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Donata Leskauskaite

“You Don’t Do This And Go Swimming”: Experts React To Matthew Perry’s Ketamine Use

Just before the cast of Friends, family and loved ones were able to say one last goodbye at Matthew Perry’s funeral on November 3, initial toxicology test results revealed that he did not have fentanyl or meth in his system at the time of his passing.

An autopsy had been completed, but results were pending a toxicology report for weeks. Now, Matthew’s toxicology report has come back, revealing the actor’s official cause of death.

The 54-year-old Friends star officially died from an overdose on ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia, which in recent years has also become a popular party drug.

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