Heath Ledger found dead in NY

[mightytiges]

Footage was 2 years old.  Doesn't show him actually doing drugs and what's to say if he did, whether he was still doing drugs at the time of his death.  Toxicology reports will clear that up.

I remember going to a party in my undergrad days in Carlton at a students' house where downstairs was the main party with the usual music, beer, wine and chips while upstairs a bedroom was closed off for the potheads. Everytime they opened the door a huge wiff of burning hemp would flow down the corridor. At ANU in Canberra there use to be some guy openly selling dope and whatnot at the Uni Bar like he was at the footy selling cold pies and hot drinks. Then when I was a kid, an electrician a few doors down would bury drugs in his backyard while another neighbour was growing a marijuana plantation in his backyard. LOL at him saying it was just a overgrown "weed" to the cops  . Sadly drugs are everywhere and have been for decades.

[rogerd3]

interesting to hear him say on the video that he has been smoking pot for 20 years, geez he must have started when he was 8, as he was only 28 when he died.

just let the guy rest in peace and his family grieve, sometimes the media poo me.

[one-eyed]

Heath Ledger died of accidental drug overdose
Article from: AAP
February 07, 2008 09:41am

HEATH Ledger's grieving family has issued a warning against mixing prescription drugs after US authorities found the actor died of an accidental overdose.

Medical authorities say the 28-year-old Australian film star died from an accidental overdose of six different drugs, prompting doctors to warn of the dangers of combining prescription drugs.

The Perth-born actor's father, Kim Ledger, added his voice to the warnings.

"While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy," he said in a statement.

"Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage."

Ledger died in his New York apartment "of acute intoxication" from the combination of two strong painkillers, two anti-anxiety medicines and two sleeping aids, according to the medical examiner's office.

Among the drugs found in his body were oxycodone, a painkiller sold as OxyContin and used in other pain relievers such as Percodan and Percocet.

Others included drugs sold as anti-anxiety pills Valium and Xanax, which are sedatives.

Full article at: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23171431-661,00.html

[mightytiges]

Sad. At least this should now allow Heath's family grieve in peace.