Just my two cents, which no one asked for...
As someone who was on the exact same pharmaceutical cocktail for ten years that Art was on, I don't think a lot of people realize just how easy it is to OD on those medications. You build up a tolerance extremely fast; I got to the point where I had to take 14 norco and 14 soma together at once just for it to have the effect that it did when I first started taking the medication (I was luckily able to simply stop taking them close to a decade ago on my own). These are meds that can easily cause severe respiratory depression when taken together. Or in large amounts. Or both.
I'm sure most fans recall Art being plagued for the last couple of decades (at least) by back problems, and having been on these medications for many years. So the fact that he was on them for so long guarantees he was likely taking them in large doses due to having built a tolerance. That alone is a severe OD risk. Throw in COPD, and the risk of severe respiratory depression becomes even greater, I'm sure. It's an accident waiting to happen.
It's possible that Art could have committed suicide, but there's no evidence of that other than HW's word. For whatever that's worth. :
Accidental OD is not only extremely possible, but highly likely considering all of the facts that are known.
As someone who was on the exact same pharmaceutical cocktail for ten years that Art was on, I don't think a lot of people realize just how easy it is to OD on those medications. You build up a tolerance extremely fast; I got to the point where I had to take 14 norco and 14 soma together at once just for it to have the effect that it did when I first started taking the medication (I was luckily able to simply stop taking them close to a decade ago on my own). These are meds that can easily cause severe respiratory depression when taken together. Or in large amounts. Or both.
I'm sure most fans recall Art being plagued for the last couple of decades (at least) by back problems, and having been on these medications for many years. So the fact that he was on them for so long guarantees he was likely taking them in large doses due to having built a tolerance. That alone is a severe OD risk. Throw in COPD, and the risk of severe respiratory depression becomes even greater, I'm sure. It's an accident waiting to happen.
It's possible that Art could have committed suicide, but there's no evidence of that other than HW's word. For whatever that's worth. :
Accidental OD is not only extremely possible, but highly likely considering all of the facts that are known.
