An illegal immigrant from El Salvador allegedly sold fentanyl to students near a high school in Virginia who later overdosed from the narcotic.
Isaac Melendez-Carranza, 31, allegedly sold the pills to Park View High School students who overdosed in May, authorities said. At the time, he already had a deportation order, which an immigration judge issued on July 18, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire.
The two students survived the overdoses after receiving doses of the opioid antidote Narcan.
Border agents caught Melendez-Carranza when he crossed the Rio Grande near Hebbronville, Texas, in May 2016, DHS said. He bonded out of federal custody in July 2016 before going on to allegedly commit his latest crimes.
On Thursday, local authorities arrested Melendez-Carranza following the execution of search warrants where they seized suspected narcotics and cash, the Loudoun County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a href="https://sheriff.loudoun.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/10821" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
“We found that the subject in question, Isaac Melendez-Carranza, actually had over 100 fentanyl pills with him at the time, in addition to several thousand dollars,” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/suspected-drug-dealer-arrested-in-connection-to-loudoun-county-student-overdoses/4145731/">told</a> News4. “So, looked to me like he was getting ready to do another delivery to somebody.”
“He came in the country illegally 10 years ago, and so you know, had that not happened, maybe this would have never happened. So, just so you know, DHS – there&#8217;s a detainer on him,” Chapman said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer with the Loudoun County Jail on Thursday, asking local authorities to hand the Salvadoran national over to the feds if he is to be released. The Trump administration has faced challenges in working with local authorities in Virginia to arrest illegal immigrants accused of crimes and has blamed the commonwealth&#8217;s Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, for enacting sanctuary policies.
&#8220;ICE will work to ensure this criminal is REMOVED from our nation,&#8221; DHS <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2092042816390070392" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an X post on Monday.
Following Melendez-Carranza&#8217;s arrest, the Loudoun County Sheriff&#8217;s Office warned the public that &#8220;one pill can be deadly&#8221; and that &#8220;fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid, and even a small amount can cause a fatal overdose.&#8221;
&#8220;Illicit pills and powders may contain fentanyl without the user’s knowledge, making experimentation or taking a pill obtained from an unknown source especially dangerous,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said.
&#8220;Parents, caregivers, and students are encouraged to talk openly about the dangers of illicit drugs and counterfeit pills. If you suspect someone is experiencing an overdose, call 911 immediately,&#8221; the office added.
Melendez-Carranza is charged with two counts of distribution of a controlled substance and one count of sale of drugs near certain properties. He is being held without bond.

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Actress Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s estranged mother says something smells off about the story on-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson is telling about her daughter&#8217;s death.
Lesley Vogel told <a href="https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-16070987/hayden-panettiere-brian-hickerson-south-carolina-death.html">The Daily Mail</a> that she spoke with the police officer who responded to the Greenville, South Carolina, apartment — an Airbnb rental the actress was sharing with Hickerson and his brother, Zach — and told him she believed Brian was &#8220;culpable.&#8221;
Her main dispute was with the <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/08/22/celebrity-news/hayden-panettieres-estranged-mom-claims-brian-hickersons-story-about-daughters-death-is-full-of-holes/">timeline</a> presented by the brothers, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hayden-panettieres-boyfriends-brother-reveals-what-he-did-to-try-to-save-her">claimed</a> that Brian had administered Narcan and the brothers jointly performed CPR while still on the line with 911. But Vogel said she did not believe either of the Hickersons just happened to be carrying Narcan at the time, suggesting that one of them must have left Panettiere unresponsive while he left to get some.
&#8220;I think there will be a discrepancy in the timeline, meaning Brian had to go out and buy the Narcan while he left her there because I do not believe he happened to have two bottles of Narcan on him, like he carried them around in his back pocket,&#8221; Vogel claimed.
Vogel also questioned another part of the story — namely that Zach Hickerson had returned from church to find Brian napping alongside the &#8220;Nashville&#8221; star — and asked how it was possible to sleep next to someone and not realize that she was dying. Brian, according to his brother, only woke from his nap when he heard loud knocking at the door because Zach could not unlock the door.
&#8220;I don’t know how you can take a nap near someone who’s dying and not realize something’s wrong,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think Brian called his brother. My opinion. I think he knew she was deceased. Called his brother, and tried and built this story.&#8221;
Narcan kits, according to the <a href="https://dph.sc.gov/health-wellness/injury-tobacco-and-substance-use-prevention/substance-use-prevention-resources-0">South Carolina Department of Public Health</a>, are available for free at any health department clinic location. They can also be purchased without a prescription at pharmacies all across the United States.
Vogel was widely panned for her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hayden-panettieres-mother-reveals-who-she-blames-after-stars-death">previous comments</a> about her actress daughter&#8217;s shocking death — just five days before what would have been her 37th birthday — when she said, &#8220;I think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments. And I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry — it is a struggle, and it’s a very challenging industry, and it’s not unusual for them to sadly find the wrong path.&#8221;
She blamed Hickerson from the beginning, saying, &#8220;This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death, and that was Brian Hickerson.&#8221;
&#8220;Although my daughter and I were estranged, it was not for lack of care or love. It was due to the involvement of a toxic individual who I believe led to her death,&#8221; Vogel told Entertainment Tonight in a <a href="https://people.com/hayden-panettiere-mom-lesley-responds-criticism-blames-estrangement-toxic-individual-death-12064652">statement</a>.

