[olecapt]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

This just in - cocaine is not made of snow, marijuana is not really a weed, heroin is not made of horses, etc. Maybe have one of the neighborhood kids expain this phenomena to you.I don't think anyone has disputed he's dead.

Given your behavior over the past couple of days you are very liikely to...

[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Given your behavior over the past couple of days you are very liikely to...

I might just overdose on pharmaceutical heroin

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

I might just overdose on pharmaceutical heroin

Actually you are more likely to choke on you own ego.

[sheriff]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

I'm sure the Clark County Coroner's office appreciated your valuable input.What has me argumentative is people who don't know what they're talking about presenting inaccurate information as fact. An opiate overdose is an opiate overdose makes no distinction between opiates. Ignorance is bliss.

No overdose, or drug abuse in this case---dilaudid was the culprit---not Gans. It came in a clean, amber bottle from some pharmacy---what a terrible reaction to an acceptable form of medication. Gans probably had sub-standard health care, and was victim of a greedy pharmacy.

[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Actually you are more likely to choke on you own ego.

I love those things! My favorites are the Nutrigrain blueberry ones! Wait. What?

[tony soprano]

Originally Posted by sheriff

No overdose, or drug abuse in this case---dilaudid was the culprit---not Gans. It came in a clean, amber bottle from some pharmacy---what a terrible reaction to an acceptable form of medication. Gans probably had sub-standard health care, and was victim of a greedy pharmacy.

Well, quite obviously he was a druggie if he overdosed from pharmaceutical heroin. How in the world the coroner and medical examiner maintain that this is not a case of drug abuse is beyond me. You are in touch with them, right?

[sheriff]

While I'm not an MD, if Gans could perform on a regular basis, and play golf, he was not a good canidate for dilaudid. Short, intense pain, such as passing a kidney stone, etc., was not Gans' problem, addiction was.

[sheriff]

Does a toxicology report determine the SOURCE of a morphine poisoning? Do they establish if morphine, opium, dilaudid, heroin, etc. is the drug that was ingested?

[tony soprano]

Another hack who has obviously been duped-

Alan Barbour, a forensic toxicology consultant in Fresno, Calif., said Gans' existing medical conditions could have made him less tolerant of the painkiller. "A debilitated patient can be pushed over the edge by drug levels that wouldn't necessarily be harmful for someone in good health," he said.

What do those forensic toxicologists know anyway?

[sheriff]

Originally Posted by tony soprano

Another hack who has obviously been duped-What do those forensic toxicologists know anyway?

There is no doubt, Gans used dilaudid sparingly, and existing medical conditions were the cause of a severe reaction to this drug, 20 times stronger than morphine. Any MD who prescribes this drug would surely not consider existing health issues. What a shame this medical error could occur to the average citizen.