After prosecutors announced charges against five individuals in connection to Matthew Perry's overdose death, many have been wondering about the drug behind the…
After prosecutors announced charges against five individuals in connection to Matthew Perry's overdose death, many have been wondering about thePerry, known for his role as"Chandler Bing" on the hit NBC sitcom"Friends," which ran from 1994 to 2004, was found unresponsive in the bath tub of his Los Angeles home in October 2023 and pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
According to prosecutors, Perry had been seeking out unsupervised doses of the controlled substance and had developed an “out of control” dependence on it. Ketamine, an anesthetic with psychedelic properties, is a popular party drug that has recently been found to be a promising alternative treatment for some mental illnesses but carries serious medical risks.
Though use of ketamine as an alternative medicine for depression and chronic pain has grown more common, its only FDA-approved use is as an anesthetic.during the Vietnam War, ketamine was long exclusively used in controlled settings before eventually gaining popularity as a party drug in the 2000s and later as a possible alternative medicine in the late 2010s.
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