Showing posts with label Cocaine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cocaine. Show all posts

Monday, 14 May 2012

The 9 Most Surprising Things Worth More Than Their Weight In Gold

By Meredith Margrave


Hold on to that... it's worth its weight in gold. 

But is it really? Although it's a common figure of speech, very few things actually meet the criteria.

Let's do the math:

Today, one troy ounce of gold is worth about $1,250. With the help of some basic multiplication and division, and our knowledge of weight conversions, let's derive some other basic gold prices, rounded up to the nearest dollar:

One troy ounce of gold = $1,250
One standard ounce of gold (slice of bread) = $1,140
One pound of gold (loaf of bread) = $18,229
One gram of gold (dollar bill) = $40
One kilogram of gold (pineapple) = $40,187
One ton of gold (small car) = $36,457,500

Friday, 23 March 2012

Whitney Houston drowned after cocaine use, says coroner


Whitney Houston's death was caused by accidental drowning, but drug abuse and heart disease were also factors, a coroner has ruled.
A mourner holds up a poster of Whitney Houston in front of church where here funeral was held on 17 February 2012
The pop star was laid to rest in her home state of New Jersey after a star-studded funeral
 
Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said drug tests indicated the 48-year-old US singer was a chronic cocaine user.
The announcement ends weeks of speculation over the cause of Houston's death.
She was found submerged in the bath of her Los Angeles hotel room on the eve of the Grammy Awards on 11 February.
In a statement, the LA County Coroner's office described Houston's manner of death as an "accident", adding that "no trauma or foul play is suspected".
The cause was cited as drowning and "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use".
Other drugs found in her blood included marijuana, as well as an anti-anxiety drug, a muscle relaxant and an allergy medication.
But these were not factors in her death, the coroner's statement said.
Patricia Houston, the singer's sister-in-law and manager, told the Associated Press news agency: "We are saddened to learn of the toxicology results, although we are glad to now have closure."
The pop star was laid to rest at a cemetery in her home state of New Jersey after a funeral that was attended by celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Mary J Blige.
The singer, who was one of the world's best selling artists from the mid-1980s to late 1990s, had a long battle with drug addiction.