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Originally Posted by Kangaroo

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[font=Verdana]The [/font][font=Verdana]Tarrant[/font][font=Verdana][/font][font=Verdana]County[/font][font=Verdana] medical examinerÕs office released results of the autopsy on CowboysÕ running back Ennis Haywood, who died suddenly in May.[/font][font=Verdana]

[/font][font=Verdana]The report rules the death an accident, caused by a mixture of drugs and ethanol and was complicated by his asthma.[/font][font=Verdana]

[View Full Quote][/font][font=Verdana]ÒAlthough the mixed ethanol and drug ingestion was the primary cause of death, a significant condition contributing to the death was bronchial asthma,Ó the office said in a statement issued Friday. [/font][font=Verdana]

[/font][font=Verdana]Haywood was taken to [/font][font=Verdana]Medical[/font][font=Verdana][/font][font=Verdana]Center[/font][font=Verdana] in [/font][font=Verdana]Arlington[/font][font=Verdana] after he began vomiting in his sleep.[/font][font=Verdana]

[/font][font=Verdana]An initial autopsy did not reveal a cause of death, so tissue and toxicology tests were scheduled.[/font][font=Verdana]

[/font][font=Verdana]The medical examiner's office ruled the cause of death to be Òmixed ethanol and drug ingestion (codeine and unidentified benzodiazepine).Ó[/font][font=Verdana]

[/font][font=Verdana]It also confirmed what his mother, Carol Haywood, said at the time -- that her son could have been a victim of asthma. [/font][font=Verdana]

[/font][font=Verdana]Benzodiazepine is sometimes used as a treatment for asthma. Ethanol is a form of alcohol that is used in beer and whiskey[/font][font=Verdana].[/font]

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