Countering The Cobain Case

The toxicology report of Kurt Cobain stated that 1.52mg per litre of morphine along with traces of valium (diazepam) were found in his blood. Tom Grant claims that the amount of heroin found in Cobain's blood is 3 times the lethal dose. His claim is based on a study from a book called Heroin Addiction by Jerome J. Platt where the author wrote that the maximum lethal dose of a 150 pound male would be about 75mg-80mg of heroin. This will result in 0.5mg per litre of morphine in blood. According to Grant, Cobain was injected with minimum 225mg of heroin to get 1.52mg/L of morphine in his blood. From what I have researched, there is no fixed lethal dose. How much of a dose would be lethal depends on various factors such as the age, gender, health and drug tolerance of the individual. For those who are new to heroin and have never taken the drug before, 75mg of heroin may be a lethal dose for them. However, addicts take the drug regularly and they build a tolerance allowing them to...

Kurt Cobain was an American singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana . On 8th April 1994, Cobain's dead body was found by an electrician named Gary Smith who came to install security system in his Lake Washington House at Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Police arrived and investigated the scene. Their investigation resulted in the conclusion that Cobain died from suicide  three days before his body was found. Reports state that Cobain was found holding the barrel of a shotgun in his left hand, a suicide note was found at the scene and 1.52mg/L of morphine with traces of valium (Diazepam) were detected in his blood. Prior to the discovery of his dead body, Cobain was at a rehabilitation center called Exodus Recovery Center in L.A., California. On 1st April 1994, he was reported to have left the place at evening by climbing the wall at the back of the rehab center. Then he took a flight to Seattle and arrived the next morning. His wife, Courtney Love , was informed that Cob...