Heroin related deaths and arrests among young pop culture musicians has not been this visible for decades. "We observe pop culture making this drug- which is very lethal-look glamorous and chic," says Ginna Marston of the
Partnership for a Drug-Free America (54). For example, according to Karen
Schoemer's report for Newsweek, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Shannon Hoon of Blind
Melon and Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead, all participated and abused heroin
(54). Kurt Cobain took his own life with a shotgun, while battling his heroin addiction. Also, Shannon Hoon overdosed on cocaine while he had recently tried to kick his heroin habit. In addition, Jerry Garcia who had been a drug junkie for years died in a rehabilitation center while trying