We won't know...

if Sage Stallone really died of a drug overdose for weeks.  If ever.

We also won't know for weeks, if ever, if it was drugs, if they were prescription, over-the-counter, or illegal drugs.

But in the end, if he did OD, then his name goes on a long list of why most of those drugs that are illegal should remain illegal (I'm no longer opposed to legalizing pot).  Those who argue that people should have the right to put whatever they want in their bodies in a free society have a point.  I just think it's outweighed by the devastation that such drugs do to those users, and their friends and families.

A man should never have to bury his son.  Sylvester Stallone is now going to have to do that horrific thing.  Most people who die from drug use and abuse don't really want to die.  They just get in over their heads.  That's why it is never safe for the recovering addict to give into entreaties to "just this once, once won't hurt you."  It's the same as an alcoholic who finally achieves sobriety giving in to just one beer.  It never stops at just one.

We can argue over the difference between physical and psychological addiction until the cows come home.  In the end, does it really matter?  Yes, some people can drink gallons of alcohol and take all sorts of drugs and remain unaddicted.  Some can't. 

I guess I'm just tired of reading about people, celebrities and the anonymous, dying before their time because they sought to escape their reality by getting high.  It's the first step down a road that should not be travelled.  Far too many who take that first step go all the way to an early grave.

RIP Sage.  If one person stops or doesn't start drugs because of your example, perhaps your death won't be completely meaningless.