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Hayden Panettiere’s Mother Says Boyfriend’s Story Doesn’t Add Up

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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has joined the investigation into the recent death of actress Hayden Panettiere, who died of an apparent overdose on Sunday afternoon.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/arts/television/hayden-panettiere-dea-investigation-drugs.html?eafs_enabled=false">reported</a> on Thursday that the DEA — which often works with local law enforcement to investigate drug-related incidents — would be assisting the Greenville Police Department in the same way that they had assisted the Los Angeles Police in investigating the death of &#8220;Friends&#8221; star Matthew Perry.
The &#8220;Heroes&#8221; star was found unresponsive in a South Carolina Airbnb rental. First responders indicated immediately that she had suffered a cardiac arrest believed to be linked to an overdose. Her on-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson provided investigators with a &#8220;bag of medication&#8221; that she had been taking leading up to her death.
In years past, Panettiere had been open about her struggles with addiction and alcohol abuse — issues she said were exacerbated by postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter Kaya and old injuries that occasionally flared up — and recent reporting suggests that those struggles were far from behind her.
Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/08/19/celebrity-news/hayden-panettiere-still-in-throes-of-addiction-just-three-months-ago-got-whippets-and-booze-delivered-to-hotel-sources/?_gl=1*z136mf*_gcl_au*ODI0NDI1MjE1LjE3ODcyNDE5NzY.*_ga*MjA2NTMxODYyMi4xNzg3MTY4Mjg3*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3ODcyMzc0MzMkbzMkZzEkdDE3ODcyNDE5NzYkajIyJGwwJGgw">reported</a> that in May, while promoting her memoir &#8220;This Is Me: A Reckoning,&#8221; Panettiere attempted to have nitrous oxide delivered to her hotel.
According to an unnamed source, hotel security &#8220;stopped a [delivery service] order to her hotel room, which was several industrial grade nitrous oxide cans that she was planning on huffing.&#8221;
&#8220;She had alcohol and whippets delivered. They wouldn’t allow it up to her room,&#8221; another source claimed.
Panettiere&#8217;s friend and rep Kasey Kitchen denied the claims, saying, &#8220;She was in Nashville for a short amount of time and slept for most of it. She also had private security with her.&#8221;
But entertainment site TMZ also <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/20/hayden-panettiere-director-reveals-intervention-talks/#continued">reported</a> that her team and &#8220;A Breed Apart&#8221; director Griff Furst had discussed staging an intervention for the actress as recently as 2025.
Furst said that while they were filming, it was clear that Panettiere was &#8220;fighting to stay sober&#8221; — and that he&#8217;d agreed when her team approached him about a possible intervention. He also made it clear that he was not impressed by the &#8220;dark energy&#8221; surrounding Panettiere&#8217;s on-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, who had visited the set with her. He said that she &#8220;deserved better company&#8221; — and added that despite his willingness to help, he did not believe an intervention ever took place.

