Andy Dick’s Crack Smoking Helped Him Avoid Fentanyl Death, DEA Sources Say

Andy Dick has gotten fortunate if he primarily makes use of crack cocaine to get excessive, our legislation enforcement sources say … as a result of fentanyl is not usually combined in with the drug.

Two present federal Drug Enforcement Administration officers inform TMZ … mixing fentanyl with crack’s a idiot’s errand. The substance burns off with warmth — so placing it within the drug would not produce the specified impact.

The chemical construction of fentanyl breaks down as soon as somebody lights up the rocks … and it loses its efficiency. We’re informed the drug will nonetheless have some impact, nevertheless it merely will not be as sturdy — and it definitely will not have a deadly impact on an individual.

Fentanyl is usually snorted or injected … making medicine like cocaine or heroin extra prone to include among the killer powder. Despite his overdose this week, Dick has been arrested for cocaine possession prior to now.

In a latest interview with TMZ, Andy admitted to solely smoking crack on a Hollywood avenue Tuesday … however he greater than possible additionally consumed an opioid, as a result of he was revived with a Narcan shot. William Bodner, the previous head of L.A.’s DEA Office, tells us Narcan solely reverses the consequences of opioid overdoses, comparable to fentanyl or heroin, not crack cocaine.

Bodner says crack is a stimulant that may produce a stroke or a coronary heart assault in individuals who smoke an excessive amount of of it, sending them to the hospital. That’s not what occurred to Andy — and Bodner says the large query is whether or not Andy knew what he was smoking, was tricked into taking one other drug … or just did not care what he was ingesting.

Worth noting … we have additionally talked to sources who say Andy’s much more into alcohol than medicine — another excuse Dick would not run into fentanyl all that always.

We broke the story … Andy suffered an obvious overdose earlier this week, with video exhibiting the slumped-over star unable to maintain himself upright whereas a bystander administered Narcan.