Friends star Matthew Perry dead at 54

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Perry became addicted to Vicodin after a jet-ski accident in 1997, and completed a 28-day rehab program that year. His weight fluctuated over the next few years, dropping to 145 pounds (66 kg) due to pancreatitis. He entered rehab in February 2001 for an addiction to Vicodin, methadone, amphetamines, and alcohol.While filming Serving Sara in Texas, he suffered severe stomach pains and checked into Marina del Rey's Daniel Freeman Hospital. Perry later estimated he had spent $9 million to get sober. He revealed that due to his addiction issues, he did not remember three years of the time he was acting on Friends, between seasons three and six.

In 2011, Perry lobbied Congress as a celebrity spokesperson for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals in support of funding for drug courts. Perry received a Champion of Recovery award in May 2013 from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for opening Perry House, a sober living home in his former mansion in Malibu, California.Perry relocated the rehab center in 2015.
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A recurring theme amongst most popular people...


A. Michael Jackson... Became addicted to pain killers (and much later in his life that 'brown' through legalised clinics more especially in Europe) after his scalp was burnt in a freak accident in a Pepsi commercial in 1982 ...

B. Diego Maradona... Became addicted to pain killers (and later much cocaine in excessive quantities) due to a horrific ankle break while he played for Barcelona FC ... Also in 1982


Read biographies about these two... The addiction to opioids in America is another major problem....
 


A law enforcement source tells PEOPLE its investigation into Matthew Perry's ketamine death is "nearing its conclusion" and police believe "multiple people" should be charged.

The source says the U.S. Attorney's Office will make the ultimate decision on whether or not to press charges.

The U.S. Attorney's Office responded "no comment" on Tuesday, June 25.

The former Friends star died on Oct. 28 at age 54.

His manner of death was ruled to be accidental. An autopsy report obtained by PEOPLE in December showed he died from acute effects of ketamine, with other contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects, referencing a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, according to the report.

In December, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner closed its investigation into his death, PEOPLE reported at the time. In May, the Los Angeles Police Department told PEOPLE that after the medical examiner released its report, the LAPD began an investigation into the circumstances of his overdose death.

In May, an investigative source with the LAPD told PEOPLE that the department had been working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. postal inspectors in an attempt to ascertain where the ketamine that killed Perry came from. The law enforcement investigation began in December, after the medical examiner's report.

PEOPLE's inquiry to the DEA on June 25 was not immediately returned.
 
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