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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:55 PM Mar 2012

Here's The Real Cause Of Whitney Houston's Death

Reuters has reported that the cause of Whitney Houston's death was accidental drowning. A press release from the the Los Angeles Coroner's office states that the effects of both heart disease and cocaine contributed to her death.

The report, however, raises more questions than answers.

According to the toxicology report, cocaine, marijuana, Xanax, Flexeril and Benadryl were found in her system. However, only cocaine was ruled to contribute to her passing.

So how could Houston have drowned while cocaine was in her system?


http://www.businessinsider.com/whitney-houston-accidentally-drowned-to-death-2012-3?

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I was thinking there had to be more to the story........


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Here's The Real Cause Of Whitney Houston's Death (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2012 OP
Habitual crack use has a debilitating effect on the cardiovascular system. FarPoint Mar 2012 #1
Spam deleted by Renew Deal (MIR Team) Fortox Mar 2012 #2
If one has a heart condition ... Myrina Mar 2012 #3
a simple explanation: cocaine is the only illegal drug in that list yurbud Mar 2012 #4
Simple explanation Sgent Mar 2012 #5

FarPoint

(12,472 posts)
1. Habitual crack use has a debilitating effect on the cardiovascular system.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:02 PM
Mar 2012

Then compound that with tranquilizers, muscle relaxants...prolong abuse...the body just don't know which way to go...what is normal anymore? Then...crash and burn happens.

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Myrina

(12,296 posts)
3. If one has a heart condition ...
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 08:47 AM
Mar 2012

... and takes those kind of depressants (marijuana, Xanax, Flexeril and Benadryl), all-together or in some combination, your heart isn't going to be able to maintain its needed rhythm/action.

I don't see what coke has to do with the conclusion, unless they figure she was doing an Energizer Bunny impression and took all the other shit to calm herself down, but even then, it would have been the offset-depressants that caused her death, not the coke.


JMHO and I'm not a doctor.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
4. a simple explanation: cocaine is the only illegal drug in that list
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 12:30 PM
Mar 2012

the rest are prescription, so taken at normal doses, they couldn't possibly contribute to her death.

Sgent

(5,857 posts)
5. Simple explanation
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:39 AM
Mar 2012

Given her metabolites of cocaine and the other drugs, the only drug that was likely having any effect on her was cocaine.

Most likely she had a heart attack and fell into or got into the tub (didn't realize she was overheating due to a heart attack and was trying to cool off), where she became unconscious and drowned.

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