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Mike Tyson has long been a spokesman for the use of marijuana, even for athletes. But there is another substance that he used to take in the back of his prime.
The heavy weight master revealed on “The Katie Miller Podcast” that he took Fentanyl “quite a few times” in the late 90s.
“It was a painkiller and I used it to patch up my toe,” Tyson said.
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Mike Tyson weighs in on Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas on November 14, 2024 ahead of his fight with Jake Paul. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The effects of the fabric came to the boxer quickly and it was apparently difficult to quit.
“It was like heroin-once it has gone off and you take off the tape help, you start to retreat and vomit, just like if you were on heroin,” Tyson said.
But Tyson had no choice but to stop.
“It was illegal if it [was] Caught in my bloodstream. It was a drug, my friend told me. It was brand new. I said to my friend ‘Could I use this?’ No one has ever heard of it, ”Tyson said.
At the podcast, Tyson again called for the use of marijuana, especially for athletes.
“It’s not a drug. It’s medicine,” Tyson said.
Boxer Mike Tyson from the United States (top right) exhort Andrew Golota from Poland (not depicted) to continue to fight when Judge Frank Garza Jr. raises his hand to award a TKO after Golota refused to respond to the clock for the third round of their match in the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan on October 20, 2000. (Daniel Lippitt/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tyson added that athletes “play better” when they smoke, and said he wishes he had smoked during his match days.
Tyson told Pakinomist Digital in an exclusive interview on June 30, his 59th anniversary, that whether he is fighting again will depend on whether cannabis is legalized and re -planned.
He led a coalition of current and former athletes, including Kevin Durant, Dez Bryant and Antonio Brown, who signed a letter to the White House at the end of June, lobbying for federal cannabis reform. The letter required re -planning of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, Klemency for “non -violent” marijuana -law violations and end “discriminatory banking practice” related to financial rules for the cannabis industry.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul are separated when faced during their ceremonial weigh -in at Pavilion on Toyota Music Factory on November 14, 2024 in Irving, Texas. The two are scheduled to meet in a heavyweight match on November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Tyson told Pakinomist Digital in the interview 30 June that Renplant was the “most important” goal in his letter. He added that he was “failed” of how former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden handled Federal Marijuana Reform, but is hopeful that Trump will take a new approach.
