{"id":3518,"date":"2016-06-20T21:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T03:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2022-01-18T19:26:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T01:26:28","slug":"fentanyl-overdose-killed-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/fentanyl-overdose-killed-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"fentanyl: an accidental overdose killed prince"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>music\u00a0fans have been <strong><em>mourning<\/em><\/strong> (showing sadness and respect for) the passing\u00a0of legendary songwriter and performer <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">prince<\/span><\/strong> who died unexpectedly on april 21. \u00a0the cause of death has been reported as an accidental <em>overdose<\/em> of the <em>painkiller<\/em> <strong>fentanyl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3586\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/gettyimages-523084034-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"fans mourning prince's death\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/gettyimages-523084034-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/gettyimages-523084034-600x452.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/gettyimages-523084034-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/gettyimages-523084034.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>fans mourning prince&#8217;s death (robyn beck\/afp\/getty images)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>but as <strong>dariel figueroa<\/strong> on <strong>uproxx.com<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/prince-afterlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>questions still <em>abound<\/em>. did he get these drugs\u00a0<em>legally<\/em>? <em>illegally<\/em>? what kind of <em>pain<\/em> was he <em>numbing<\/em>? some information has <em>trickled out<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>abound<\/strong><\/em> means <em>there are a lot<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>pain<\/strong><\/em> is <em>discomfort<\/em> or <em>suffering<\/em>. \u00a0<strong><em>painkillers<\/em><\/strong> are produced to stop the pain. <em><strong>trickle out<\/strong><\/em> means the public has slowly learned the details of prince&#8217;s demise. \u00a0also notice the small difference between <em><strong>illegally<\/strong><\/em> (against the law) and <strong><em>legally<\/em> <\/strong>(NOT against the law).<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3589\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"a cat drinking from a trinkle of water\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kitty-trickle-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a kitty drinking from a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">trickle<\/span> of water (wallpaperbeta.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>numb<\/strong><\/em> in this context is an action that means <em>remove feeling<\/em>. \u00a0it is a sensation that is often addressed in popular music. \u00a0<strong>pink floyd<\/strong> has a track titled <strong><em>comfortably numb<\/em><\/strong>, and artists including <strong>u2<\/strong>, <strong>usher<\/strong>, <strong>linkin park ft. (featuring)\u00a0jay-z<\/strong>, <strong>nick jonas ft.\u00a0angel haze<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>rihanna ft. eminem<\/strong> have songs\u00a0named <em><strong>numb<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0the chorus of this <strong>cassie<\/strong> vid <strong>featuring rick ross<\/strong> says<\/p>\n<h4>i make music to <em>numb<\/em> your brain<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cassie - Numb ft. Rick Ross (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZO_YmLbHTc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun english practice\u00a0<span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-smile\" title=\":)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=940\" alt=\":)\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/><\/span>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>one of the details about prince&#8217;s death that has <em>trickled out<\/em> is that 6 days before, returning to his home in minnesota after a concert in atlanta<\/p>\n<h4>prince\u2019s plane had to be <em>grounded<\/em> when the musician became unresponsive, the cause of which has been attributed to an overdose of <em>pain<\/em> medication.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/grinding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>ground<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>in reference to a plane usually indicates that\u00a0flying is <em>prohibited<\/em>. \u00a0in this case it\u00a0means <em>brought to the ground<\/em>. many media outlets called what happened \u00a0an <em>emergency <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/landing-punches-several-other-landings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landing<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3604\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"prince playing the super bowl\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-super-bowl.jpg 1401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>prince playing at super bowl xli<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>figueroa explains that<\/p>\n<h4>addiction to fentanyl <em>mirrors<\/em> other painkiller addictions: it\u00a0starts with a prescription,\u00a0then users increase their\u00a0<em>dosages<\/em> and\/or change their ingestion methods.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>mirror,<\/strong><\/em> used as a verb here, means they are <em>similar<\/em>. <em><strong>dosage<\/strong><\/em> is <em>the quantity of a drug prescribed<\/em>. an <em><strong>overdose<\/strong><\/em> is <em>too much of the drug<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3582\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-mirror-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"prince looking into a mirror\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-mirror-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-mirror-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-mirror-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-mirror.