{"id":2015822,"date":"2025-09-12T04:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2015822"},"modified":"2025-09-12T04:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:01:56","slug":"mike-tyson-admits-to-using-fentanyl-while-boxing-in-the-1990s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mike-tyson-admits-to-using-fentanyl-while-boxing-in-the-1990s\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson Admits To Using Fentanyl While Boxing In The 1990s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mike Tyson<\/a> just admitted to using drugs during his boxing career to deal with pain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt was a painkiller, and I used to use it to patch up my toe,\u201d Tyson said of substance, which is a synthetic opioid that is estimated to be 50 times more potent than heroin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Comparing the effects and the withdrawal symptoms of both drugs, the boxer said, \u201cIt was like heroin. Once it wears off and you take the Band-Aid off, you start withdrawing, throwing up, just like if you were on heroin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tyson revealed that he used the substance \u201cquite a few times\u201d and only stopped after learning that it could have ended his high-level boxing career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt was illegal if it [was] caught in my bloodstream,\u201d he told Miller. \u201cIt was a narcotic, my friend told me. It was brand new. I told my friend, \u2018Could I use this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNo one ever heard of it,\u201d Tyson remembered. \u201cThen he looks at me and says, \u2018Mike, that\u2019s a narcotic. You couldn\u2019t use.\u2019 I didn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved fentanyl for pain management when prescribed by medical professionals, but the drug has seen a surge of illicit use in recent years as a cheaper, stronger alternative to heroin or other popular pills like Oxycontin and Percocet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During his interview with Miller, Tyson wondered why the Drug Enforcement Administration currently classifies cannabis as more risky than something as strong and unsafe as fentanyl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The DEA categorizes cannabis as a Schedule I substance,<\/a> meaning that it \u201chas a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use.\u201d Fentanyl falls under Schedule II, defining it as a drug with \u201clegitimate medical use\u201d under the supervision of a licensed medical professional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tyson has been a strong advocate for medical cannabis and told the podcast host he was on a \u201cmission to give cannabis justice\u201d by hopefully rescheduling the drug with the eventual goal of federal legalization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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