[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by olecapt

I believe heroin at various times was a legitimate prescription drug...used to wean addicts off opium if I remeber correctly.

Again that is more a public policy decision.

And once upon a time Coca-Cola contained cocaine.

[tazz]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

Right, and it doesn't matter if he committed suicide or if it was an accident. What difference does it make? You're dead either way.

Right. The motive of a dead man without a suicide note is the sound of the wind.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

Uh, no. There's nothing even remotely hinting at drug potency in the two sentences you quoted.Seriously? I was lead to believe they were exactly the same. I read it on the intarweb.

So you agree that the schedules level has nothing to do with potency.

Then why bring it up?

[e.ortega]

Originally Posted by MomMom

Has anyone else heard this? It is being broadcast on the radio station I'm listening to..

Apparently he passed away in his sleep around 3am this morning. No other details are being given...

Very sad day

Coroner: Danny Gans died accidentally
By KEN RITTER – 3 hours ago

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' death was accidental, caused by a prescription painkiller, a coroner said Tuesday.
Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said an autopsy, toxicology and microscopic samples showed the 52-year-old Gans died from toxic levels of hydromorphone. The opiate drug, commonly marketed under the brand name Dilaudid, is used to treat chronic pain, which Gans suffered from, Murphy said.

Murphy said Gans had heart disease caused by high blood pressure — which makes the heart work overtime and left him more susceptible to heart irregularities. Gans also had a condition (polycythemia) that results in too many red blood cells, Murphy said. (The condition is the opposite of anemia.)

"Mr. Gans' health conditions placed him at greater risk for heart irregularities, and the hydromorphone was a factor in exacerbating those risks," Murphy said. "We clearly listed this as accidental."

Gans was found dead in bed at home in Henderson early May 1 after his wife, Julie, reported she couldn't rouse him.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

And once upon a time Coca-Cola contained cocaine.

And one could get alcohol poisining from hadachol.

So?

There are all sorts of interesting questions. They don't involve suicide but they do again ask the question of whether certain people are able to obtain drugs that would not be medically indicated because they want them.

And then the question of medical malpractice arises.

Or was one of the people perceived as very straight not so?

Interesting stuff.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by e.ortega

Coroner: Danny Gans died accidentally
By KEN RITTER – 3 hours ago

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' death was accidental, caused by a prescription painkiller, a coroner said Tuesday.
Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said an autopsy, toxicology and microscopic samples showed the 52-year-old Gans died from toxic levels of hydromorphone. The opiate drug, commonly marketed under the brand name Dilaudid, is used to treat chronic pain, which Gans suffered from, Murphy said.

Murphy said Gans had heart disease caused by high blood pressure — which makes the heart work overtime and left him more susceptible to heart irregularities. Gans also had a condition (polycythemia) that results in too many red blood cells, Murphy said. (The condition is the opposite of anemia.)

"Mr. Gans' health conditions placed him at greater risk for heart irregularities, and the hydromorphone was a factor in exacerbating those risks," Murphy said. "We clearly listed this as accidental."

Gans was found dead in bed at home in Henderson early May 1 after his wife, Julie, reported she couldn't rouse him.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Thanks for the "day late and dollar short" update.

[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by olecapt

So you agree that the schedules level has nothing to do with potency.

Then why bring it up?

That should be quite obvious by my previous post.

Originally Posted by tony soprano

Do you not see how the story takes a different turn when it's suggested that he died from complications with a drug that has no legitimate medical use versus one that is purposefully prescribed for chronic pain?

[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by olecapt

And one could get alcohol poisining from hadachol.

So?

And laundanum could be bought over the counter. Do you have a point here or are you simply reminiscing?

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

That should be quite obvious by my previous post.

And if he got it from a pharmacy with a prescription I agree with you.

If he did not it is simply another street drug. Interchangable with Heroin.

And that would be interesting to know.

[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by tazz

Right. The motive of a dead man without a suicide note is the sound of the wind.

Fortune cookie or is that your own?