{"id":273409,"date":"2024-05-21T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/?p=273409"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:24:47","slug":"dea-investigating-source-of-ketamine-in-death-of-friends-star-matthew-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/arts\/2024\/05\/21\/dea-investigating-source-of-ketamine-in-death-of-friends-star-matthew-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA Investigating Source of Ketamine in Death of &#8216;Friends&#8217; Star Matthew Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?resize=1024%2C610&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matthew Perry\" class=\"wp-image-251011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?resize=1024%2C610&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?resize=768%2C457&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?resize=1200%2C714&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?resize=400%2C238&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0x.4_TELEVISION-AFTERCAMELOT-PREMIERE-1024x610.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matthew Perry at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. REUTERS\/Mario Anzuoni\/File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional and federal authorities Tuesday were investigating how &#8220;Friends&#8221; actor Matthew Perry obtained the prescription drug ketamine, which contributed to his <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/arts\/2023\/10\/28\/friends-star-matthew-perry-found-dead-in-pacific-palisades-home\/\">death in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/\">Los Angeles Police Department<\/a> representative told City News Service there is an &#8220;open investigation&#8221; into the actor&#8217;s Oct. 28 death. The 54-year-old Perry was found unresponsive in the pool at his Pacific Palisades home and he died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/me.lacounty.gov\/\">Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner<\/a> later announced that the cause of death was &#8220;the acute effects of ketamine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Contributing factors in Mr. Perry&#8217;s death include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, used to treat opioid use disorder. The manner of death is accident,&#8221; the medical examiner&#8217;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, LAPD officials said that &#8220;based on the Medical Examiner&#8217;s findings, the LAPD with the assistance of the DEA (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, has continued its investigation into the circumstances of Perry&#8217;s death.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the DEA&#8217;s website, &#8220;Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ketamine distorts the perception of sight and sound and makes the user feel disconnected and not in control. It is referred to as a &#8216;dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen&#8217; because it makes patients feel detached from their pain and environment,&#8221; the DEA website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drug is sometimes used to counter the effects of depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perry had openly spoken of his years-long struggle with addiction. He became addicted to Vicodin during his time on &#8220;Friends&#8221; &#8212; and had done multiple stints in rehab, including during filming of the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Perry published a memoir detailing his troubles with drugs and alcohol, his issues with weight gain and loss, and other facets of his at-times tumultuous lifestyle, including a harrowing account of an emergency surgery following a gastrointestinal perforation, which nearly took his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no evidence of illicit drugs in Perry&#8217;s system when he died, according to the medical examiner&#8217;s report on the actor&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The medical examiner noted in the autopsy report that Perry had been undergoing ketamine infusion treatments for depression and anxiety, but his most recent known treatment had occurred roughly a week and a half before his death &#8212; meaning the ketamine found in his system came from a source other than that treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>City News Service contributed to this article. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional and federal authorities Tuesday were investigating how &#8220;Friends&#8221; actor Matthew Perry obtained the prescription drug ketamine, which contributed to his death in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":251011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"News","MSN_Publish_Option":true,"MSN_Is_Local_News":true,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[{\"longitude\":\"-117.164\",\"latitude\":\"32.7158\",\"locality\":\"San Diego\",\"subRegion\":\"San Diego County\",\"region\":\"CA\",\"country\":\"United States\"}]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-05-21T21:24:45Z","apple_news_api_id":"8355eb0a-0794-4454-8933-57ef5e8abcf8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-05-21T21:24:45Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ag1XrCgeURFSJM1fvXoq8-A","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A Los Angeles Police Department representative told City News Service there is an \"open investigation\" into the actor's Oct. 28 death. 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