Cory Monteith’s Death: Coroner Rules Cause Was ‘Heroin And Alcohol Toxicity’
Oct. 2 2013, Published 5:56 p.m. ET
Cory Motheith’s shocking death has been ruled accidental by the coroner’s office who completed their investigation and said that he died of “combined heroin and alcohol toxicity.”
The British Columbia Coroner’s report says the 31-year-old Glee star was found in the Canadian hotel on July 13, 2013 and was “clearly deceased and resuscitation was not attempted.”
In his room the authorities found drug paraphernalia, “including a spoon with drug reside and a used hypodermic needle.” Also found in the room were two empty champagne bottles and “multiple glasses located on a nearby table.”
Monteith’s toxicology report showed his blood alcohol level was .13% and “morphine, codeine and 6-monoacetyl (an unambiguous metabolite of heroin).”
It also stated he “had a history of illicit drug use with intermittent periods of rehabilitation and of abstinence from drugs,” and that “after a period of cessation from opiod drug use, a previously tolerated drug concentration level may become toxic and fatal.”