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    • Jun 22, 1977
    Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested for driving under the influence of muscle relaxants and pain killers, both prescribed by his doctor
    Oct 21, 1977
    Memphis coroner Jerry Francisco holds a press conference, where he confirms that eight prescription drugs were found in Elvis Presley's body during the autopsy
    Nov 21, 1977
    "No Longer Rolling Stoned": "Honky Tonk Women" creators Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, claiming he's given up heroin, appear on the cover of People magazine
    Mar 21, 1978
    US magazine reveals that Loretta Lynn had been addicted to nerve pills after experimenting with a variety of drugs suggested by others to cure her recurring problem with migraines
    Apr 24, 1978
    Waylon Jennings' manager, Mark Rothbaum, pleads guilty to distributing cocaine, following an August incident in which Jennings and his assistant, Lori Evans, were arrested in the middle of a Nashville recording session
    Oct 10, 1978
    George Jones asks for mercy from a Nashville court, saying he's "addicted to alcohol." His attorney says Jones will not be able to pay $36,000 in back child support if he's not allowed to work
    Aug 23, 1979
    Johnny Cash's bus driver arrives in Cohasset, Massachusetts, after an all-night drive from Nashville. The purpose of the trip: to deliver Cash a prescription
    Sep 19, 1979
    Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested at his home in Nesbit, Mississippi, for possession of cocaine and marijuana
    Dec 11, 1979
    George Jones checks into Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, for treatment of alcoholism
    Dec 31, 1979
    Responding to malpractice charges, Dr. George Nichopolous submits a 14-page document to the Tennessee Board Of Medical Examiners saying many of the 20,000 pills he prescribed to Elvis Presley in a 20-month period were placebos



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