Cocaine and other drugs found in Carrie Fisher’s autopsy
New details from Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report confirm that the star had cocaine, heroin and other drugs in her system at the time of her death last December.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s report states that Carrie may have taken cocaine three days before the December 23 flight when she became sick. She passed away on December 27.
The report also found traces of heroine, other opiates and MDMA (known as ecstasy) but they could not determine when Carrie took those drugs.
The findings were drawn from toxicology screenings done when the actress was first admitted into a Los Angeles hospital after she went into cardiac arrest on her flight.
On Friday, coroner’s officials ruled Carrie died as a result of sleep apnea and a combination of other health factors.
“Ms. Fisher suffered what appeared to be a cardiac arrest on the airplane accompanied by vomiting and with a history of sleep apnea. Based on the available toxicological information, we cannot establish the significance of the multiple substances that were detected in Ms. Fisher’s blood and tissue, with regard to the cause of death,” the report states.
“At this time the significance of cocaine cannot be established in this case,” the report states.
The star had publicly addressed her struggle with drug abuse which included a history of smoking marijuana at 13 and using LSD at 21. At 24, Carrie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Carrie’s daughter, Billie Lourd, is 24. On December 28, Carrie’s mother Debbie Reynolds tragically passed away one day after her daughter.