Dr. Dre’s Son OD’d on Heroin and Morphine

January 2nd, 2009 91 Comments 3287 Views

Posted by Bossip Staff

The coroner report came back on Dr. Dre’s son who suddenly died last year:

Dr. Dre’s son, Andre Young Jr., died from an overdose of heroin and morphine, the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday. “This case has been closed, it’s been ruled an accident due to morphine and heroin intoxication,” coroner spokesman Larry Dietz told PEOPLE. The drug test results had been pending for four months.

Young, 20, was found unresponsive by his mother, Jenita Porter, 40, in their Woodland Hills, Calif., home on the morning of Aug. 23.

Our prayers go out to the Young family. RIP.

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91 Responses to “Dr. Dre’s Son OD’d on Heroin and Morphine”

SOMER

1/2/09, 16:32:pm

That is messed up. Keep on rapping bout drugs & guns.

AAA

1/2/09, 16:32:pm

^^Ditto. Don’t do drugs!

Tracey

1/2/09, 16:34:pm

Well his daddy promoting that ***** all through his rapping life!

Mock Rock Star Cares

1/2/09, 16:38:pm

My heart goes out to him and hope that he mad peace before he left…………
Now, entertainers are usually careless about things they do…I can’t say Dre promoted drugs (never was into his music), but he did have crappy music that encourage such behavior…I hope he can turn this into something positive

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW

1/2/09, 16:39:pm

RIP I don’t even remember hearing about this but I know I did. That just goes to show how fast things get booted out the way. It’s always a shame to hear about a young person losing their life feverously(sp?)

Tracey

1/2/09, 16:41:pm

John Travolta son just died of medical complications, I have more sympathy for him, that is for sure.

jjj / Proud Jamaican

1/2/09, 16:46:pm

Maybe he was depressed…I dunno. R.I.P.

Necy

1/2/09, 16:47:pm

WOW, this rich kids have too much and no hobbies… so they spend their time getting into trouble and doing stupid drugs…. sad, sad

memchee

1/2/09, 16:47:pm

my prayers for him and his family.

I surprised somone so young using morphine and heroin.

CoCoPops

1/2/09, 16:47:pm

Poor guy..it is so incredibly unfortunate.

KMBPYT

1/2/09, 16:49:pm

Aww that is sad RIP.

Oshie

1/2/09, 16:49:pm

The rich die young. RIP.

Lite skin Sin

1/2/09, 16:49:pm

Damn yo kids dropping like flies…Today John Travolta’s son died too.

AKeys STAN

1/2/09, 16:52:pm

No Powders or Pills thats the Rule Man!

About it

1/2/09, 16:54:pm

Oh what money can buy………
OD on two illegal substances and it is ruled an accidental OD.
RIP Young Dre, with a father like Dr. Dre, you never had a chance.

Britt

1/2/09, 16:54:pm

My heart goes out to his mother, this is what happens when these black kids want to fit in with ohter kids, espically WHITE KIDS, they end up doing what the other kids are doing, and dying. Teach your kids to stay away from drugs, just beacuse everybody else is doing it.And where was Dre, did he spend any time with this young man. Did he feel like he mattered in his Dad life.

Special K

1/2/09, 16:56:pm

@ Tracey why do you have more sympathy didn’t they both lose a child? You don’t think it hurts the same? I think it hurts just as much if not more John Travolta’s son has been sick and also suffered from a mild form of autism but Dre has to now deal with the guilt of knowing he could have done something different to prevent his childs death.

danny

1/2/09, 16:57:pm

what? no SMH Bossi[p editors? if this were a white celebrity’s son, it’d be m***** ridicule. damn coons….

WeStKoaSt

1/2/09, 17:01:pm

Tell ‘em ya’ll better leave those drugs alone!

AKeys STAN

1/2/09, 17:03:pm

Where were the Parents?????????

Special K

1/2/09, 17:06:pm

@ AKEYS Stan

He was 20 years old they can’t monitor everything he does. I mean think about when you were 20?

dubdub2000

1/2/09, 17:11:pm

@Britt: of course we all know heroin addiction is a white disease…(SMH)…ignorant *****, keep on with the denial, it’s sure to help the community.

As for Danny, the last bit was unwarranted, the first bit was spot on though, had it been a white kid BOSSIP would have dissed his poor ***** non stop. Neither would have deserved it, for they would both have been clearly suffering to go down that path.

But yeah, moral of the day 2fold:
1-what goes around comes around, with all the negativity Dre promoted over the years despite his brother’s death, it’s not surprising that in the end it would bite him in the ***** in this life or the next.
2- Money cant buy you no peace of mind with your kids (or anything else mind you except a roff over your head and food in your belly), in fact probably more the opposite (mo money mo problems, ring a bell?).

