Joe Laurinaitis claimed that anabolic steroids hadn’t led to Hegstrand’s death

The professional wrestling tag team the Road Warriors were first that introduced bodybuilding-type muscularity in this sport. Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis) have been comprised this tag team. Hegstrand died in 2003. His death came suddenly because of a heart attack. This wrestler died at the age of 46. It is known that popular media usually reports about deaths of professional wrestlers, linking the cases with use of anabolic steroids. The death of Hegstrand was not an exception. After the death of this professional wrestler numerous articles appeared in newspapers which demonized anabolic steroids for this case.
Joe Laurinaitis admitted to administration of steroids by this team. But he claimed that these preparations hadn’t lead to Hegstrand’s death. He added that other conditions were responsible for Hegstrand’s death as well as deaths of other wrestlers. Joe Laurinaitis pointed out that such drugs, as cocaine and Xanax had to be demonized for such cases. Laurinaitis claimed that he desired to explain that steroids had not been linked with Hegstrand’s death.
Joe Laurinaitis said that cocaine and Xanax had contributed in Hegstrand’s death. He also noticed that these drugs led to deaths of such celebritites, as Henning, Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith. According to Joe Laurinaitis, usage of cocaine frequently leads to intake of morphine. These drugs destruct health wholly and cause heart attacks.
Why must statement of Laurinaitis be true? He was in Australia with Hegstrand. He knows about what he talks. Lately this person collaborated with Andrew William Wright to tell his experiences with “Hawk”.