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Mike Tyson has long been an advocate of marijuana use, even for athletes. But there is one other drug he used to take at the back end of his prime.

The heavyweight champ revealed on “The Katie Miller Podcast” that he took fentanyl “quite a few times” during the late ’90s.

“It was a painkiller, and I used to use it to patch up my toe,” Tyson said.

The effects of the drug got to the boxer quite quickly, and quitting was apparently difficult.

“It was like heroin — once it wears off and you take the Band-Aid off, you start withdrawing, throwing up, just like if you were on heroin,” Tyson said.

But Tyson had no choice but to stop.

“It was illegal if it [was] caught in my bloodstream. It was a narcotic, my friend told me. It was brand new. I tol

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