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Title: Prince died...
Post by: St. Theresa on April 23, 2016, 10:53:48 AM
Prince died yesterday.  Thought there would be a thread about this here. Weird. I searched ...if there is one I don't see it anyway. Guy was fucking amazing.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-warns-young-artists-record-contracts-are-slavery-20150809

Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Guts on April 23, 2016, 11:18:52 AM
Do they know what it was yet? I'm hearing rumors of opiate overdose.

Rest in Purple.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Esoteric Anhydride on April 23, 2016, 01:07:15 PM
TMZ is sure making it sound like an opioid od.

wow.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: thetalkingasshole on April 23, 2016, 02:03:16 PM
raspberry beret is pretty good
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Taytoechip on April 23, 2016, 04:45:02 PM
"Prince overdosed on painkillers for a hip problem days six days before his death, sources close to the pop superstar have claimed. The 57-year-old, who died yesterday, took so many Percocet pills that he had to be given a 'save shot'"

savveeeeeeeeeee shotttttttttt

but i'm also going to assume it was drug related.
Also i've said it for years, DONT PUT ELEVATORS IN YOUR HOUSE
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Wildcat on April 23, 2016, 05:37:45 PM
"This is what it sounds like when doves cry"
...
Loved that guy...tremendous loss.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: thetalkingasshole on April 23, 2016, 06:26:18 PM
For the record I saw on cnn, and then immediately after on foxnews
two different medical examiners saying it has to be an oxycodone overdose
well, the one on cnn blamed oxycodone and "acet-minphen"
You know, perc30s
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: neighbor on April 24, 2016, 02:38:06 AM
man, what a kick in the balls. so talented. some of the reports certainly make it seem like drugs were involved, but now that I re-read about his last few days, and the reports of him looking sickly and pale, it wouldnt surprise me at all to hear he was battling something heavy.

I know he'd had some health complications as a result of him being Jehovahs Witness, hed needed hip surgery for years but witnesses generally dont allow surgery, I just hope that had nothing to do with it.  It sounds like his health dropped really fast whatever it was.

Im hoping its not drugs. If it is, and Chyna's toxicology report also comes back positive, which certainly seems to be the case, its going to be another patented 4-month-long cnn episode on drug hysteria, with Dr Drew's face thrown onto the tv screen every single night, giving us the skinny on everything there is to know about celebrity addiction.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: CARNi on April 24, 2016, 04:11:35 AM
@neighbor  - Well said my friend! My thoughts exactly...  :-\
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: puppy on April 24, 2016, 02:33:16 PM
It's not that they don't allow surgery...it's an issue with blood transfusions...and hip replacement isn't exactly a bloodless surgery...but he could have donated his own blood for surgery...they can have certain blood components...anyhoo they have many rules about it...
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: neighbor on April 24, 2016, 02:51:17 PM
thats it, blood transfusions. I was trying to paraphrase an article I read awhile back and completely forgot the reason for their choice not to.

I've personally known only 2 jehovah's witnesses. one was a friend in middle school. he was a really nice kid but seemed really let down by how strict his family was about parties and gifts. she approached me for giving him a birthday gift years ago and returned it to me. I felt awful about it.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Taytoechip on April 24, 2016, 03:10:22 PM
If there is any truth to be found in this story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555292/Prince-s-former-drug-dealer-reveals-extent-addiction.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555292/Prince-s-former-drug-dealer-reveals-extent-addiction.html)

Then i believe the ACTUAL story here is not that he died, but that he was still alive.
We have lost a lot of people to a lot less ya know. Personally? nipnip. I'm out by age 25 if i'm packin a stash like that.
But whatever, i've never claimed to be the sensitive type
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: neighbor on April 24, 2016, 04:10:29 PM
sounds legit. he's got a photo of a pill bottle and fent patch. the pill bottle undoubtedly used for the heroin- based painkiller Dilaudid
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: neighbor on April 24, 2016, 05:50:54 PM
I didn't even know it was reported he overdosed on percocet a few days before he died. cited as the reason for his emergency plane landing. not sure how much faith I'd put in the source though. really hoping this one is bullshit. fucking percocet really
http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/22/prince-od-percocet-death/#ixzz46gicwDLH

"Sources in Moline, Illinois tell TMZ, Prince's entourage told responders he had taken the painkiller after his Atlanta concert which triggered the emergency."

fortunately thats not even remotely credible

if this news wasnt horrible enough already, it certainly adds a layer of frustration when the only sources for anything about his recent drug use are tabloids, and they dont use any information from medical personnel, or anyone else directly involved.