Hayden Panettiere Death Probe Escalates As Feds Step In

Top Drug Cops Join Probe Into Hayden Panettiere's Death

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The late actress Hayden Panettiere was taking a &#8220;bag of medication&#8221; at the time of her sudden death on Sunday afternoon.
According to a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hayden-panettieres-ex-boyfriend-was-scene-died-police-report-says-rcna593125">report</a> from NBC News, Panettiere&#8217;s on-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson handed over a bag containing the medications she&#8217;d been taking in the days leading up to her death — and although the names of the medications were redacted, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/us-news/hayden-panettiere-was-on-bag-of-medication-at-time-of-death-as-cops-reveal-boyfriends-strange-reaction-to-her-overdose/">reported</a> that there were nine drugs listed in the Greenville City Police Department report.
Entertainment site TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/18/hayden-panettiere-found-while-boyfriend-slept/">reported</a> that Panettiere, who died just days before what would have been her 37th birthday, was discovered unresponsive in a chair by Zach Hickerson, Brian&#8217;s brother. Brian was reportedly asleep in another room of the Greenville, South Carolina, apartment they&#8217;d rented through Airbnb.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hayden-panettieres-ex-boyfriend-was-scene-died-police-report-says-rcna593125">Responding officer</a> Matthew Bryan said in his report that he first spoke with Zach — who was clearly distraught while first responders worked on Panettiere — but that Brian did not appear to be visibly upset until the actress was officially declared dead.
Additional reporting said Brian and the &#8220;Nashville&#8221; actress had been more on-again than off-again of late, but kept their <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/17/hayden-panettiere-brian-hickerson-forced-to-keep-relationship-private/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">relationship</a> quiet because her publicity team felt his presence would likely hurt her book sales.
Panettiere&#8217;s estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, also voiced concern about Hickerson in her first public comments following her daughter&#8217;s death: &#8220;This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death, and that was Brian Hickerson.&#8221;
Hickerson has not been accused by authorities of involvement in Panettiere&#8217;s death.
&#8220;I think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments and I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry,&#8221; Vogel added. &#8220;It is a struggle and it&#8217;s a very challenging industry and it&#8217;s not unusual for them to sadly find the wrong path.&#8221;
Hickerson and Panettiere had both expressed anger toward Vogel in the past.
&#8220;Hayden&#8217;s mother is by far one of the worst people I&#8217;ve ever met in my life,&#8221; Hickerson told TMZ in May — and Panettiere said on a recent podcast that she&#8217;d been broken by her mother&#8217;s response when she asked if they could just be mother and daughter instead of manager and actress.
&#8220;You owe me,&#8221; Vogel reportedly said at the time, and <a href="https://people.com/hayden-panettiere-estranged-mom-speaks-out-after-death-12061596">Panettiere</a> told podcast host Jay Shetty that she&#8217;d been heartbroken to realize that she&#8217;d meant &#8220;money.&#8221;
The police report indicated that the responding officer was wearing a body cam at the scene, but that footage has not been released.
An autopsy was performed on Monday, and the coroner&#8217;s office released a statement saying that &#8220;no signs of trauma were discovered that would have contributed to the death&#8221; — but the investigation is still ongoing. Toxicology reports could take weeks to compile.
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“Looksmaxxing” influencer Braden Peters, best known by online followers as Clavicular, appears to have overdosed during a livestream on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old internet personality appeared on the Kick livestream alongside two other influencers while walking around a mall and sitting at a restaurant. Peters speaks to two women during that time and appears to be under the influence of some substance.
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He keeps repeating, &#8220;Holy sh*t dude, I&#8217;m trying my best, but I&#8217;m f*cking destroyed right now.”
Right before the stream cuts, an Australian influencer named Androgenic can be heard asking him, &#8220;When did you last take blue?&#8221; as Peters&#8217; head lolls forward. He also offers Peters an &#8220;addy&#8221; multiple times, which is slang commonly used to refer to the ADHD medication Adderall. 
After that, the livestream stops abruptly. 
Androgenic <a href="https://x.com/androgenic_/status/2044238951913767186?s=20">posted</a> about the incident on X late Tuesday night.
&#8220;I hadn’t seen him in this state before, and he went from speaking to being fairly unresponsive in mere seconds,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Within a minute, we all realised the situation, turned the stream off, picked him up and rushed him to the hospital.”
Peters shared an <a href="https://x.com/clavicular0/status/2044362432823411176?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">update</a> on his status Wednesday morning, noting that the worst part of the experience is what happened to his face.
“Just got home, that was brutal,” he posted on X. “All of the substances are just a cope trying to feel neurotypical while being in public, but obviously that isn’t a real solution. The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask.”
In response to a comment asking why he doesn&#8217;t just embrace his neurodivergence, the live streamer replied, “If i wasnt a livestreamer id agree with you,” seemingly implying that he was going to continue abusing drugs despite the overdose.
The incident comes just days after Peters walked out of an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKCoFz3WRs">interview</a> with “60 Minutes Australia” after being asked if he identified with the “incel” (involuntary celibate) community. 
“Do I identify as an incel?” Peters replied. “I mean, how could you ask me that question as a follow-up after you asked me about my relationships to women. I mean, that’s quite literally the worst sequence of questions I think I’ve ever heard.”
The interview said, “Let me rephrase then. Looksmaxxing was obviously a term created by the incel community. How do you feel about being linked to that group?”
“I’m not linked to that group in any way,” Peters replied. “Looksmaxxing is self-improvement, right? So it’s about potentially even ascending out of that category. So that would be kind of one of the goals is to disassociate from being an incel and overcome that. So that doesn’t make sense.”
The focus then shifted to Peters’ association with Andrew Tate in a line of questioning he called “political.” After some back and forth, the influencer walked off.
Peters has attracted a large following of his “Clavicular” persona. The 20-year-old makes content that revolves around his physical appearance, sometimes showcasing the extreme methods he uses to appear more attractive, which he began employing at 14 years old. 
In an interview with Michael Knowles in late 2025, Peters claimed that he used to “smash his face with a hammer” to help improve his bone structure. Since sharing his “looksmaxxing” lifestyle, he has built a following of hundreds of thousands on social media.

