List of Drug-related Deaths

Name	Life	Profession	Cause of death
Haley Paige	1981–2007	Pornographic actress	Methadone overdose. Possibly suicide.
Marco Pantani	1970–2004	Cyclist	Cerebral and pulmonary edema potentially brought on by "tranquillisers, antidepressants and sedatives ... against a background of prolonged cocaine abuse".
Robert Pastorelli	1954–2004	Actor	Heroin overdose.
Gram Parsons	1946–1973	Musician (the Byrds)	Morphine overdose.
Cesare Pavese	1908–1950	Poet, novelist	Consumed "twelve sachets of sleeping drugs".
Chris Penn	1965–2006	Actor	Enlarged heart through drug use and a high level of codeine.
Christopher Pettiet	1976–2000	Actor	Unspecified drug overdose. Accidental.
Kristen Pfaff	1967–1994	Musician (Hole)	Heroin overdose.
Esther Phillips	1935–1984	Musician, singer	Liver and kidney failure due to long-term drug use.
River Phoenix	1970–1993	Actor	Heroin and cocaine overdose.
Rob Pilatus	1965–1998	Musician (Milli Vanilli)	Prescription drug and alcohol overdose.
Jesse Pintado	1969–2006	Musician	Liver failure caused by diabetes and alcoholism.
Dana Plato	1964–1999	Actress	Vanadom and Lortab overdose. Suicide.
Darrell Porter	1952–2002	Major League Baseball catcher	Cocaine overdose.
Elvis Presley	1935–1977	Singer	Cardiac arrhythmia. Autopsy founds in his system "significant" levels of ethinamate, methaqualone, codeine and different barbiturates, including amobarbital, pentobarbital, and phenobarbital.
Gary Primich	1958–2007	Singer	"Acute heroin intoxication."
Freddie Prinze	1954–1977	Actor	Self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of methaqualone and alcohol. Initially ruled suicide but later determined accidental.
Promachus	???–324 BCE	Soldier	Alcohol poisoning.