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Xanax+fentanyl+alcohol=cardiac arrest

An item from Nov. 23 on El Paso’s KFOX-TV’s website says that Freddie Soto combined Xanax with booze and fentanyl.

Doctors use fentanyl to help patients either during anesthesiology or to control pain for serious illnesses like cancer.

However, the report does not say if Soto was prescribed fentanyl or if he used the drug recreationally. And while comedian Patrick Candelaria says drug use is common in the comedy business, he hopes Soto will not be remembered by how he died.

Thanks a lot for that “drug use is common in the comedy business” sound bite, Mr. Candelaria!