https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrity-prescription-overdoses/2/
Famous Prescription Drug Tragedies
Even though doctors prescribe painkillers, sedatives, tranquilizers and stimulants all the time, that doesn't mean they aren't addictive or dangerous if used the wrong way.
An estimated 20 percent of Americans have abused prescription drugs, according to a 2008 government survey. And even without abuse, prescription drugs, if mixed the wrong way or taken under the wrong conditions, can be deadly.
Here are seven tragic celebrity stories of abuse, accidental deaths and outright suicide.