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>prince looking in a mirror, taking a selfie (facebook)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>the article also observes<\/p>\n<h4>[pharmaceutical]\u00a0fentanyl is very hard to <em>get a hold of<\/em> \u2014 only\u00a0seen on the streets <em>due to<\/em> someone <em>smuggling<\/em> it out of a medical facility. most of the fentanyl in circulation\u00a0is of the <em>clandestine<\/em> variety, and it\u2019s almost always\u00a0<em>mixed<\/em> with heroin to increase the potency of the heroin.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>get a hold of<\/strong><\/em> means <em>obtain<\/em>. <strong><em>due to<\/em><\/strong> is the same as <em>becuase of<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>smuggle<\/strong> <\/em>is to <em>move something from one location to antoher undetected<\/em>. <em><strong>clandestine<\/strong><\/em> is <em>underground<\/em>, not out in the open; in this instance a street version of pharmaceutical fentanyl. <em><strong>mix<\/strong><\/em> means <em>combine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3602\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-purple-rain-180090-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"prince on his motorcycle in 'purple rain'\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-purple-rain-180090-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-purple-rain-180090-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-purple-rain-180090-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/prince-purple-rain-180090.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>&#8216;i never meant to cause u any <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pain<\/span>&#8216; from the song <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">purple rain<\/span><\/strong> is one of prince&#8217;s most famous lyrics<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>david ng<\/strong>&#8216;s story on the <strong>los angeles times<\/strong> website <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/heroin-on-steroids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provides more info and opinion<\/a> about\u00a0fentanyl. in the article,\u00a0addiction coach <strong>dr. cali estes<\/strong>\u00a0suggests<\/p>\n<h4>think of fentanyl as legal heroin <em>on steroids<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>on steroids<\/strong><\/em> is a fashionable, overused expression used to say <em>stronger<\/em> or <em>more intense<\/em>. other reports say that fentanyl is 25 to 50% stronger than heroin.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3588\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fentanyl-166x300.png\" alt=\"fentanyl\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fentanyl-166x300.png 166w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fentanyl-83x150.png 83w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fentanyl.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">heroin on steroids<\/span>, aka fentanyl<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>estes also shares that<\/p>\n<h4>the way <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most<\/span> people describe [the high is like]\u00a0lying in a bed of roses, having sex and eating a cheeseburger at the same time.<\/h4>\n<p>i&#8217;m very skeptical that is how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> people describe the feeling of being on fentanyl. probably that is a description dr. estes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wardrobe-malfunction-justin-timberlake-at-the-super-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>came up with<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (created) herself based on what fentanyl users have told her.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3584 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/princegraphicnewkstp-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"prince 1958-2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/princegraphicnewkstp-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/princegraphicnewkstp-638x360.jpg 638w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/princegraphicnewkstp-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/princegraphicnewkstp-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/princegraphicnewkstp.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>prince is part of a trend that the u.s. government has recognized. \u00a0ng informs that 700 fentanyl related deaths were reported in 2013-14. as a result, in 2015<\/p>\n<h4>the drug enforcement administration\u00a0identified fentanyl as a public health <em>threat<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>threat<\/strong><\/em> means <em>danger<\/em> or <em>risk<\/em>. the article also promotes <strong>dr. david kessler<\/strong>&#8216;s perspective that<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"trb_pullquote_text\">it\u2019s a <em>wake-up call<\/em> for how we view these drugs&#8230;..t<\/span>he most important thing is not to look at this <em>through a lens<\/em> of \u2018this is bad <em>behavior<\/em>&#8216;. we all are susceptible to these medications.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>wake-up call<\/strong><\/em> means the public needs to <em>pay attention and possibly change their attitudes<\/em>. <em><strong>through a lens<\/strong><\/em> also refers to the position or attitude that americans take about drug use and overdoses. <em><strong>behavior<\/strong><\/em> is <em>how people act<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3590\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/through-a-lens-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"looking through a lens\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/through-a-lens-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/through-a-lens-600x379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/through-a-lens-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/through-a-lens.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>looking through a lens<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>are there issues in your country or community with addictions\/overdoses involving pharmaceutical drugs? or is this a uniquely american problem? are u a fan of\u00a0prince&#8217;s music? \u00a0share your opinions under<strong> leave a reply\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" 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