Actor Matthew Perry attends the 2003 TV Land awards at the Palladium Theatre in Hollywood on 2 March 2003. (Chris Delmas/ AFP) Matthew Perry's tragic death highlights the secretive and toxic relationship that has long existed between troubled celebrities and the doctors who service their addictions. For instance, Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of a powerful surgical anaesthetic to the megastar.
Perry, who had a long history of substance abuse, was found dead in the hot tub of his luxury Los Angeles home last year with extremely high levels of ketamine in his system. Friends actor Matthew Perry's tragic death has highlighted the secretive and toxic relationship that has long existed between troubled celebrities and the doctors who service their addictions. Perry, who had a long history of substance abuse, was found dead in the hot tub of his luxury Los Angeles home last year with extremely high levels of ketamine in his system.
Federal drug officials said the star had become addicted while seeking treatment for depression and "turned to unscrupulous doctors" when legal sources refused to increase his dosage. "Instead of 'do no harm,' they did harm, so that they could make more money," Anne Milgram of the Drug Enforcement Administration told a press conference this week. READ | Five charged over ketamine death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry The allegations against doctors Salvador Plasenc.
