Coolio died of an accidental fentanyl overdose

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[–]BISH 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They're reporting this 7 months after the fact? I call bullshit.

He was speaking about the actually insanity of that Hollywood industry, and they knocked him off.

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https://youtu.be/Tw0_qHNRAEA

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Didn't he die of a heart attack though? I don't have any statistics handy at the moment, but that strikes me as an unusual outcome for an opioid overdose.

The coroner's report also listed "other specific conditions" including asthma, cardiomyopathy and phencyclidine use.

Cardiomyopathy refers to a range of problems with the heart muscle that make it more difficult to pump blood, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. It can cause heart failure and heart attacks.

Ya don't say...

He did seem to be taking some serious drugs so maybe thats to blame, but I'm not totally sure I'm buying this story. Why did this take 6 months to perform an autopsy?

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Synthetic opiates are nastier than their natural counterparts, fentanyl can cause heart attacks.

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Ah, OK, knew Fentanyl was really easy to OD on, didn't know it caused heart attacks, TIL

[–]carn0ld03 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

"Accidental," implies the act of consuming Fentanyl is somehow involuntary.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It is, a lot of drugs are contaminated with fentanyl purposely at some point in the black market chain, cause a kilo of fent is only 3 grand and equals out to be a bazillion doses equal to a fuckload's worth of expensive ass heroin. And it makes shitty stepped on drugs seem better, cheaply.

Was better when docs would just prescribe Oxy's, less people died. Those synthetic opiates are hard on the system too, all around.

[–]carn0ld03 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's the thing. Most entertainers and high income consumers buy kilos of refined cocaine and opium weekly, not the processed residue stuff sold to us plebes on the street in baggies. They have direct access to both narcotic and pharmaceutical producers. Killing a few plebe level users might create a spike in sales for a street dealer, but I don't imagine it benefiting the people who supply high income buyers.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A number of celebrities have died now of unintentional fent overdoses, I don't think their stuff is necessarily clean either.

[–]carn0ld03 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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