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Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by joshstrange »

pionar wrote: post #19
benaston wrote: post #3

Did those close to him know/suspect drug use before his death? Just trying to gauge the plausibility of the accidental overdose theory.

According to the medical examiner's report[0], Jack's girlfriend and a friend told the investigators that he "would take opiates and use Xanax," and that he "would drink and occasionally use cocaine". So the answer is yes. [0] http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3803095/barnaby_jack_autopsy...

Are there any other sources that he was a user other than her? I'm not trying to pull out my tin foil hat but if I had gone to all the trouble to fake an OD I'd pay the GF off (and/or threaten) as well to say he had done it before.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by rdl »

joshstrange wrote: post #21
pionar wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to the medical examiner's report[0], Jack's girlfriend and a friend told the investigators that he "would take opiates and use Xanax," and that he "would drink and occasionally use cocaine". So the answer is yes. [0] http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3803095/barnaby_jack_autopsy...

Are there any other sources that he was a user other than her? I'm not trying to pull out my tin foil hat but if I had gone to all the trouble to fake an OD I'd pay the GF off (and/or threaten) as well to say he had done it before.

JFC, have you never been to a hacker con? Drinking and drug use is not exactly rare.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by sanswork »

realo wrote: post #4

Heroine, cocaine _and_ a cocktail of other drugs? And the guy is a top notch hacker about to embarrass some pretty powerful conglomerates? Sorry but I don't care how many bottles of champagne were in the room trash bin. This has MURDER written all over. For the curious, here is an interesting story which might, or might not, be relevant: http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/suspicious_deaths_scie...

Heroin and cocaine is a somewhat common mixture once you're heavy into drugs despite it's dangerousness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug) It's the killer of lots of celebrities.

The other drugs found in his system were Xanax and Benadryl again fairly common for people to take/to have in their system.

Go read /r/drugs sometime a lot of those people regularly mix a ridiculous number of drugs.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by patmcguire »

Don't know if he travels a lot, but that's generally when people get overdoses. So much tolerance is psychological - a person readies their drugs with the same ritual in the same room - that their body doesn't have the same tolerance when it's taken another way. I think foul play

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by patmcguire »

patmcguire wrote: post #24

Don't know if he travels a lot, but that's generally when people get overdoses. So much tolerance is psychological - a person readies their drugs with the same ritual in the same room - that their body doesn't have the same tolerance when it's taken another way. I think foul play

...is a little premature. (Phone fingers)

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by sanswork »

adim86 wrote: post #6

Who takes heroin and cocaine and "other drugs" and then goes to lie in bed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug)

The other drugs were Xanax and an allergy medicine(benadryl). So they were likely already in his system when he decided on the speedball.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by joshstrange »

rdl wrote: post #22
joshstrange wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any other sources that he was a user other than her? I'm not trying to pull out my tin foil hat but if I had gone to all the trouble to fake an OD I'd pay the GF off (and/or threaten) as well to say he had done it before.

JFC, have you never been to a hacker con? Drinking and drug use is not exactly rare.

No, I have never been to one before. I was just asking a question, sorry if it was a stupid one.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by wsc981 »

adim86 wrote: post #6

Who takes heroin and cocaine and "other drugs" and then goes to lie in bed?

Once when I used magic mushrooms, I went into a bad trip and to deal with the bad trip, I lied on the bed, facing the wall.

I faced the wall, cause the hairs on my arms appeared to me like ants walking on me and I also didn't want to look my friends' faces, caused their faces looked very pale, which scared me a little.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by sanswork »

joshstrange wrote: post #21
pionar wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to the medical examiner's report[0], Jack's girlfriend and a friend told the investigators that he "would take opiates and use Xanax," and that he "would drink and occasionally use cocaine". So the answer is yes. [0] http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3803095/barnaby_jack_autopsy...

Are there any other sources that he was a user other than her? I'm not trying to pull out my tin foil hat but if I had gone to all the trouble to fake an OD I'd pay the GF off (and/or threaten) as well to say he had done it before.

The fact that none of his friends have come out against the claim is probably a good one. No one is going to go speak to the press or police about their friend and say "Ya he had drug issues" unless they have to. But a lot of people will go out and say it's wrong when it is.
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