Mike Tyson faced Jake Paul on his return to Boxing. photo: instagram / Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson revealed that he used fentanyl to treat a toe injury in the late 1990s. In an interview with 'The Katie Miller Podcast', the boxing legend said that the drug caused effects similar to heroin, including withdrawal symptoms when the medication wore off.
"I've used fentanyl before. In the late 1990s, when it first arrived here, it was a painkiller, and I used it to treat my toe. It was like heroin: when the effects wore off and I took the bandage off, I'd start having withdrawals, vomiting, like I was on heroin or something," Tyson said.
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Fentanyl is a potent chemical compound, about 50 times more addictive than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, used in hospital settings to control severe pain.
Tyson, who has had a history of drug use since childhood, said he is now 100% sober and has no intention of using illicit substances again.
Mike Tyson had drug problems throughout his career.
During his career, the former champion admitted to using cocaine and marijuana before fights, including the fight against Lou Savarese in 2000, and even used tricks to cheat on drug tests, such as a prosthesis filled with clean urine.
His history of legal troubles and addiction to 'Iron' is also well-known. In 2006, he was arrested in Arizona for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and cocaine possession, and in 2007 he pleaded guilty, serving 24 hours in jail, 360 hours of community service, and three years of probation.
In the last years, Mike Tyson claimed to have found in sobriety and in experiments with psychedelics, such as Sonoran toad venom (5-MeO-DMT) and mushrooms, a form of healing and personal transformation.
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