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Old 04-24-2016, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by gerryann View Post
I disagree. I DO feel that he overdosed, but I think he accidentally (due to pain) took too many. We may never know for sure. The cost of the drugs that you mention is really not a big deal for him. You may not realize how extremely difficult it is to legitimately get these drugs WITH A SCRIPT. They are very hard to come by. I know a few folks that need Percocet or Vicodin or OxyContin. (For very legitimate reasons). Most of your regular pharmacies don't have them.
Well, so far the jury is out on what killed him. However, if he was illegally buying unprescribed opiods to the tune of $40K every 6 mos. without question he was a full blown druggie!
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