DEA, LAPD Open Joint Probe Into Death of 'Friends' Star

Six months after Matthew Perry’s tragic death sent ripples around the world, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration have launched a joint criminal investigation into how he died, the LAPD told The Hollywood Reporter. ...

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But now, the LAPD and DEA are investigating how the actor came to have so much of the drug in his system and possession in general.

Perry had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy, which is said to help with depression, anxiety, PTSD, drug and alcohol problems, chronic pain and more. His last session had been a week and a half before he died. According 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.”

Ed Morrissey

If the ketamine in his system didn't come from the supervised therapy Perry had been pursuing, then where did it come from? And did Perry self-administer the drug, or was there someone else in the tub administering it? I imagine those are the central questions that the joint investigation will want answered. It's a sad end to someone who provided so much entertainment to others in his life. 

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