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A woman known as the &#8220;Ketamine Queen&#8221; was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to the death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry. 
Jasveen Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty last September to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury. 
Perry’s family had pushed for a harsh sentence ahead of the hearing. 
&#8220;The pain you&#8217;ve caused to hundreds, maybe thousands, is irreversible,&#8221; the actor’s stepmother, Debbie Perry, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/matthew-perrys-stepmother-says-ketamine-094451974.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a victim impact statement. &#8220;There is no joy&#8230; No light in the window. They won&#8217;t be back.&#8221; 
&#8220;You caused this&#8230; You who has talent for business enough to make money chose the one way that hurts people,&#8221; the actor’s stepmother continued. &#8220;Please give this heartless woman the maximum prison sentence so she won&#8217;t be able to hurt other families like ours.&#8221;
Prosecutors said Sangha sold 51 vials of ketamine to Perry through his assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/north-hollywood-drug-dealer-who-sold-ketamine-killed-actor-matthew-perry-sentenced-15">according</a> to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Central District of California.
They also accused Sangha of continuing to sell drugs even after learning that the ketamine she sold had contributed to Perry’s death.
&#8220;She didn&#8217;t care and kept selling,&#8221; the attorneys wrote in a memorandum. &#8220;[The] Defendant&#8217;s actions show a cold callousness and disregard for life. She chose profits over people, and her actions have caused immense pain to the victims&#8217; families and loved ones.&#8221;
Prosecutors further said Sangha had opportunities to stop but &#8220;simply chose not to,&#8221; and alleged that she later exchanged texts with her associates to try to distance herself from Perry’s death.
Perry was found unresponsive, face down in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, 2023. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office determined he had drowned, with ketamine listed as a contributing factor. The level of ketamine found in his system was close to a range used for general anesthesia, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctor-to-plead-guilty-in-connection-with-friends-actor-matthew-perrys-ketamine-overdose-death">reported</a>.
Four other defendants pleaded guilty in connection with the case, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/north-hollywood-drug-dealer-who-sold-ketamine-killed-actor-matthew-perry-sentenced-15">including</a> Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plasencia. Plasencia, 44, is serving a 30-month prison sentence, while Chavez, 55, was sentenced to three years of probation, eight months of home detention, and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service.

