The owner of the RUSH a well known brand of poppers, Joe Miller (pictured beside former US President Bill Clinton), committed suicide on August 25. Miller was gay and lived in Indiana and made a fortune from the manufacture and distribution of poppers
Joe Miller was considered the world’s largest manufacturer of poppers with his headquarters based in Indianapolis.
You may recall reading about the story earlier this year about an Atlanta gay activist who died after using Poppers while he was on the prescription drug Levitra. It was reported by multiple news sources, Miller’s Great Lakes Products was illegally distributing RUSH as a recreational inhalant largely in the gay community, where it was sold in gay bars, adult video and novelty stores and over the Internet.
Read more on the story and background of the death of Joe Miller and the debates surrounding RUSH as reported at the all newly revamped JRLChartsOnline.com website.
Tags: Indiana, Poppers, suicide