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To put things in perspective, I believe that during the year that Len Bias died, 800 people died in the same way.
That sounds like a large number, but at the same time there were probably about 50,000 auto deaths, 700,000 heart disease deaths, 70,000 Alzheimer's deaths, etc. 800 is a tiny number.
Furthermore, Mr. Bias' death was probably caused by these attitudes about drugs and athletes. He went through three heart seizures before his friends called for help... probably because everyone felt his ball-playing future was on the line. If he'd gotten help sooner he probably would have survived.
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