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‘Ketamine Queen’ Learns Fate In Matthew Perry Case

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The former doctor who pleaded guilty to one charge in connection with the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to home detention, per multiple reports.
Mark Chavez pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of conspiring to distribute ketamine to the “Friends” star. Chavez was sentenced to 8 months of home detention and 3 years of supervised release on Tuesday. He will also be required to complete 300 hours of community service, per <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/2nd-doctor-sentenced-connection-matthew-perrys-ketamine-death/story?id=128425192">ABC News</a>. The sentence could have been up to 10 years in prison.
Chavez’s attorney Zach Brooks described his client’s actions as “a lapse in judgment during a narrow and isolated time.”
“[W]hat occurred in this case was a profound departure from the life he had lived up to that point. The consequences have been severe and permanent. Mr. Chavez has lost his career, his livelihood, and professional identity that he has worked for decades to develop.”
“Looking forward, Mr. Chavez understands that accountability does not end with this sentence. He’s committed to using the rest of his life to contribute positively, to support others and to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again,” Brooks added. “While he cannot undo what occurred, he can choose how he lives his life from this moment.”
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Perry was found face down in his hot tub on October 28, 2023, at his home in Pacific Palisades, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office determined he had drowned, but attributed his death to ketamine, which Perry had been taking as part of a therapy. The levels of ketamine found in his system were so high that they were close to the range that would be used for general anesthesia during surgery.
Chavez, formerly a licensed physician in San Diego operating a ketamine clinic, was one of five people charged in connection with Perry’s death. Prosecutors alleged that he provided Perry the drugs secondhand by way of another doctor, Salvador Plasencia, who was sentenced to 30 months in prison earlier this month.
In the weeks after the “Friends” star died, it was revealed that Plasencia allegedly texted Chavez, saying, “I wonder how much this moron will pay.” Plasencia supplied Perry with 20 vials of ketamine, equal to 2,000 mg of the drug, along with ketamine lozenges and syringes in the month before his death, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ketamine-queen-will-plead-guilty-in-matthew-perry-overdose-case">reported</a>.

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Doctor Charged In Connection With Matthew Perry's Death Avoids Prison

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Rapper Lil Nas X has been hospitalized after he was spotted wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear just before 6 a.m. on Thursday.
The “Old Town Road” singer was arrested by responding officers on the 11000 block of Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley after witnesses called in reports of a naked man in the area. Police said the celeb charged at officers when they arrived, per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/lil-nas-x-arrested-wandering-naked-los-angeles-street-charging-officer-rcna226398">NBC News</a>. 
A source said that the rapper, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, punched one of the responding officers twice in the face.
“He was transported to a local hospital for a possible overdose and placed under arrest for battery on a police officer,” the police report said. 
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Several videos <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/21/lil-nas-x-hospitalized-possible-overdose/">shared by TMZ</a> show Hill walking down the streets clad in nothing but underwear and white cowboy boots. The rapper can be heard saying, “Come to the party,” and “Didn’t I tell you to put the phone down?”
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“Uh oh, someone’s going to have to pay for that,” Hill said at another point. The clips show him strutting down the street as if he’s walking a runway and putting an orange traffic cone on his head.
The Atlanta-born recording artist burst onto the scene with viral hits like “Old Town Road” and “Industry Baby,” but quickly became controversial due to his provocative routines, which often included satanic imagery and messaging. 
In 2021, he promoted 666 pairs of limited-edition ‘Satan Shoes’—<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/style/nike-satan-shoes-lil-Nas-x.html">unauthorized Nike Air Max 97s</a> released alongside the Satan-themed hit ‘Montero.&#8217; That same year, Lil Nas X gave an over-the-top, sexually explicit performance of the song during the season finale of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Saturday Night Live.&#8221;
Later, Hill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blasphemous-lil-nas-x-blasted-for-promoting-new-song-j-christ-with-image-of-rapper-on-a-cross?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Blasphemous%E2%80%99%3A+Lil+Nas+X+Blasted+For+Promoting+New+Song+%E2%80%98J+Christ%E2%80%99+With+Image+Of+Rapper+On+A+Cross">claimed</a> to be entering his “Christian era” by releasing worship music and a song about Jesus Christ. But the video showed Hill himself being crucified.

