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Heroin
1989
U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value)
1988
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
1987
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin
1986
It is reported Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction
1981
Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story
1978
Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto
1977
Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1976
Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1968
Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
1959
$3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City
1935
Les Reed, songwriter, Heroin
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