RIP to JT’s autistic son (who probably was not medicated due to his parents’ CO$ beliefs) and RIP again to Dre’s Son who just couldnt hold it down.

It’s all sad

dont*****witme

1/2/09, 17:12:pm

So sad I am shocked. I thought maybe he smoked cronic or drunk too much but heroine and morphine….wow!

Pynk (Digital girl......)

1/2/09, 17:13:pm

This is so sad.

roosevelt taylor

1/2/09, 17:18:pm

It is every parents nightmare to bury their child.

Margo

1/2/09, 17:19:pm

My heart goes out to any parent that looses a child.

AKeys STAN

1/2/09, 17:19:pm

Sorry Special K thought he was 16

Ineedablackman

1/2/09, 17:24:pm

This is horrible! I’m white and trust he was with white kids – these are white drugs..this is sooo horrible..I would have saved him!

Sweetness

1/2/09, 17:24:pm

RIP!
This is sad. Aint no telling WTF was going?

Special K

1/2/09, 17:28:pm

no problem hon i just wanted to point out that he wasn’t a kid.. it’s sad either way though he was still their kid their baby..

wake_up_people

1/2/09, 17:40:pm

What a bunch of inconsiderate people. Regardless of how he died, he was still someone’s child and has family that loves him. People need to stop judging people and saying mean things about dead people, because one we’re all going to die. And the survivors don’t need to hear anything to make them feel worst about losing a loved one.

Cmon

1/2/09, 17:42:pm

Yeah I feel bad for everybody that lost a child.

Tracey, you suck at life…go kill yourself

SOMER

1/2/09, 17:56:pm

Whatever happen to smoking weed?

rocky

1/2/09, 17:57:pm

Tracy, just because his dad promoted it or raped about it does not mean he had to do it dummy! He was a grown man, that’s a choice he made. My heart goes out to the family, everybody makes mistakes. This is a lesson learned!!!!:(

Binary Star

1/2/09, 18:00:pm

lol@all you ignorant, self-righteous, judgmental, holier-than-thou *****-*****s.

Candid Canuck

1/2/09, 18:01:pm

he was depressed over his deadbeat dad.

Tracey

1/2/09, 18:12:pm

One was self inflicted other was not!

kenya

1/2/09, 18:19:pm

I’m sorry but I totally disagree…I never heard Dre claim to sell drugs in his songs, but I could be wrong, but anyway even if he did, that doesn’t mean that his son had to get involved in drugs. I grew up in an area and a time where damn near everybody around me sold, or smoked crack, but I never started using or selling it or any other drug for that matter. I can’t believe these youngsters started up with Heroine which is a thousand times worse to be adddicted to than crack. People tend to use drugs to fill a void, or deal with some sort of traumatic event in their life. I have no idea what Young Dre has been through, but my condolences to his family who lost a child. Anybody who wants to judge needs to make sure their own garden is well tended, if not then go stick your head in the ocean and breathe

lady

1/2/09, 18:19:pm

RIP man. left and right our young people is dying if its not by a gunshot wound its drugs. We need to quit pointing the finger and go out and help our young people. alot of young people is hurting inside and need our help. stop yelling or your dumb etc. remember you did stuff when you was younger might not have been drugs could’ve been having sex out of wedlock and you would’ve heard ur people say your dumb cause you could’ve caught aids got pregnant etc. so quit point and start helping. and say a word of prayer for our young people. Like the older saints use to do for us!

I bet D-Barns ain't crying

1/2/09, 18:24:pm

Wow he was really young, how sad. His father use to SLANG drugs, this is what happens. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW. That’s why the Kennedy men don’t live long all of them have been cursed due to great grand daddy slinging drugs.

And.....(with 5 dots)

1/2/09, 18:26:pm

Heroin? Morphine? That’s serious. I’m wondering how long was he on heroin and morphine at 20? That’s sad!

adiamondcenter

1/2/09, 18:34:pm

wow….thats sad and I bet he was good friends with whiteys they will share their drugs with a black man fast……Too young …Too Sad

coonBYEyah

1/2/09, 19:09:pm

WHITEYS? I think YOU mean ADDICTS. Some of you are so *****ing closed minded and racist its almost pathetic. I bet many of you don’t have jobs or go to school. The world is integrated EDUCATE your mind and stop being a *****ing hatefilled Jigga!

chocolate barbie

1/2/09, 19:27:pm

love your comment kenya yeah it’s a lot of *****holes on here just send condolences out and shut the ***** up i grew up around a lot of white kids in virginia and while i had no business smoking at 16 i had white friends and *****ociates popin excasty ,smoking crack and sniffing *****e at the age of 15 and 16 so don’t be suprised and i’m 24 now so you figure out the year these kids are just getting faster and faster plus you don’t know that man sisuation or his mother so i’mma leave you with this mind it mind it.

