Ketamine: What to know about drug that killed Matthew Perry

Former “Friends” actor Matthew Perry’s death has been attributed to an accidental overdose of ketamine, according to the Los Angeles County Medical examiner’s office released on Friday. In an official report they said, Matthew Perry’s cause of death is determined to be from the “acute effects of ketamine.” The report also stated that, “Contributory factors in his death include drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects. The manner of death is an accident.” Perry was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles residence, on October 28, he was 54 years old.