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Jasveen Sangha, better known in pop culture as the Ketamine Queen, agreed to plead guilty Monday to selling drugs to actor Matthew Perry, who overdosed in October 2023.
The 42-year-old, who has joint citizenship in the United States and the U.K., was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute ketamine, and five counts of distribution of ketamine, per <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/matthew-perry-drug-dealer-trial-plea-b2809860.html">The Independent</a>.
She faces up to 45 years in prison across all charges.
Sangha was one of five people charged over the actor’s death. The other primary person being investigated was Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who was charged with distributing the drug to Perry. He signed a plea deal in June.
Three other people pleaded guilty last year in exchange for their cooperation with the investigation, including making statements implicating Sangha and Plasencia, the outlet noted.
In the weeks after the “Friends” star died, it was revealed that Plasencia allegedly texted another doctor, Mark Chavez, saying, “I wonder how much this moron will pay.” Plasencia supplied Perry with 20 vials of ketamine, equal to 2,000 mg of the drug, along with ketamine lozenges and syringes in the month before his death, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
According to prosecutors, Perry paid Sangha $6,000 cash for 25 vials of ketamine four days prior to his death.
Ketamine is a medication primarily used as an anesthetic in both humans and animals. It is classified as a Schedule III controlled substance and is often used for the treatment of depression, which was Perry’s reason for using it. The 54-year-old actor had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, which he detailed in his 2022 memoir titled “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.”
The “Friends” star was found face down in his hot tub on October 28, 2023, at his home in Pacific Palisades, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office determined he had drowned, but attributed his death to ketamine, which Perry had been taking as part of a therapy. The levels of ketamine found in his system were so high that they were close to the range that would be used for general anesthesia during surgery.
“At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,” the report said.

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'Ketamine Queen' Will Plead Guilty In Matthew Perry Overdose Case

It’s been six months since “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/friends">Friends</a>” actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matthew-perry">Matthew Perry</a> was discovered dead from a ketamine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/overdose">overdose</a>. Now, the Los Angeles Police Department is launching a joint criminal investigation with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) to determine how the actor had so much of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drugs">drug</a> in his system.
Perry was discovered dead at his home, in a hot tub, at the age of 54 on October 28, 2023. The sitcom star was determined to have died from an overdose. “At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,” the report said, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/matthew-perry-death-dea-lapd-criminal-investigation-ketamine-1235905358/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.
Contributing factors to the cause of death included drowning and buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid addiction. 
Perry had been vocal about his struggle for sobriety. He published a tell-all memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” one year prior to his death. The book went into detail about Perry’s excessive drug use over the years.
He also discussed using ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties, in the book. These experimental treatments are often used to assist with depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, chronic pain, and other mental health struggles. “I often thought that I was dying during that hour. Oh, I thought, this is what happens when you die. Yet I would continually sign up for this sh** because it was something different, and anything different is good,” Perry wrote. 
The “Friends” star said the treatments made him feel like he was “hit in the head with a giant happy shovel.” He also claimed to get a hangover from the ketamine infusions, saying the aftermath of treatment often “outweighed the shovel.”
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The “Friends” star had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy before he died, the outlet noted. Despite Perry having a ketamine session just over a week before his death, the autopsy said this particular visit was not responsible for the overdose because “the ketamine in his system at death could not be from that infusion therapy since ketamine’s half-life is three to four hours or less.”

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LAPD, DEA Launch Criminal Investigation Into Matthew Perry's Death

