According to New York State Post Mike Tyson died...

[Mr. Ed]

Mike Tyson died today at 10:20 am while tripping on psychedelic toad venom. The “toad” is Bufo alvarius otherwise known as the Sonoran Desert Toad. The toad spends seven months of the year underground, but when active, its venom can be smoked to produce a short psychoactive trip.

 

[Pinky]

Mike Tyson claims he died, tripping out on toad venom .. that's the only story I could find online.
https://www.indy100.com/news/mike-tyson-died-psychedelic-toad-venom-b1958796

 

[Tish]

Just checked on Snopes and there is nothing on him, also Wikipedia shows him as alive.

https://www.snopes.com/?s=Mike+Tyson+died+tripping+out+on+toad+venom

 

[Devi]

What @Pinky said. He claimed he "died" while partaking of toad venom. (How weird is that?!)

 

[Marie5656]

I never believe unless I verify...in more than one outlet

 

[Becky1951]

Question?

Who in their right mind would partake in anything listed as "venom"?

 

[JustBonee]

Mike Tyson reporting his own death .. doesn't anyone see something wrong with that

 

[WhatInThe]

Probably closer to a near death experience while consuming toxic/intoxicating substances.

In the meantime entering the ring in one's 50s could give him another near death experience especially if he keeps consuming these substances.

 

[win231]

He should have used that as his defense in his rape trial. It might have saved him from his 6-year prison sentence.
"I - I - I couldn't-a-done it.....I was dead at the time."

 

[Fyrefox]

Well, fairy princesses have been known to kiss toads in the hopes of their turning into handsome princes! Maybe he thought that toad venom would remove that facial tattoo…

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Mr. Ed, If Tyson died it would be all over the news. We wouldn't have to wonder if one source was correct. Funny replies in this thread.

 

[Paco Dennis]

I think he announced his "ego" death. Some people never come back after they experience it. We'll see.

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Mikey claims that he died on his first trip? His first trip? For be it for me, to get between a man, and his toad.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Carlos Santana was high on LSD at his Woodstock performance. His first and only time apparently. It changed his life immediately, and completely. Watch....

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Carlos Santana was high on LSD at his Woodstock performance. His first and only time apparently. It changed his life immediately, and completely. Watch....

Well damn! LSD didn't dampen his talents at all !! He sounds amazing. I'm glad he decided to leave that stuff alone. I love Santana. He's a good guy too. His band is one of the ones I wish I'd seen in concert but I will not go to a big concert again.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Goes to show headlines are deceiving.
Will magic mushrooms become available for medicinal purposes in the US? Is the legalization of marijuana a gateway to legalizing other drugs & substances deemed dangerous and against the law?

 

[Paco Dennis]

Goes to show headlines are deceiving.
Will magic mushrooms become available for medicinal purposes in the US? Is the legalization of marijuana a gateway to legalizing other drugs & substances deemed dangerous and against the law?

Just my opinion. It seems that Colorado is experimenting with legalizing mushrooms and I think mescalin, and maybe Oregon or Calif. There are lots of videos on YouTube now that are touting the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms ( mainly by micro dosing ). The jury is out on this one so far. It is a god sent for some, for others not so. As far as a gateway drug, it is not either or, and depends on many factors, so I would not associate that word with their use.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Marijuana was coined the gateway drug to harder drugs in the 1970s.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Yep. It was also advertised by the medical industry earlier, that it could easily make you MAD as a HATTER!!!

 

[Ruthanne]

Goes to show headlines are deceiving.
Will magic mushrooms become available for medicinal purposes in the US? Is the legalization of marijuana a gateway to legalizing other drugs & substances deemed dangerous and against the law?

That was just a scare tactic used to try to prevent people from trying marijuana long ago. Now they may be trying it again. Too late, people like marijuana and see it doesn't lead to anything else.