Tiger Woods told arresting officers he had taken Xanax, report says
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Reporting from JUPITER, Fla. — Golfer Tiger Woods told police officers during his DUI arrest last month that he had taken the powerful anti-anxiety drug Xanax as well as other prescription medications, according to a report.
Woods’ claim was revealed in an unredacted version of the Jupiter Police Department’s investigation report obtained Friday by the Golf Channel.
Woods, the 14-time major champion who had back surgery in April, was found asleep at the wheel of his Mercedes around 2 a.m. on May 29 and arrested on a DUI charge. A breath test registered 0.0 for alcohol, corroborating Woods’ claim that he had not been drinking. Woods said he had experienced an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine.
Woods told officers at a testing facility that he had taken several prescriptions, and the arrest affidavit listed four medications, but not Xanax.
In the unredacted portion of the investigation report, Officer Christopher Fandry described interrogating Woods at the scene. It was then that Woods said he had taken Xanax.
Among the medications listed on the affidavit was Vicodin, an opioid pain medication. The FDA warns on its website that mixing Xanax with opioids may cause “profound sedation, respiratory depression, coma, and death.”
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