The Associated Press obtained a new toxicology report on Monday
that reveals there were exceedingly high levels of fentanyl
in Prince's system at the time of the singer's death.
According to the confidential report, the concentration of fentanyl in the
music legend's blood was 67.8 micrograms per liter.
Fatalities have occurred with people who have blood levels
in the range of three to 58 micrograms per liter, as cited by the report.
Dr. Lewis Nelson, chairman of emergency medicine at
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School said the amount of fentanyl found
in Prince's body is "exceedingly high" even for someone with
chronic pain using fentanyl patches, calling the concentrations
"a pretty clear smoking gun," according to the AP.
The amount of fentanyl in Prince's stomach was also described as potentially lethal.
The president of the American College of Medical Toxicology, Dr. Charles McKay,
told the AP that, generally speaking, the findings suggest Prince took
the drug orally. Fentanyl in the blood and liver, meanwhile,
indicate it likely had some time to circulate before he died.
The lead prosecutor in the county where Prince died announced
last week that he was reviewing law enforcement reports.
He said he would make a decision on whether to charge anyone "in the near future."
Now for more on this story, you can head to billboard.com
and until next time, for Billboard News, I'm Kevan Kenney.
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