chocolate barbie

1/2/09, 19:31:pm

stay the ***** up out my business my business cause these idiots all up in my ***** and it’s my business my business stay the ***** up out my business cause it’s mine oh mines!lol

big boss

1/2/09, 19:46:pm

I can’t even imagine having Dre as my dad…I’d be so high all the time I wouldn’t be able to see anything other than disco ***** and smoke

Yvonne

1/2/09, 19:47:pm

This is truly sad. My heart goes out to Dr. Dre and his family. No one wants to bury their child.

stuffbetweenmytoes

1/2/09, 20:04:pm

when did youngins start doing heroin. is this something happening on the West Coast. in any case, Im sorry for the family. also for travolta’s family.

mba

1/2/09, 20:07:pm

I knew it. It puts a new perspective on rapping about drugs and bragging about Chronic. Now, it has hit Dr. Dre’s home. I am sure he never thought about what his son was doing when he was not around. This is really sad.

Crazy ***** Rodney

1/2/09, 20:28:pm

Blame it on the Doctor!!!!

bapbarbie

1/2/09, 20:43:pm

I send my condolences out to the families of Dr Dre and John Travolta!!! I can only imagine what they’re going through. It’s heartbreaking!!

FallinPoet(Goals in '09... lose weight & get married lol... yea!!!)

1/2/09, 20:50:pm

thats pretty sad… thats why ppl no matter whether they are rich or poor famous or not they need to prioritize, and put their children first.

statim08

1/2/09, 21:21:pm

An untimely death is always a tragedy.

adiamondcenter

1/2/09, 21:59:pm

Wack whiteys filling the community with drugs ………..shame….. shame….go crystal meth huh crackers?????

Larry

1/2/09, 23:32:pm

HEY BURNT BARBIE I MEAN CHOCHOLATE BARBIE GOOD THING YOU GREW UP IN A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD THATS WHY YOU STILL ALIVE TRICK.

MIZZ PIMPIN

1/2/09, 23:42:pm

R.I.P

Creole Baby isa Cash Money Stunna on his 14th Summa

1/2/09, 23:55:pm

this is *****ed up yo. and his dad has everything to do with it.

Do he look white?

1/2/09, 23:55:pm

it ain’t what it seem just as bad but he was definitely popping ex. why else would he have both of those powerful *****s in his system not that its better but thats what that is!

terry

1/3/09, 00:11:am

how come the coroners always call it an accidental overdose? It’s not like they were there and the junky said,”Oh *****! I injected too much speed ball in my veins.” These mother*****ers are hooked. Heath Ledger’s death was ruled an accidental death too. But that term accidental suggest they didn’t mean to ***** themselves. which of course makes no sense, since they were doing drugs in the first place.

Ex

1/3/09, 00:27:am

pure and simple if you have a teen watch them everybody in the in crowd is getting crunk these days

betty boop

1/3/09, 01:00:am

this is crazy i even just fount out john travolta son died R.I.P

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Boss Lady

1/3/09, 02:08:am

You know I’m reading some of these comments and have to SMH because you people sound so ignorant and inconsiderate and judgemental and it’s horrible. Could you imagine going through something like this? This man buried his son and no matter what the reason, he is gone. For you to come on here and say something so cr***** really says alot about all of you. Don’t place the blame on anyone, everyone makes choices and he just chose to do the wrong thing and paid for it with his life. Skin color don’t matter. Black people smoke crack which is just as addictive as heroin too so don’t make *****umptions based on that. I just can’t believe the way some of ya’ll are sounding right now. It hurts my heart and I thought some of the Bossip posters would do better in this New Year. How foolish of me. May he rest in peace and I pray that Dre becomes a different man after this tragedy. To lose your child is the most heinous of events and I cannot even wrap my mind around losing even ONE of my babies, no matter what the cir*****stances. God bless him and his family.

Gloss n Glam

1/3/09, 02:25:am

Not surprise about Dre’s son . When you promote and glorify the use of drugs, even if you don’t sell it you are telling your kid what’s okay. you have an album called the chronic. what do you expect.

adiamondcenter

1/3/09, 02:28:am

Damn Whiteys

Redneck Rufus

1/3/09, 03:20:am

At least he didn’t o.d. off crack. Heroin and Morphine is a cl*****y white drug. That’s o.dying with dignity.

MizCatwalk20

1/3/09, 06:38:am

That’s horrible. Drugs are hitting teenagers and young adults (20-24) alot heavier than any other age limit. It’s scary,but at the same time it is was has been idolized and glorified by alot of the music that this particular age bracket listens to. My heart goes out ot him and his family. Some type of awarness needs to be put into major force to help kids know that there are other ways to enjoy yourself without being under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

!!CHASE CROSSE!!

