In October 2023, Matthew Perry was discovered dead in a hot tub. Tests showed a very high level of ketamine in his blood. To this day, investigators are wondering whether the actor’s death was an accident.
The US police are investigating the death of actor Matthew Perry, known from the cult series “Friends”, due to the narcotic drug ketamine. Police in the California metropolis of Los Angeles said on Tuesday that they were continuing to investigate the circumstances of Perry’s death based on the medical examiner’s report. In December, the coroner’s office said Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine.” Now it’s about how the actor got the narcotic.
Perry, who became famous in the 1990s for his role as sarcastic joker Chandler Bing in the globally popular television series “Friends,” was found dead in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home at the end of October at the age of 54. The coroner’s office had declared Perry’s death an “accident.”
Matthew Perry was only 54 years old
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Ketamine was developed in 1966 as an anesthetic for animal and veterinary medicine. During the Vietnam War, it was used in operations on American soldiers. Ketamine is used in emergency medicine because of its pain-relieving effect. It also dilates the bronchi and can stabilize the circulation. Because ketamine also has a certain hallucinatory effect, it is also abused as a drug.
Researchers have also examined its use to treat depression. In his autobiography, published in 2022, Perry wrote that he had struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for years.
Source: Stern
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