Former Playboy Playmate Jennifer Lyn Jackson was found dead in her home by her husband. Authorities believe she overdosed on heroin. In recent years she was hit with multiple DUI arrests, possession of drugs and theft. In 2007 she was pulled over for driving erratically and was found with marijuana, in 2005 she was arrested for receiving stolen property. Her rap sheet reads like typical addict behavior.

From The Weekly Vice:

In the April 1989 Playboy article she was featured in, Jackson stated that her ambition was to “follow the golden road to success”.

Apparently, she went the wrong way because she had several run-ins with the law before her death, including charges for drunk-driving, disorderly conduct stemming from an intoxicated domestic disturbance in her home, and a charge of receiving stolen property that was later dropped when the victim failed to appear in court.

At one point, Jackson was arrested four times in a period of five years, and was ordered to undergo drug and alcohol treatment.

Police are now investigating who supplied Jackson with the drugs and believe it was someone close to the family

If drugs were legal of course this would have turned out better. She could have overdosed sooner.

There’s no such thing as harmless drug use. Drug use for most people is both an addiction or habit, and a coping mechanism. This is why addiction recovery programs produce so many smokers, because while they’re getting control of their addictions users lose the coping strategy they have used to deal with whatever pain or trauma drives them to get high.

Jennifer Lyn Jackson would have been better off dealing with her psychic scars rather than trying to forget about them.