1/3/09, 07:44:am

r.i.p young one

Abu

1/3/09, 07:53:am

rest in peace young one.

Manhattan

1/3/09, 08:20:am

Horrible story much like the one John Travolta is enduring…humm seems weird that these people are losing their 1st born sons so suddenly. Anna Nicole lost hers as well.

I wonder if these Holly weirdo-s are doing something diabolical?
Something from the book/movie ‘RoseMarie’s Baby’ like? I just wonder???

R.I.P young souls

me

1/3/09, 08:26:am

I’m cosigning what Boss Lady addressed it’s 2009 can we all please just start getting along and please can we start having more comp*****ion for one another in 2009, thank you.

Mouton Noir

1/3/09, 09:20:am

Damn man!!!

Tequila Is The New Kool Aid

1/3/09, 10:16:am

How in the world did this kid get his hands on morphine? Are they selling this out on the street now?

My condolences to the family anyway.

Flexxi

1/3/09, 13:16:pm

As a parent if your not home to wait on your kid and look them str8 in the eyes when they get home, well then, you fail as a parent.

Dr. Dre has the resourses and support and money to have got his child (adult child, your still a parent and have a responsiblity to save a human being) into some hardcore private detox centres in Israel and other countries that cure this disease successfully 100%.

Obviously if you don’t know about your child you can’t help them. He must have been so desperate to be loved that he didn’t want to be living no more.

It’s not an accident, he went hard untill he was dead.

Cali mom

1/3/09, 14:03:pm

Weed (sticky icky) still does a body good here in Southern Cali!!!!!!!!!

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stew

1/3/09, 15:20:pm

This horrible and one of my biggest fears for my son. Bless the family and please respect their privacy. God can heal allllll wounds.

posh

1/3/09, 18:46:pm

@ danny stfu loser! @ coonBYEyah, first of all that’s a stupid name to begin with. you’re talking about other people being racists and close minded. don’t be a hypocrite dumb *****.smh @ larry just spewing more ignorance out of your mouth you *****ing *****hole. i’ve live in a black neighborhood, my relatives all live in black neighborhoods and we’re all still alive. go ***** with your momma’s trick *****. i call ‘em like i see ‘em.

Kia

1/3/09, 20:49:pm

This is a HORRIBLE situation and an even worse picture of this young man. I’m not sure it is him based on other photos on the net. At least honor the young man with a happier picture that’s just disrespectful!

sweetness in your tea

1/4/09, 09:44:am

they said he just came back from parting with friends. when i was 16 parties werent something i was just coming back from 5 in the morning.how do you not know you kid is doing hardcore drugs? i dont want to critcize because im not at that level of parenting yet but i didnt have to end this way. it should have been made public before the day.

OneMic

1/4/09, 12:55:pm

RIP Young and Jett. May god bless their both families during this sad time.

HOnest

1/4/09, 15:19:pm

rich kids do drugs for a living and thats a fact

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1/4/09, 17:36:pm

About it

1/5/09, 00:11:am

Drugs are cyclical. Anyone who thinks heroin and morphine are “white drugs” were not around in the 1960s or 1970s. Those who were around wouldn’t go near it, but did go after crack. Those who were around when crack was king, wouldn’t go near it. Parents: get ahold of some old junkie movies for your kids, if you don’t see this nonsense when you are young, you will not be prepared as you age.

Thicka than a Snicka = FAT...Let's B Real

1/5/09, 01:58:am

The fucc? Who in the hell would do morphine? That’s the ***** the doc put you on so you can die without pain. Instead of suffering in your last moments…you feel no pain and die peacefully.
Morphine? Hell to the no…juss p***** me the rillo!

Thicka than a Snicka = FAT...Let's B Real

1/5/09, 01:59:am

Okay…I’ma juss put the ***** out there. With him dead…there’s one less ugly mahfucca on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TheGoodGood

1/5/09, 02:54:am

If only he’d made it into Detox I guess he inherited his procrastination from his Daddy

Anyway it’s sad but I don’t see that Dr. Dre was a good role model to his own son, his albums are all about drugs and have nothing constructive on them.. sure it may be weed but no one starts heroine without starting with a little toke

Sympathies to his mother

Roe ski Love

1/5/09, 09:33:am

Sometimes when people vent on Bossip, they spew hate, or misguided anger, making victoms out of the wrong people. Some stories should be read with comp*****ion in mind, not criticism.

Solider Of Truth!

1/5/09, 10:20:am

Damn I guess fame & fortune is not all it’s cracked up 2 be after all! Too much time in the studio, & on the road, trying to provide for your family can lead to less time with your children which could lead 2 them making 1 bad decision 2 many in life!! My prayers go out to the family!!