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A play: a day in the park. (Illegal Drugs).
Pat and David are best friends. Today they are going to the park together. While they are there, Pat sees some of his older brother's friends. Pat tells David that these guys are really great and decides to go say hi.
Pat comes back and tells David that some of the guys are sniffing a drug called cocaine. Pat is interested. David is nervous. He knows using cocaine can hurt you. His parents have told him that cocaine can kill brain cells. It can make your nose hurt and can even make it bleed. Besides, using these drugs is illegal. And David doesn't want to get into trouble.
Pat: So what do you think? Should I go ask them if we can try some?
David: I don't want to try it, Pat Cocaine is a drug that can hurt you. Don't you remember what happened to Len Bias?
Pat: Who's Len Bias?
- IF LEN BIAS HAD LIVED?
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff June 7, 1987 700+ words
...their parents needs no amplification. "Len Bias has done more in dying than he ever could...University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died of cocaine intoxication on the morning...the Los Angeles Lakers, a game in which Len Bias would have been a participant. But instead...
- Len Bias' legacy _ 20 years later.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) June 19, 2006 700+ words
...induced death of basketball wunderkind Len Bias rocked a great many worlds, not the least...two decades who tell her "that the day Len Bias died, they stopped using cocaine...adolescents decreased from the day of Len Bias' death until the early 1990s. It has...
- Len Bias, drugs and Maryland.(LETTERS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 26, 2006 700+ words
...terrible tragedy of the drug overdose death of Len Bias (Deborah Simmons, "In honor of Len Bias," Friday). The Washington Times published...essence of my letter was that if a person like Len Bias, with all the advantages of strong family...
- THE DEATH OF LEN BIAS: A CHAIN OF TRAGEDY
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post June 5, 1987 700+ words
...that day, June 23, Len Bias was laid to rest...charges related to Len Bias' death. Tribble...school last fall. DAVID GREGG A teammate...mission. CAPTION:Len Bias CAPTION:Brian Lee...Terry Long CAPTION:David Gregg CAPTION:Arthur...
- Len Bias' Life Takes on New Meaning a Year After His Death;Tribble Trial Shows...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Keith Harriston May 31, 1987 700+ words
...Maryland basketball star Len Bias. Bias, or rather the exalted...From there the picture of Len Bias the all-America basketball...more about the real life of Len Bias. Much of last week's...teammates Terry Long and David Gregg, who said they had...
- In honor of Len Bias; The 20th anniversary of a Terrapin's death.(OPED)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 24, 2006 700+ words
...drafts; 20 years of waiting. Len Bias, the phenomenal player from...Driesell to the Baltimore Sun's David Steele: "I can't believe...occasion. What happened to Len Bias - the good and the illegal...Maryland needs to pay homage to Len Bias. Deborah Simmons is deputy...
- The real tragedy of Len Bias
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Carl Rowan; Carl T. Rowan (STANDARD) June 25, 1986 700+ words
...in the sudden death of 22-year-old Len Bias, the basketball superstar at the University...of the university should have known. Len Bias was being exploited by the university...University of Maryland and the tragic case of Len Bias. That means investigating academic procedures...
- Never Too Young to Die: the Death of Len Bias.
- Magazine article from: The Nation Halpert, Felicia E. January 22, 1990 700+ words
NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DIE: The Death of Len Bias It's not easy reading the sports pages...University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias almost snagged the brass ring. The Boston...home with the Lord." Unfortunately, Len Bias remains a shadowy figure in this book...
