Cocaine, heroin and ecstasy found in Carrie Fisher’s body

Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report shows the actress had cocaine, heroin and ecstasy in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year.

But investigators could not determine what impact the drugs had on her death.

The report released yesterday states Fisher may have taken cocaine three days before the 23 December flight on which she became ill. She died four days later.

Traces of heroin, other opiates and ecstasy were also found but investigators could not determine when Fisher had taken those drugs.

The findings were based on toxicology screenings done on samples taken when the Star Wars actress arrived at a Los Angeles hospital.

Coroner’s officials ruled Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors. A news release issued last week mentioned drugs were found in Fisher’s system, but did not provide details. Yesterday’s full report contained a detailed explanation of the results, such as why investigators believe Fisher took cocaine at least three days before her flight.

“At this time the significance of cocaine cannot be established in this case,” the report states.

It also states that while heroin is detectable in the system for a briefer period of time, investigators could not determinewhenfishertookitorthe ecstasy. Toxicology tests also found other opiates in Fisher’s system, including morphine, although the report states the morphine could have been a by product of heroin.

“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.

Among the factors that contributed to Fisher’s death was build up of fatty tissue in the walls of her arteries, the coroner’s office said last week.

Fisher’s brother, Todd, said last Friday that he was not surprised that drugs may have contributed to his sister’s death.

“I would tell you, from my perspective that there’s certainly no news that Carrie did drugs,” Mr Fisher said. He noted that his sister wrote extensively about her drug use, and that many of the drugs she took were prescribed by doctors to try to treat her mental health conditions.

Fisher had a long battle with drug addiction and mental illness. She said she first smoked pot at 13, used LSD by 21 and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 24. She was treated with electroshock therapy and medication.