Whitney's Family told she died from prescription drugs, not drowning
As the music community gathered last night for the Grammys and celebrated the life of Whitney Houston more details have emerged on the late singer’s passing.
According to sources with TMZ (and they have been on top of and dependable in regards to their coverage of this tragedy), Houston’s family has been notified that she did not die of drowning, but rather from what appears to be a toxic mix of prescription pills including Xanax and alcohol. The Coroner’s Office stated that there simply wasn’t enough water found in Whitney’s lungs to conclude that drowning was a cause of death.
A separate source close to the family is now stating that it was Mary Jones, Whitney Houston’s aunt, that discovered her body in the bathtub. She had laid out Houston’s dress on the bed for the evening and left for approxiamtely a half-an-hour. When she returned and Whitney didn’t come out of the bathroom she entered, pulled Houston out the tub and tried to administer CPR.
Whitney’s mother has arranged to have her body flown to Atlanta and as far as the Coroner’s Office is concerned they are fine with that because they see no evidence of foul play. If the police agree then her body will be cleared to go back East as her family wishes.
Like I said in the other, almost identical post, there is no way that toxicology reports are back yet. People should wait for an official cause of death.
It's going to take weeks to get the toxicology report back. I don't know how anyone can definitively say that at this point.
It's ironic that she's probably spent more money in crack then most will see in a lifetime ... yet her death was caused by a legal drug commonly prescribed by doctors and a little legal booze. Same can be said for Amy Winehouse and even Heath Ledger.
And marijuana still remains illegal with it's hefty big fat zero of a death toll. :(
When I take clients in for med levels for prescription drugs, the longest it takes for them to come back is 3 days. That is without a stat order. They may not have the full toxicology, but I bet they have enough info to make a preliminary determination.
Quoting Crazy-Steph:Like I said in the other, almost identical post, there is no way that toxicology reports are back yet. People should wait for an official cause of death.
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on Feb. 13, 2012 at 10:02 AM