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Anonymous wrote:1. He wrecked his hips by wearing platforms 24/7.

2. He refused hip replacement surgery for bizarre religious reasons.

3. He became addicted to dangerous pain meds, and used crazy pain meds to self medicate. (Doctors do not prescribe dilaudid and fentanyl...those are administered in the hospital under watch.)

4. He died. We aren't exactly sure why yet, but we can guess.

This is what we know. And this is what I'm explaining to my kids as they ask questions. Ignoring the addiction teaches kids that addiction is shameful and shouldn't be discussed. It teaches them to hide it.

When you say, "Let's not tarnish his reputation," you are fostering the harmful notion that addiction is shameful and should be hidden. Bad move.

Wow. You actually don't KNOW any of the above. Why don't you wait before you make statements as facts.

It's all over the media. You can choose to keep your head in the sand if you prefer. He nearly overdosed a couple weeks ago. The flu thing was a cover. He could not have performed that night (we've seen the video) if he had the flu. You don't make an emergency landing for the early hours/stages of the flu. And he obviously wasn't in the throes of influenza when he performed. It's been leaked that he needed the narcon shot.

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Anonymous wrote:Combining the overdose the prior week with the blind item about AIDS, I speculate that Prince's fatal overdose is because of his weakened system, not that he was addicted to opiates per se. The doses may have been high but not fatal to someone with a healthy immune system. I think it was just a matter of time until the disease caught up with him.

Perhaps. But only addicts take dilaudid and fentanyl. And they buy it on the street or pay a doctor with no ethics for the scrips. Nobody prescribes those drugs; they're administered to addicts in the hospital under observation.

What the hell are you talking about. He OD'd on Percocet. I haven't seen any mention of Dilaudid or fentanyl in connection with Prince. Are you thinking MJ?

Lots of coverage on dilaudid and fentanyl related to prince.

Do you know how much Percocet you'd need to take to od? If it were only Percocet, then the preliminary report would not have suggested it was accidental---because he would have taken more than a fistful to od. He mixed it with something else...and that's what the toxicology report will show.

And in that case, it might have been a suspected suicide?

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Anonymous wrote:Combining the overdose the prior week with the blind item about AIDS, I speculate that Prince's fatal overdose is because of his weakened system, not that he was addicted to opiates per se. The doses may have been high but not fatal to someone with a healthy immune system. I think it was just a matter of time until the disease caught up with him.

Perhaps. But only addicts take dilaudid and fentanyl. And they buy it on the street or pay a doctor with no ethics for the scrips. Nobody prescribes those drugs; they're administered to addicts in the hospital under observation.

What the hell are you talking about. He OD'd on Percocet. I haven't seen any mention of Dilaudid or fentanyl in connection with Prince. Are you thinking MJ?

Lots of coverage on dilaudid and fentanyl related to prince.

Do you know how much Percocet you'd need to take to od? If it were only Percocet, then the preliminary report would not have suggested it was accidental---because he would have taken more than a fistful to od. He mixed it with something else...and that's what the toxicology report will show.

Anonymous wrote:I landed in the Er a few weeks ago with vertigo and instead of being sent for MRIs and actually being helped I was thrown Valium after I said I didn't want to take it. At that point in time i finally understood how people get hooked. You have a problem you need help with but instead you are given pills that take you out of your sucky reality. It's frustrating.

Anonymous wrote:Anybody can die from an overdose of oxy/Percocet/heroin. They are a version of morphine that can stop breathing. The real problem is that ALL drugs should be used only for medical purposes when absolutely needed and under the care of a dr. Some people have severe chronic pain and have to resort to the use of strong medication but they need to be monitored. But for all the healthy people in the world they should stay away from ALL drugs. Drugs should not be used recreationally. Please warn your kids. Once they cross the line with alcohol or pot they are far more likely to cross the next line with oxy that leads to heroin. Heroin is killing people everywhere because it is a huge business coming in from Mexico.

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Doesn't everyone know he was a drug addict?

No, nor did you.

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Doesn't everyone know he was a drug addict?

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Anonymous wrote:Combining the overdose the prior week with the blind item about AIDS, I speculate that Prince's fatal overdose is because of his weakened system, not that he was addicted to opiates per se. The doses may have been high but not fatal to someone with a healthy immune system. I think it was just a matter of time until the disease caught up with him.

Perhaps. But only addicts take dilaudid and fentanyl. And they buy it on the street or pay a doctor with no ethics for the scrips. Nobody prescribes those drugs; they're administered to addicts in the hospital under observation.

What the hell are you talking about. He OD'd on Percocet. I haven't seen any mention of Dilaudid or fentanyl in connection with Prince. Are you thinking MJ?

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Anonymous wrote:Combining the overdose the prior week with the blind item about AIDS, I speculate that Prince's fatal overdose is because of his weakened system, not that he was addicted to opiates per se. The doses may have been high but not fatal to someone with a healthy immune system. I think it was just a matter of time until the disease caught up with him.

Perhaps. But only addicts take dilaudid and fentanyl. And they buy it on the street or pay a doctor with no ethics for the scrips. Nobody prescribes those drugs; they're administered to addicts in the hospital under observation.

Anonymous wrote:Combining the overdose the prior week with the blind item about AIDS, I speculate that Prince's fatal overdose is because of his weakened system, not that he was addicted to opiates per se. The doses may have been high but not fatal to someone with a healthy immune system. I think it was just a matter of time until the disease caught up with him.