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drugs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drug</a> overdoses topped records again in 2022, new government data show.
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db491.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A total of 107,941 people died from drug overdoses that year, about 1,200 more or 1% higher than those who died in 2021.
The number of overdose deaths has been rising for two decades, hitting new records nearly every year.
The overdose death rate for teens and adults younger than 35 decreased slightly, while rates increased for adults age 35 and older.
Men consistently make up the vast majority of overdose deaths by far, about 70% of all deaths. In 2022, the female overdose death rate declined for the first time in five years, but the male rate continued to climb.
American Indian and Alaska Native people continued to have the highest overdose death rate, which spiked 15% in 2022. Black, Hispanic, and Asian people also saw their overdose death rates rise, while rates decreased among white Americans.
Powerful synthetic opioids such as fentanyl continue to drive the death rate up precipitously.
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Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-sees-biggest-fentanyl-bust-in-sheriffs-office-history">about</a> 50 times more potent than heroin, has been on the rise in the U.S. for years. The deadly synthetic opioid is inexpensive to make, easily transported, and has been increasingly smuggled over the southern border by Mexican cartels.
As little as two milligrams of fentanyl weighing the same as a few grains of salt can cause a fatal overdose, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-sees-biggest-fentanyl-bust-in-sheriffs-office-history">according</a> to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Because it is frequently cut with other drugs, users may often be unaware that they are consuming the powerful substance, which can be deadly even in small doses.
Synthetic opioids caused about 23 deaths for every 100,000 people in 2022, 4% higher than in 2021. Meanwhile, deaths due to natural opioids such as heroin decreased.
Deaths involving cocaine also spiked 12% in 2022. Deaths involving psychostimulants such as methamphetamine also increased 4%.
Overdose death numbers for 2023 have not yet been reported.
The new data also showed that overall life expectancy increased for Americans by more than a year up to 77.5 years.
This is partially due to the COVID death rate declining, but it does not quite make up for the 2.4 years of life expectancy lost since the pandemic. Life expectancy remains lower than it has been in about two decades.
The death rates for infants and children up to 14 jumped between 2021 and 2022 while the death rate for age groups above 14 decreased.
Heart disease remained the leading cause of death, with cancer in second place.
Those conditions cause about two out of very five deaths in the country, although the death rates for both decreased 4% and 3%, respectively, in 2022.

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New details have emerged about the 2008 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/death">death</a> of actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Heath Ledger</a> at the age of 28.
The “10 Things I Hate About You” star died from an accidental drug <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/overdose">overdose</a> in January 2008, but now film director Stephen Gaghan is sharing some details about finding out Ledger had died, including his connection to the tragedy.
Gaghan was working with the Australian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">star</a> on the film &#8220;Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,&#8221; which was based on a book written by Malcolm Gladwell. He recently recalled getting a call from Ledger’s father just after the actor was found dead in his home by his housekeeper.
“I got a phone call, they were on speakerphone and it was Heath Ledger’s father, who I’d never met &#8230; and a guy who was really close to him. They were there with the body and our script was in bed with him, and your book was on the bedside table,&#8221; he told Gladwell during an appearance on the &#8220;Revisionist History&#8221; podcast series &#8220;Development Hell,&#8221; per <a href="https://people.com/director-shares-call-he-got-from-heath-ledgers-dad-at-scene-of-his-death-8602921">People</a>. 
&#8220;I think my number was on the script, like written. These guys, as you can imagine, they are in shock and they dialed that number and I don’t know why,&#8221; Gaghan continued.
&#8220;I’m in an airport with my wife [Minnie Mortimer] just going from one place to another, and I literally just collapse, never happened to me before or since,&#8221; the director said. &#8220;My feet went out from under me. I just literally sat down because I was like, &#8216;What?&#8217; The emotion, what they were going through, I should not have been a party to in any way really, and yet as a human or as somebody who just cares, I just was there and I was listening and my wife was looking at me. I remember her face and I was just like, I was speechless. I just listened and listened and listened. It was just really, really sad. And it’s still sad. For me, I just had to put a pin in it.&#8221;
The podcast &#8220;Development Hell&#8221; explores projects that were never made and why. Gaghan said Leonardo DiCaprio was originally attached to “Blink” but “it never got off the ground.” The director explained how he eventually decided Ledger was a better fit for the role.
&#8220;I’d gotten to be very, very close with him instantly,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I just had a real connection with him that was kind of unusual and really special to me. I got really excited and I started seeing him as the main character. Once I started seeing that I couldn’t unsee it, and obviously it was very delicate in a way. Leo’s totally cool. I mean, obviously, he has a thousand choices, but in my mind it was a big deal.&#8221;
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“Blink” was never developed after Ledger’s death, though Gaghan said on the podcast he recently revisited the script and still thought it was &#8220;really good.&#8221;

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Hollywood Director Shares New Details About Heath Ledger’s 2008 Death

Hollywood Director Shares New Details About Heath Ledger's 2008 Death

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