Did George Michael also OD? I thought this kind of crazy drug use has been out of fashion among celebrities for the past 20 years.
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Did George Michael also OD? I thought this kind of crazy drug use has been out of fashion among celebrities for the past 20 years.
I heard the news they’re talking about heart problems. If it was an OD it was from 20 or so years ago finally catching up with him.
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I thought you were the greatest authority on drugs in the Midwest, Clarissa.
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Ah, I forgot for a moment that you had an intense reaction to the word “drugs.”
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Opioid OD doesn’t cause heart attacks, they kill by repressing the breathing center in the brain. Cocaine and meth, OTOH, having cardio stimulating properties, can cause heart attacks or strokes from an OD, while it’s impossible to OD from cannabis, but some of the synthetic variants can and do mess up people psychologically as well as physiologically.
Any questions?
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We only know it’s a heart attack because that’s what the family says. I know nothing about these people to trust them.
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I doubt they would risk committing perjury, if push comes to shove:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner
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Yes well that is really the thing to focus one!
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I’m not a fan. And fans need to remember that there are many people who are entirely indifferent to their idol.
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I was never a fan either but It’s still sad to see someone die that young.
My impression was that he wasn’t very happy (but that might be prejudice – IME most performers aren’t especially hapy people).
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All they’ve said thus far is that the cause of death was heart failure. What brought that about is unknown. Where the entertainment industry is concerned, there’s always an unstated assumption about behaviors that are common that might have caused this. However, he had not toured recently. There were rumors of a “comeback tour” that were quashed back in February. So I’m wondering if this was a long term condition about which the family kept quiet.
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