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Cocaine
1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose

1998 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine

1997 Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine

1994 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands

1992 5 New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine

1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine

1991 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession

1991 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine

1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession

1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession

1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics

1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine

1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison

1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US

1988 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida

1987 Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation

1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning

1986 Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling

1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players

1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges

1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction

1984 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia

1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage

1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession

1983 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage

1983 Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use

1982 Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty)

1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine

1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine

1922 Royal Dano, New York City, actor, Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II

1914 Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27

1886 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)



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