Michael Pollan book The Botany of Desire
Introduction “The Human Bumblebee” (p. xxi)
The Botany of Desire (2001)
“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine. … We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications.”
Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the chief medical examiner of New York, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, in a brief statement released to the media on February 6, 2008. [Sewell Chan and James Barron (contributing), City Room: Heath Ledger's Death Is Ruled an Accident, http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/heath-ledgers-death-is-ruled-an-accident/, The New York Times, Web, cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com (The New York Times Company), February 6, 2008, 2008-08-22]
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