In article <
jj9q09x...@app-01.ezprovider.com>,
> > > On Feb 12, 2:15Â am, michael anderson <
mianderso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 12, 1:11Â am, "Glen Heiman" <
dak...@cox.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > "michael anderson" <
mianderso...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > >
> > > > >news:fcd40062-9f8f-45a1...@x6g2000pbk.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > On Feb 11, 7:22 pm, unklbob <
mcgrisw...@aol.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > On Feb 11, 8:03 pm, leonard hofstadter <
len...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > BREAKING: Publicist Kristen Foster says singer Whitney Houston has
> > > > > > > died at age 48
> > > >
> > > > > > Now we can wait for the negative tox screen to come out.
> > > >
> > > > > ????
> > > >
> > > > > Not sure if you are being sarcastic or if this was related to
> > > > > winehouse on rsfc a while back. Â Amy winehouse most certainly died a
> > > > > drug related death
> > > > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > > > No surprise there. Â Officially, the drug was alcohol, and alcohol
> ONLY!
> > > >
> > > > if there was just alcohol and no benzo, why did every story on the
> > > > matter make a big point to specify that there were no illegal drugs in
> > > > her system. Â Since we know winehouse's biggest drugs of abuse were
> > > > alcohol and prescription sedatives and such, why not make mention of
> > > > that too if she really was benzo negative?
> > > >
> > > > Regardless, she died directly from drugs/alcohol. Â seeing as how her
> > > > doc was alcohol above all else, it is fitting that she died from acute
> > > > alcohol intoxication.
> > > >
> > > >
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-10-26/amy-winehous...
> > > >
> > > > > (there was a shit ton of librium in her body) and it
> > > > > would be a shock if whitney didnt die from drugs as well
> > >
> > > Librium is not a benzo. But I'm sure you knew that "doctor".
> >
> > Librium is a barbiturate, one of the nastiest drugs
> > to become dependent upon. Heroin can easily kill
> > a user, but heroin withdrawal is a walk in the park
> > contrasted with barbiturate withdrawal.
>
> Librium is not a barbiturate.
>
> Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) is a sedative/hypnotic drug and benzodiazepine.
> Benzodiazipines are sometimes referred to as minor tranquilizers. Valium
> is another wildly used benzo.
>
> Some barbiturates are seconal, amytal, phenobarbital. Definitely two
> different classes of drugs.
>
> Benzos are notoriously bad for withdrawal symptoms after long-term
> use/abuse.
Thanks.
--
Michael Press