental."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...Doors-guitarist-Matt-Roberts-dead-age-38.html


Once again, there are countless numbers of people who suffer from legitimate chronic pain conditions who have been taking opioid pain relievers for years without becoming "addicted" to them. Nor do these folks increase their dosages. They take what their doctor prescribes and do their best to get on with their life.

It is the people who are abusing these medications who get into having "accidental overdoses". How stupid. And how very, very sad.

 

[Tarasoft11]

Yeah abusing drugs is a silly thing to do. But yeah still sad since they are still so young

 

[JerseyGirl]

A trial was to open Friday morning in federal court in Mobile for the Baldwin County doctor accused of improperly prescribing opioids to 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts, who died of an overdose.

https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/05/trial_opens_today_in_overdose.html

 

[claudianunes]

People with money don't get prescription drugs from street dealers. They get it from legit doctors, that's the problem here.

 

[Aescwynn]

People with money don't get prescription drugs from street dealers. They get it from legit doctors, that's the problem here.

They get drugs from whoever they have to. If they have to go to the hood to score some junk, they'll do it. Right now there's an atmosphere in the US where they don't have to do that; where shady doctors can get big payoffs from drug companies to throw prescriptions at "patients" who don't necessarily even need it. I'm glad to see that there was at least one pharmacist out there who saw something very wrong with that last refill Roberts had and refused to fill it.

 

[claudianunes]

They get drugs from whoever they have to. If they have to go to the hood to score some junk, they'll do it. Right now there's an atmosphere in the US where they don't have to do that; where shady doctors can get big payoffs from drug companies to throw prescriptions at "patients" who don't necessarily even need it. I'm glad to see that there was at least one pharmacist out there who saw something very wrong with that last refill Roberts had and refused to fill it.

I know that. High School kids have been selling and consuming opioids for a long time so, it can't be that hard to get access to them. What I'm saying though, is that doctors allowing this behaviours and contributing to this terrible opiod addiction as soon as someone shows them some cash are a really big part of the problem. We have seen it in cases like Michael Jackson, Prince, and now this one. I know opioids are everywhere but these doctors are the trashiest of the trash and they need to be severely punished.

 

[Aescwynn]

We have seen it in cases like Michael Jackson, Prince, and now this one. I know opioids are everywhere but these doctors are the trashiest of the trash and they need to be severely punished.

Hey, Elvis's doctor too, if you go back that far. Good old "Dr. Nick".

Last Friday, prosecutors ticked off prescriptions for about 19,000 pills, mostly uppers and downers, that Dr. Nichopoulos is said to have ordered for Elvis in the final 32 months of his life, an average of almost 20 pills a day. Two counts of the 11-count indictment charge Dr. Nick with freely dispensing drugs to Presley (and Jerry Lee Lewis) without trying to cure their addictions. If convicted by the seven-woman, four-man jury, he faces up to 140 years in prison and $280,000 in fines.

"George Nichopoulos did not prescribe these drugs to these patients for any legitimate medical reason," growled assistant prosecutor Jewett Miller, a tall, dour man who gave the jury of eight blacks and four whites his best hangdog look in mid-October opening arguments. "He was not prescribing them to cure an illness."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...ac9-a110-6840f9fe1f9b/?utm_term=.2a3e0cd354a3

The Beatles even have a song about this type of doctor, it's called "Doctor Robert."

What I am getting to is I get what you're saying; it's been going on a long time. I was simply pointing out (rather pointlessly, I admit) that even celebrity addicts will go roll in the gutter if they find themselves in a situation with no access to such a doctor.

 

[claudianunes]

Hey, Elvis's doctor too, if you go back that far. Good old "Dr. Nick".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...ac9-a110-6840f9fe1f9b/?utm_term=.2a3e0cd354a3

The Beatles even have a song about this type of doctor, it's called "Doctor Robert."

What I am getting to is I get what you're saying; it's been going on a long time. I was simply pointing out (rather pointlessly, I admit) that even celebrity addicts will go roll in the gutter if they find themselves in a situation with no access to such a doctor.

Oh yeah, I agree with you. More often than not, people with money can afford to have other people picking up whatever for them so yes, they can get it anywhere pretty much. This opioid thing is really sad, it gets out of control really fast.

 

[Harmony 2]

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