I really, really dont want to believe he od'd but until the tox report or another reliable source says otherwise, its looking like yet another painful premature death from drugs. I have almost no faith left whatsoever that this scenario will substantially improve during my lifetime.

Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: puppy on April 24, 2016, 05:57:19 PM
What happened to the reports he had been suffering from the flu and dehydration? Sigh...
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: neighbor on April 24, 2016, 06:09:30 PM
someone representing him has been saying for weeks thats the reason he's missed the concert dates, but I dont know if anything confirming he had the flu has been released

   last time he was in the hospital was when he made the emergency plane landing. he was only there 3 hours. since he died not long afterwards, privacy laws make it really difficult to get any solid information about happened.
 
 which is unfortunate because as a result of no reliable information being released, all you are left with is tabloid journalism
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Guts on April 24, 2016, 06:10:25 PM
@neighbor

Just curious, but why do you really not want to believe it was am OD?

Also, you said you don't believe this scenario will change... meaning legalization? If so, do you think that would've made a difference? I mean, he was using pharmaceuticals so they were pure drugs and he knew the dosages...
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: neighbor on April 24, 2016, 06:29:00 PM
I liked david bowie just as much if not more than Prince, and it was awful news hearing he died, but it's been more upsetting with Prince's death. Maybe it's because of the OD, I really dont know. But I'd simply prefer if he didn't die from something as preventable as an overdose.

I wasn't referring to anything as particular as drug laws being the reason for his death. When I said scenario I was just talking about the sheer number of early deaths from drug overdose

as much as Id like to not say that, personally it's hard to deny

and of course it would have made a difference if these drugs were decriminalized. I just don't know what that difference is.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Taytoechip on April 24, 2016, 07:48:59 PM
I think its safe to say that we've all moved past the tabloid stage as far as the whole "flu or Overdose hospital stay (Or lack there of)" Afterall, When mega clebs who are not all out in the open with their drug problems are hospitalized for said drug problems, its SOP to cite flu/ect. I mean drugs are awesome, opiates are obviously one of the best. When you have more money than jesus (the fuck do people say that for, or is it more money than god? either way, i dont think either of those dudes, or dudettes?? ahh think about that. [/badfamilyguyquote] had any coin, let alone a large amount to be compared with) then why the fuck not do them.
But yeah, hospital narcan?

Theres also the photos of his "last days" or whatever. of multiple pharmacy visits.
The EMT discussions of having narcan at his house, but not using it. I'm sure its all relevant. and we'll prolly get some long half truth eventually. Maybe even a sliver of toxicology reports in a few months. But other than to fill that burning empty pit of WHAT/WHY/HOW what is it really going to do? People die from drugs. Either from doing things to try to get drugs, doing drugs, or doing shit while on drugs. It happened today, it happened yesterday, and it will sure as fuck happen tomorrow. Lets all just try to avoid any of that anytime soon.
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Esoteric Anhydride on April 25, 2016, 02:04:41 PM
The article on Thedailymail paints an interesting picture. Sudden un-expected med switch -> Tylenol poisoning?

If that one pans out, man, they're gonna have to re-define the word "suck."

I could see it, little guy like him probably got a little tiny liver, too.

Imagine Prince as a direct casualty of the WoD.



Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Chip on April 26, 2016, 05:42:09 AM
my local paper says: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/prince-was-perfectly-healthy-and-never-took-drugs-says-cousin-20160425-goe0nv.html (http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/prince-was-perfectly-healthy-and-never-took-drugs-says-cousin-20160425-goe0nv.html)
Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: DeadCat on April 26, 2016, 06:39:29 PM
Until the autopsy is complete all there is is speculation.

One thing though, if he was regualrly taking Dilaudid and Fentanyl he didn't OD from Percocet but perhaps the acetominphine in it

Title: Re: Prince died...
Post by: Taytoechip on April 26, 2016, 11:11:00 PM
my local paper says: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/prince-was-perfectly-healthy-and-never-took-drugs-says-cousin-20160425-goe0nv.html (http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/prince-was-perfectly-healthy-and-never-took-drugs-says-cousin-20160425-goe0nv.html)
well thats just silly
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