Is a pattern emerging in relation to contributing factors to the early deaths of some of our favourite music stars?
Rolling Stone, 26 March 2022: “Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50”. A toxicology report found “10 substances in his body” with many of them seemingly taken as prescribed [licensed by regulators as “safe and effective”].
The F I C T I O N A L record [above] seems stuck.
Professor Rob Howard, 29 March 2022: “Didn’t take long for those who relentlessly troll antidepressants and shame those who find them helpful to exploit the sad circumstances of Taylor Hawkins’ death”
This is a gross misrepresentation of what this post actually says. Loaded terms like “relentless”, “troll”, “exploit” and “shame” are unhelpful. Baroness Cumberlege’s review was concerned, as I am, about how professionals limit learning [and thus the progress of science] through the use of such defensive and divisive language
https://holeousia.com/in-the-world/a-sunshine-act-for-scotland/pe01651-prescribed-drug-dependence-and-withdrawal/cumberlege-report-first-do-no-harm/prof-rob-howard/
Hilary Mantel: “It’s wise, though, to be careful with loaded terms”