Six months after Matthew Perry's tragic passing the Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration have launched a joint criminal investigation surrounding his death. According to the actor's autopsy, the beloved 'Friends' star died on Oct. 28 at 54 from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine.
00:00Six months after Matthew Perry's tragic passing, the LAPD and the DEA have launched a joint criminal investigation surrounding his death.
00:08According to the actor's autopsy, the beloved Friends star died on October 28th at age 54 from the acute effects of anesthetic ketamine.
00:16The autopsy also listed drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine used to treat opioid addiction as contributing factors to his death.
00:26It was ruled an accident at the time, with no signs of foul play.
00:30But now the Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration are investigating how the actor came to have so much of the drug in his system and possession in general.
00:39Perry had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy, which is said to help with depression, anxiety, PTSD, drug and alcohol problems, chronic pain, and more.
00:49His last session had been a week and a half before he died.
00:52According to the autopsy, the ketamine in his system at death could not be from that infusion therapy, since ketamine's half-life is three to four hours or less.
01:00The star had been candid about undergoing ketamine therapy in his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, writing,
01:06I often thought that I was dying during that hour.
01:09Oh, I thought this is what happens when you die.
01:11Yet I would continually sign up for this shit because it was something different, and anything different is good.
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