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Mike Tyson has long been a defender of marijuana consumption, even for athletes. But there is another medication he took at the back of his peak.
The heavyweight champion revealed on “The Katie Miller Podcast” which he took fentanyl “several times” in the late 90s.
“It was an analgesic, and I used it to repair my toe,” said Tyson.
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Mike Tyson weighs the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas, November 14, 2024 before his match with Jake Paul. (Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images)
The effects of the medication arrived at the boxer fairly quickly, and quitting smoking was apparently difficult.
“It was like heroin – once he dissipated and you remove the dressing, you start to withdraw, to vomit, just as if you were on the heroine,” said Tyson.
But Tyson had no choice but to stop.
“It was illegal if that [was] taken in my blood circulation. He was an amazing, told me my friend. It was brand new. I told my friend “Could I use this?” No one has ever heard, “said Tyson.
On the podcast, Tyson again called for the use of marijuana, especially for athletes.
“It is not a medication. It is a medication,” said Tyson.
The Mike Tyson boxer of the United States (top right) urges Andrew Golota from Poland (not illustrated) to continue to fight while referee Frank Garza Jr. raised his hand to attribute a TKO after Golota refused to respond to the bell for the third round of their fight at the Palais d’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 wanted to smoke during his fighting days.
Tyson told PK Press Club Digital in an exclusive interview on June 30, his 59th anniversary, which he will fight again will depend if cannabis is legalized and reprogrammed.
He directed a coalition of current and ancient athletes, including Kevin Durant, Dez Bryant and Antonio Brown, who signed a letter to the White House at the end of June, putting pressure for the federal cannabis reform. The letter provided for the reassessment of cannabis from Annex I to Annex III, the leniency for “non -violent” marijuana offenses, and ending “discriminatory banking practices”, linked to the financial regulations of the cannabis industry.
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul are separated as they compete during their ceremonial weighing at the Toyota Music Factory pavilion on November 14, 2024 in Irving, Texas. The two should meet in a heavyweight fight on November 15 at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
Tyson told PK Press Club Digital in the June 30 interview that Repadileling was the “most important” objective of his letter. He added that he was “disappointed” by the way former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden managed the federal reform of marijuana, but hopes that Trump will adopt a new approach.
