Re: one more for the Bono on drugs thread!

Robbie Robinson ([email protected])
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:00:05 -0800

> So far all the reasons people have been giving for Bono _not_ being or
> ever
> having been a drug user have been on the order of : 1) "He said he
> doesn't/wouldn't" and 2) "He couldn't possibly have because I won't
> have
> it!" I can, however, think of a more concrete reason for Bono never
> having
> done cocaine at least:
>
> Doesn't he have something wrong with his heart? "An irregular
> heartbeat" I
> have heard it called. MIght explain why he was so miffed about having
> to
> give up red wine.... Anyway, I think that, considering what cocaine
> does to
> the heart rate, if he ever had done any coke this list might not exist
>
> because he might have dropped dead.... remember Len Bias, an
> _athlete_....
>
> Lilith

Check out Elmo's post on Darci's Wire Archives just before your's
for a very reasonalble and well thought out and researched answer.
Nope there isn't anything wrong with his heart or he couldn't
do what he does at every show. The irregular heartbeat isn't that
unusual and has probably been taken care of. They'd have to get it
cleared up to get the huge amount of insurance they have to take
out every time they tour.
The red wine thing was something else entirely. They thought at
frist the allergic reaction he was having was due to him having
developed an allergy to something that's found in red wine and
in aspirin (I can't remember what it's called-salicylic acid?)
Bono mentioned this in an interview. After some more testing they
discovered it was caused by the wine reacting with a prescription
drug he was taking then. Remember all those little warning stickers
on prescription bottles that tell you not to drink while your
taking this. Well....Bono didn't read it.

Robbie

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