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[edit] Actors, Actresses, Comedians, and Directors
- John Belushi, actor and comic (injected) (deceased) [1]
- Gary Busey, actor [2]
- James Caan, actor [3]
- George Carlin, comedian ("What does cocaine make you feel like? It makes you feel like, well, having more cocaine!") [4]
- Chevy Chase, actor and comic [5]
- Robert Downey Jr. actor [6]
- Richard Dreyfuss actor [7]
- Chris Farley, actor and comic (deceased) [8]
- Corey Feldman, former child actor [9]
- Carrie Fisher, actress [10]
- Kelsey Grammer, actor (Cheers) [11]
- Whitney Houston, vocalist and actress [12]
- Jenna Jameson, famous pornographic actress [13]
- Stephen King, novelist (detailed in his book, On Writing)
- Sam Kinison, stand-up comedian and occasional actor (deceased) [14]
- Artie Lange, sidekick on the Howard Stern radio and TV shows and star of Artie Lange's Beer League [15]
- Courtney Love, actress and rock musician [16]
- Garrett Morris, actor and comic [17]
- Kate Moss, supermodel [18]
- Laraine Newman, actor and comic [19]
- Nick Nolte, actor [20]
- Tatum O'Neal, actress [21]
- Mackenzie Phillips, actress (injected) [22]
- Richard Pryor, stand-up comedian (freebase smoking) (deceased) [23]
- Harold Ramis, actor, director, and writer [24]
- Nicole Richie, socialite, author, and actress [25]
- Martin Scorsese, director [26]
- Daniella Westbrook, British soap actress [27]
[edit] Singers & Musicians
- David Bowie, one of the progenitors of glam rock, who has been a successful solo artist since the early seventies. [28]
- Toy Caldwell, guitarist for the Marshall Tucker Band (deceased) [29]
- Glen Campbell, country-and-western icon in the 1960s [30]
- Harry Wayne Casey, frontman for KC and the Sunshine Band [31]
- George Clinton, famed funk musician and generally groovy cat. (freebase smoking at times) [32]
- Bootsy Collins, famed funk bassist, generally funky brother.[33]
- David Crosby, founding member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (freebase smoking) [34]
- C.C. Deville, lead guitarist in glam metal act Poison [35]
- Steve Earle, country musician [36]
- John Entwistle, bass guitarist for The Who (deceased) [37]
- Tom Evans, guitarist for Badfinger (deceased) [38]
- Perry Farrell, vocalist for the bands Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros [39]
- Mick Fleetwood, drummer for Fleetwood Mac [40]
- Ace Frehley, founding member of KISS [41]
- Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode frontman [42]
- Jerry Garcia, lead vocalist and guitarist for the Grateful Dead (deceased) [43]
- Leif Garrett, former child actor and musician. [44]
- Lowell George, frontman for Little Feat (deceased) [45]
- Bobby Hatfield, Righteous Brothers (deceased) [46]
- Whitney Houston, vocalist and actress [47]
- Rick James, funk musician (crack) (deceased) [48]
- Elton John, pianist and singer [49]
- Liberace, flamboyant concert pianist (deceased) [50]
- Courtney Love, actress and rock musician [51]
- Paul McCartney, former bassist for The Beatles and solo artist [52]
- Jim Morrison, The Doors frontman (deceased) [53]
- Dave Navarro, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction [54]
- Chuck Negron, lead singer for the band Three Dog Night [55]
- Stevie Nicks, vocalist for Fleetwood Mac and soloist [56]
- Ol' Dirty Bastard, rap performer, most notably with the Wu-Tang Clan (deceased) [57]
- Ozzy Osbourne, legendary heavy metal singer, reality show actor [58]
- John Phillips, founder of the band The Mamas and The Papas (deceased) [59]
- Daniel Powter, pop vocalist [60]
- Elis Regina, Brazilian pop star (deceased) [61]
- Smokey Robinson, soul musician (in his autobiography)
- David Ruffin, soul vocalist from The Temptations (crack) (deceased) [62]
- Layne Staley, Alice In Chains frontman (deceased) [63]
- Ringo Starr, former drummer for The Beatles and solo artist [64]
- Sly Stone, leader of the 1970s funk group Sly and the Family Stone [65]
- Pete Townshend, lead singer/guitarist for The Who [66]
- Ike Turner, funk musician, ex-husband of Tina Turner [67]
- Keith Urban, country musician [68]
- Dennis Wilson, Beach Boys (deceased) (Dennis and Brian did the Hamburger/Cocaine Sessions in 1981) [69][70]
[edit] Athletes
- Ken Caminiti, former Major League Baseball (MLB) player [71]
- Dock Ellis, former MLB pitcher who once threw a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD; also used cocaine and other drugs regularly [72]
- Theoren Fleury, former National Hockey League (NHL) forward [73]
- Grant Fuhr, NHL Hall-of-Fame goaltender [74]
- Ferguson Jenkins, MLB Hall-of-Famer pitcher [75]
- Dwight Gooden, former MLB player [76]
- Curt Hennig, professional wrestler (deceased) [77]
- Steve Howe, former MLB player (deceased) [78]
- Ed Leslie, former professional wrestler (perhaps best known as Brutus Beefcake) [79]
- Dexter Manley, former National Football League (NFL) defensive end [80]
- Mercury Morris, former NFL running back [81]
- Don Murdoch, former NHL winger; was suspended for one full season [82]
- Rick Nattress, former NHL defenceman, he was also suspended for one full season [83]
- Bob Probert, former NHL forward, was suspended for life after attempting to cross the Detroit-Windsor border into Canada with a gram of cocaine taped to his leg; he was reinstated three months later, and was arrested again for the same charge three years later [84]
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts, former professional wrestler [85]
- Borje Salming, former NHL defenceman; initially suspended a full season, he was reinstated after sitting out eight games [86]
- Kevin Stevens, former NHL forward, was found in a St. Louis motel room with a prostitute and several rocks of crack cocaine; no suspension resulted from this incident [87]
- Darryl Strawberry, former MLB player [88]
- Lawrence Taylor, former NFL linebacker; later a semi-pro golfer [89]
- Kerry von Erich, former professional wrestler (deceased) [90]
[edit] Other/Historical
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