Carrie Fisher’s Autopsy Reveals Drugs

A toxicology report released yesterday has revealed that the 60-year-old Star Wars heroine had a cocktail of narcotics in her system when she died.

Carrie Fisher passed away after going into cardiac arrest on an airplane travelling from London to Los Angeles on 27 December 2016.

A coroner’s report on Friday listed sleep apnea as Fisher’s primary cause of death. However, it was also confirmed that the intake of narcotics contributed to the cardiac arrest.

According to the toxicology report released yesterday, the narcotics present in Fisher’s system included heroin, methadone, cocaine, and ecstasy.

Official documents from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office stated that the “exposure to cocaine took place sometime approximately in the last 72 hours of the sample” and that there was a “remote exposure to MDMA,” otherwise known as ecstasy.

In addition to these drugs, Carrie was taking Abilify, Lamictal and Prozac under prescription, and oxycodone without prescription.

Carrie had a history of drug use and was diagnosed as bipolar. Because a full autopsy was not allowed, the toxicology specimens and an external examination were the only opportunities to explore the actress’ death. Ultimately, while the drugs did contribute to the cardiac arrest, the coroner said that the “manner of death has been ruled undetermined”.

Carrie’s only daughter, 24-year-old Billie Lourd, made the following statement regarding the report:

“My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it. She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases. She talked about the shame that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases…I know my Mom. She’d want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles. Seek help, fight for government funding for mental health programs. Shame and those social stigmas are the enemies of progress to solutions and ultimately a cure. Love you, Momby.”