30 Months in Prison for the Friends Star’s Doctor

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00:01The Doctor of Friends star Matthew Perry, one of the main individuals responsible for his death,

00:07will serve a 30-month prison sentence and has voluntarily given up practicing medicine

00:11after previously facing up to 40 years in prison.

00:17Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitted that he sold Perry about 20 vials of ketamine

00:22in the weeks leading up to his fatal overdose.

00:25Perry had been using ketamine, a drug legally used in surgeries,

00:31as part of treatment for his mental health condition and depression.

00:37But when his regular doctor refused to provide the quantities he requested,

00:41he turned to the convicted doctor, who admitted to selling him ketamine

00:45despite knowing about his addiction and long struggle with substance abuse.