Boxing legend Mike Tyson has endured many hits during his career, and it led him to use a deadly drug to help alleviate his pain. Had he continued using it, it could have been fatal.
During an interview on “The Katie Miller Podcast,” Tyson was discussing using cannabis before the conversation turned to fentanyl, where he admitted to using the drug to deal with pain issues.
“I’ve done fentanyl before,” he said. “In the late ’90s, when it first came here, it was a painkiller, and I used to use it to patch up my toe. It 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 or something.”
Tyson admitted he would have continued using the drug had he not tested positive for the banned substance by boxing offic