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    • Mar 4, 1970
    Moved by the birth of his son, John Carter Cash, Johnny Cash tells reporters he's concerned about drug use among America's youth: "The first ecstasy of a pill or pot is certain to turn to terror. Dope is almost certain death"
    Nov 17, 1970
    Roger Miller admits to an Associated Press reporter that he had taken amphetamines until the previous year. He says his decision to quit came down to whether he "was going to be a man or a vegetable"
    Dec 4, 1972
    The Byrds' Chris Hillman hosts his own birthday party at Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont. He throws out former bandmate Gram Parsons for drunken behavior
    Feb 15, 1973
    Jan Howard's son, David Howard, commits suicide using her handgun in his Nashville bedroom, just hours after promising he would enroll in a rehabilitation center to battle his drug abuse
    Mar 4, 1973
    Scotty Stoneman dies in a Nashville hospital after an alcoholic binge that led him to drink shaving lotion. The son of country pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he joined five siblings to create The Stoneman Family, which earned the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year honor in 1967
    Sep 19, 1973
    Gram Parsons dies at Joshua Tree, California, of an accidental chemical overdose. A former member of The Byrds, one of country-rock's seminal acts, Parsons influenced Emmylou Harris to take up country music
    Oct 15, 1973
    Elvis Presley begins a two-week stay at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis with breathing problems. He is publicly said to have pneumonia, though he is actually addicted to Demerol
    Nov 1, 1973
    Memphis' Baptist Memorial Hospital discharges Elvis Presley, following a two-week stay for an addiction to Demerol
    Jul 18, 1974
    "Detroit City" songwriter Danny Dill is injured in an automobile accident. During his 22 days in intensive care, he decides to give up alcohol
    Jan 29, 1975
    Elvis Presley, short on breath, is hospitalized with a drug problem, officially billed as a planned visit linked to a liver ailment



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