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Carrie Fisher's Toxicology Report Lists Cocaine, Heroin, MDMA In Her System At Time Of Death
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The Los Angeles County coroner's office has released new information regarding the 2016 death of actress Carrie Fisher. According to a report released by the office Monday, Fisher had traces of cocaine, alcohol, heroin, and MDMA (also known as ecstasy) in her system after collapsing on a December 23 flight to LAX and being rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
According to the Associated Press, Fisher may have taken the cocaine up to three days before the 23rd. She died on the 27th. The coroner's office has stated that the impact of the drugs is not yet known, and lists the cause of the Star Wars actress's death as "sleep apnea and other factors."
"Based on the available toxicological information, limited history of present illness, lack of correlating symptoms and medical observation, there are significant limitations in one's ability to interpret the toxicology results and their contribution to cause of death," the autopsy, emailed to LAist, states. "Based on the current information, the cause of death is 'Sleep apnea and other undetermined factors....multiple drug intake, significance not ascertained', manner of death undetermined."
“I would tell you, from my perspective that there’s certainly no news that Carrie did drugs,” Todd Fisher, the actress's brother, said, reports the AP. “I am not shocked that part of her health was affected by drugs.”
"[My] mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life," Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher's daughter, told People. "She ultimately died of it. She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases."
Carrie Fisher was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, in March.
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