Liam Payne died because of drugs

Question

According to ABC News, a partial autopsy revealed that Liam Payne had multiple substances in his body, but also found that the cause of his death was from “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding.” Twenty-five injuries were reported on Payne's body, the report stated that Payne's head injuries were sufficient to cause death and that the cause of death was related to the height of the fall, says Blackwelder. 

Comments

This is a very exaggerated theory. Drugs spends a little to a while in your systems depends on where they have detected it. Following data from: https://www.drugs.ie/drugs_info/about_drugs/how_long_do_drugs_stay_in_your_system/
Alcohol: 3-5 days in urine, 10-12 hours in blood
Amphetamines: 1-3 days in urine and around 12 hours in blood
Barbiturates: 2-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood
Benzodiazepines: 3-6 weeks in urine and 2-3 days in blood
Cannabis: 7-30 days in urine and up to 2 weeks in blood
Cocaine: 3-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood
Codeine: 1 day in urine and up to 12 hours in blood
Heroin: 3-4 days in urine and up to 12 hours in blood
LSD: 1-3 days in urine and up to 2-3 hours in blood
MDMA (ecstasy): 3-4 days in urine and 1-2 days in blood
Methamphetamine (crystal meth): 3-6 days in urine and 24 - 72 hours in blood
Methadone: 3-4 days in urine and 24-36 hours in blood
Morphine: 2-3 days in urine and 6-8 hours in blood
It may be true that Liam have consumed drugs prior to his death, but nothing is proven that his cause of death was from the consumption of drugs. Drugs may have affected his body/mind prior, but no sources can say that was his cause of death. For example, this is as exaggerated as saying that an individual died from a lollipop because they found it within their body.

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Hey Robert, nice job with this fact check. You have listed a good source here, as ABC is a reputable company, however your claim that Liam Payne died becuase of drugs does not link up to the claim listed in the source. Just becuase it is true that Liam Payne had multiple drugs in his system when he died, does not mean that is the cause of his death. Be careful with this, as these articles will often centralize the information on a certain idea. In this case, the author goes fully into depth about the types of drugs that were in Liam Payne's system. However, one of the first things stated is that Liam Payne died becuase he fell from a high place, not becuase he overdosed on drugs. Besides that, nice job!

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This is really great info, you did a great job at fact checking this. I didnt know this information prior. Knowing this information mightnhelp other peoples theories and prove them wrong or right. Great job! RIP Liam Payne

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Hey! The source you provided is very well known and has always been known as credible, however drugs can stay in a human being's system for numbers days at a time and therefore could not be the only reason he died, especially with impact! Thanks.

Answer 1

Now let's be clear he died because he fell off of a balcony. The drugs didn't kill him but to be fair it did lead him to his death is the best way to put it. Unless pink cocaine is a powerful drug than we could say it did lead to his death not a lot of people about it and it's a new drug. The first time everyone heard of it was after Liam died. But we never know everyone has different reaction to drugs according to Bridget Brennan, a special narcotics prosecutor from New York. Liam didn't only take this drug he had others in his body but the pink cocaine is the one getting the most attention. Now if he was on the first floor or on ground level he might have survived but we never know that is just a theory. But at the end of the day the drugs weren't the thing that killed him it was the fall. May god rest his soul.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pink-cocaine-liam-payne-death-what-know-rcna176556

https://apnews.com/article/liam-payne-argentina-death-signer-one-direction-drugs-0446b9bae8582c414b464a986a80055a

Answer 2

This claim is misleading.  Well yes, Liam Payne died with drugs in his system and likely was going through an "episode" related to the drugs in his system his offical cause of death was the injuries he sustained during a fall from 3 stories up.  He did have multiple drugs in his system including, pink cocaine, benzodiazepine, and crack the cause of his death was not directly an overdose but rather a frantic episode caused by the mulitple drugs in his system.  

Here are two articles related to the intial report of his death and the report just after getting toxicology results back. 

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/liam-payne-partial-autopsy-report-multiple-substances/story?id=114985701

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/entertainment/liam-payne-death-one-direction/index.html

Answer 3

The claim that Liam Payne died because of drugs is misleading. According to the linked ABC news article, Payne died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room on the third floor. The article further explains that a preliminary autopsy revealed Payne's cause of death to be extreme injuries including internal and external bleeding related to the height of his fall. Though the autopsy also revealed that Payne had multiple substances in his system at the time of his death, the claim that he died because of drugs is not consistent with the results of the autopsy. It could be inferred from this that the amount of drugs in Payne's system contributed to his fall, however ultimately the claim that Liam Payne died because of drugs is misleading.

Answer 4

This question can be difficult to answer, but Liam Payne did not die from the drugs in his system during his time of death. When Liam fell from his balcony, he was still alive, it was not the drugs in his system that killed him,rather it was the blunt force trauma to his head from when he hit the ground. Through his drug use could have lead to him flying off the balcony, the drugs itself did not make his heart stop beating. Liam reportedly died from internal and external bleeding from his fall. In a Billboard article it states “The autopsy also notes that Payne’s body was taken to the Judicial Morgue Wednesday night and studied by forensic doctors from 9:45 p.m. to 11:05 p.m. They concluded that 25 injuries — including to the skull, abdomen and limbs — identified on the musician were compatible with those caused by a fall from a height.” leaving it obvious that his injuries were the real cause of his passing. 

 

Source:

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/liam-payne-cause-of-death-autopsy-report-preliminary-1235804260/