Anthony Bourdain Had No Drugs In His System When He Committed Suicide
Posted on Fri Jun 22nd, 2018 11:35am PDT By X17 Staff
This is actually surprising.
Anthony Bourdain had no drugs in his system at the time of his death, the French medical examiner revealed to the New York Times.
The celebrity chef had a “trace of a nonnarcotic medicine in a therapeutic dose†in his system, meaning it was nothing illegal or addictive. Bourdain was a recovering heroin addict, so there was a lot of speculation that substances might have contributed to his mood before his tragic suicide on June 8.
There's still no word on what his blood alcohol level was, or whether he had been drinking leading up to the tragedy.
"I was a heroin addict, for sure, and I was a cocaine addict, for sure, but I never stopped drinking. I never was a person who needed a drink. I’ve never felt the urge to. When I’m home it would never occur to me to sit at my house and drink beer, or pour myself a cocktail," he told People in February.
His girlfriend Asia Argento took to Instagram this morning to mark the time since his passing, even though a lot of trolls are blaming her for his untimely death and speculating that her alleged cheating drove him to take his own life.
We still can't believe he's gone.