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DRUGS FOUND?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY CALL IT AN ACUTE MIXED DRUG
INTOXICATION AND THE DRUGS THAT
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE
***, ***, AMPHETAMINES
AND BENZODIAZAPINES.
THEY CALLED IT THIS MIXED
INTOXICATION.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE
AMOUNT OF THE SUBSTANCES IN
SOMEONE'S BODY BUT IN
COMBINATION, THESE DRUGS COULD
EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF DEATH AND
THAT'S HOW THEY ARRIVE AT THIS.
>> WE KNEW ABOUT AND WE'VE BEEN
REPORTING ON THE ***
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS
FOUND AROUND HIM.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> BUT WHEN I HEAR *** AND I
HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER
ANTI-ANXIETY DRUGS, YOU WERE
TELLING ME WHAT WAS INTERESTING,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE WAS
DOING IT ALL AT ONCE.
>> YES.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
YOU CAN CHECK LEVELS OF DRUGS
AND YOU CAN GET SOME ROUGH IDEA
ABOUT WHEN IT WAS TAKEN BUT YOU
CAN'T ASSUME THAT SOMEONE TOOK
ALL OF THESE THINGS AT THE SAME
TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY CAN
HAVE COUNTERACTING EFFECTS,
BENZOS ARE MORE OF A SEDATIVE
TYPE OF DRUG AND AMPHETAMINES
ARE STIMULANT-TYPE DRUGS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THEY ARE
REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
COULD THIS COMBINATION IN SOME
WAY HAVE AFFECTED HIS BRAIN IN A
WAY THAT HE WOULD STOP
BREATHING.
THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT OVERDOSE
DEATHS REALLY MEAN.
IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY IS AWAKE,
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONSCIOUSLY
THINK ABOUT BREATHING AND
BREATHE.
WHEN THEY GO TO SLEEP OR PASS
OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENS.
>> ISN'T IT PART OF THE ISSUE,
AND I'M SURE YOU'VE DONE THE
REPORTING ON THE DEADLY
COMBINATION OF DRUGS, RIGHT,
IT'S ONE THING TO DO *** AND
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER IT WAS FENTANYL-LACED
DRUGS.
>> IT WASN'T.
EVEN THE NARCOTIC MEDICATIONS
THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHEN PEOPLE
TAKE THESE THINGS MORE FRO
CHRONICALLY, THEY TAKE MORE AND
MORE OF IT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
GETTING THE SAME EFFECT.
DESPITE WHETHER THEY ARE NOT
GETTING THE SAME EFFECT, IT CAN
STILL SUPPRESS THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM.
IT IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO
BREATHE AND THAT'S THE REAL
PROBLEM.
IT'S CALLED STACKING.
YOU CAN STACK THE SAME DRUG TOO
CLOSE TOGETHER OR YOU CAN STACK
OTHER DRUGS, ONE ON TOP OF THE
OTHER, AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GET
IN TROUBLE.
THEY DO CALL IT ACCIDENTAL DEATH