You'd think he would have been one of the rebels who fought against this crap. I was just watching a video of Prince and I never gave him credit for being a hero. He actually had parties of his own after Diddy started the party scene. Prince stayed away from Diddy. Prince's parties were young entertainers only, no production people. They shared ideas and he taught them what to watch out for, and he warned them to stay away from Diddy parties. He was killed for that.
Agreed. Prince is my all-time favorite musician. I can't think of anyone who had his range, drive, mastered as many instruments as he did, wrote so many songs for other people that were absolute hits, and put a religious element into his songs after he woke up. He stopped playing certain songs after a point, like Darling Nikki, and even changed "The Cross" to "The Christ". I heard he was a Jehovah's Witness and went door-to-door just like the rest of them had to do. Can you imagine him showing up at your door?
I don't know if he was killed though. After all of the years of him doing the crazy dance moves and wearing the costumes with his purple high heels he developed really bad arthritis with back, neck, and knee pain and was on opioids prescribed by his doctor. In the end I heard he wasn't prescribed enough to quell his pain so he "got help" getting more (kinda like Elvis did). The difference is - fentanyl exists now. If he stopped performing and got the surgeries he clearly needed his performing career would've ended. It ultimately did anyway, but I don't think he expected the reason to be a fentanyl overdose.
I blame the doctors and the government for restricting opioids because of the risks of overdose. The doctors clearly knew he needed more or stronger pills simply by looking at his x-rays and MRIs. The doctors are terrified of losing their licenses now if they even prescribe any opioids so people that have severe pain look for meds elsewhere. I remember in the late '90s and early 2000s my doctor would call in vicodin for me any time I needed it. If Flexeril and Motrin wouldn't work I'd take my vicodin and it would always take the edge off my pain so the Flexeril could work again. I did this for 5 or 6 years until I finally found out I had multiple herniated discs in my neck that were causing the pain, and got the surgery.
I could've ended up like Prince if my doctor didn't prescribe me those pills. I always took the lowest dose, wasn't addicted to them, and didn't take them again for a good 10 years until I had my coccyx (tailbone) cut out from another old military injury. I took them for about a week - as many as I wanted - and was done. I had extenuating circumstances though, which included taking 2 flights twice a week (2 hrs each) to get to my job across the country. It took me 8 pills to get there on Monday, broken out every couple of hours - but only 2 total to get home on Friday. The next Monday I had them with me just in case but didn't need any the whole week. It's impossible to find a doctor that would even consider that anymore - hence the overdoses.
The doctors freely gave the vicodin knowing the dangers of addiction. Then the people who got addicted sometimes went for the cheaper drug, heroin. The drug and medical communities knew the dangers, and it was all orchestrated.
Same here. I didn’t think Willie was one of them, but it is what it is.
You'd think he would have been one of the rebels who fought against this crap. I was just watching a video of Prince and I never gave him credit for being a hero. He actually had parties of his own after Diddy started the party scene. Prince stayed away from Diddy. Prince's parties were young entertainers only, no production people. They shared ideas and he taught them what to watch out for, and he warned them to stay away from Diddy parties. He was killed for that.
Agreed. Prince is my all-time favorite musician. I can't think of anyone who had his range, drive, mastered as many instruments as he did, wrote so many songs for other people that were absolute hits, and put a religious element into his songs after he woke up. He stopped playing certain songs after a point, like Darling Nikki, and even changed "The Cross" to "The Christ". I heard he was a Jehovah's Witness and went door-to-door just like the rest of them had to do. Can you imagine him showing up at your door?
I don't know if he was killed though. After all of the years of him doing the crazy dance moves and wearing the costumes with his purple high heels he developed really bad arthritis with back, neck, and knee pain and was on opioids prescribed by his doctor. In the end I heard he wasn't prescribed enough to quell his pain so he "got help" getting more (kinda like Elvis did). The difference is - fentanyl exists now. If he stopped performing and got the surgeries he clearly needed his performing career would've ended. It ultimately did anyway, but I don't think he expected the reason to be a fentanyl overdose.
I blame the doctors and the government for restricting opioids because of the risks of overdose. The doctors clearly knew he needed more or stronger pills simply by looking at his x-rays and MRIs. The doctors are terrified of losing their licenses now if they even prescribe any opioids so people that have severe pain look for meds elsewhere. I remember in the late '90s and early 2000s my doctor would call in vicodin for me any time I needed it. If Flexeril and Motrin wouldn't work I'd take my vicodin and it would always take the edge off my pain so the Flexeril could work again. I did this for 5 or 6 years until I finally found out I had multiple herniated discs in my neck that were causing the pain, and got the surgery.
I could've ended up like Prince if my doctor didn't prescribe me those pills. I always took the lowest dose, wasn't addicted to them, and didn't take them again for a good 10 years until I had my coccyx (tailbone) cut out from another old military injury. I took them for about a week - as many as I wanted - and was done. I had extenuating circumstances though, which included taking 2 flights twice a week (2 hrs each) to get to my job across the country. It took me 8 pills to get there on Monday, broken out every couple of hours - but only 2 total to get home on Friday. The next Monday I had them with me just in case but didn't need any the whole week. It's impossible to find a doctor that would even consider that anymore - hence the overdoses.
The doctors freely gave the vicodin knowing the dangers of addiction. Then the people who got addicted sometimes went for the cheaper drug, heroin. The drug and medical communities knew the dangers, and it was all orchestrated.