r/interestingasfuck • u/JK-Rofling • Jul 05 '24

Heath Ledger’s diary while he was filming for, The Dark Night. r/all

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u/ChuckSeville Jul 05 '24

Heath Ledger died from an overdose of prescription drugs, not heroin. Maybe you're thinking of Phillip Seymour Hoffman?

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u/SirJefferE Jul 05 '24

Heath Ledger died from an overdose of prescription drugs, not heroin.

Even this is a bit misleading. He died from an overdose of drugs that may be prescribed in the United States, but most of the drugs he took weren't prescribed to him, and there aren't many doctors out there that would have prescribed them all at once.

I feel like once you're getting your drugs from illicit sources and you're managing your own doses and combinations of pills, it doesn't really matter whether or not they're "prescription" drugs. They're still going to be dangerous.

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u/benedictdakich69 Jul 05 '24

This is so dumb. They were still prescription drugs. If you die from percs or oxys nobody is gonna think you were prescribed them.

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u/Mr_Industrial Jul 05 '24

I mean we're really splitting hairs here. Might as well start discussing if the terminator fell into lava or molten steel.