phxspurfan
08-30-2019, 04:23 PM
First World Problems. All these upper/middle class (usually middle American) whities dying of ODing on pain killers
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/30/health/tyler-skaggs-autopsy-opioids-death/index.html
'No hesitation in calling this a drug death'
Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, a professor of forensic science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the cause of death was aspiration, but "that was secondary to the overdose" from drugs and alcohol.
"Fentanyl, especially, is a very potent central nervous system depressant," said Kobilinsky, who was not involved in Skaggs' case.
"There's no hesitation in calling this a drug death," said Dr. Cyril Wecht, a prominent forensic pathologist who was not involved in Skaggs' case. "The level is significantly high for fentanyl ... That is a level above which cases of fatality have been reported and then the alcohol level was not insignificant."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/30/health/tyler-skaggs-autopsy-opioids-death/index.html
'No hesitation in calling this a drug death'
Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, a professor of forensic science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the cause of death was aspiration, but "that was secondary to the overdose" from drugs and alcohol.
"Fentanyl, especially, is a very potent central nervous system depressant," said Kobilinsky, who was not involved in Skaggs' case.
"There's no hesitation in calling this a drug death," said Dr. Cyril Wecht, a prominent forensic pathologist who was not involved in Skaggs' case. "The level is significantly high for fentanyl ... That is a level above which cases of fatality have been reported and then the alcohol level was not insignificant."