tHEY BETTER START INVESTIGATING THESE DOCTORS THAT GIVE OUT ALL THESE DRUGS, WE LOST A GREAT ACTOR HOW SAD FOR HIS FAMILY. GOD BLESS
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Report: Two Docs Being Investigated for Heath Ledger’s Death
Thursday February 28, 2008
![]() Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com Two doctors are being investigated for prescribing painkillers that led to Heath Ledger’s death last month. Federal drug investigators have focused on medics in Texas and California who are believed to have supplied the actor with OxyContin and Vicodin, New York's Daily News reports. Authorities want to know if the drugs were prescribed illegally. “it’s an ongoing investigation,” a law enforcement source told the News. “It’s not clear if there was any wrongdoing.” A rep for the Drug Enforcement Administration told Usmagazine.com earlier this month that they were launching an investigation into how Ledger got the prescription drugs. “We’re trying to educate that legal drugs – these prescription drugs – can be just as dangerous as more hardcore drugs when misused or abused," Steve Robertson, a special agent with the DEA, told Us at the time. The New York City medical examiner ruled that Ledger died on Jan. 22 of an accidental overdose of six prescriptions drugs — including painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication. Join Us on Facebook and Twitter for even more up to the minute celebrity news and photos! |