Liam Payne reportedly had 'pink cocaine' in his system at time of death
Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer, had multiple drugs in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer, had multiple drugs in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, several local and international news outlets have reported.
An initial toxicology report revealed the British singer, who died aged 31, had drugs in his system at the time of death including “pink cocaine,” according to a report from ABC News on Monday, which cited sources. The recreational drug typically includes a combination of MDMA, ketamine and methamphetamine.
Broadcaster Todo Noticias and several other Argentine media outlets, as well as TMZ, also said the preliminary report found evidence of exposure to cocaine, alongside traces of methamphetamines, ketamine, and MDMA in his system, and benzodiazepines and crack cocaine. NBC News has not been able to independently confirm the reports.
Despite its name, law officials say "pink cocaine" rarely has any cocaine in it and the pink comes from food coloring.
Bridget Brennan, the special narcotics prosecutor for New York, told NBC News in an interview in August, that pink cocaine contains a mixture of substances as is “typical with a lot of the drugs out on the streets.”The final toxicology report not expected to be made public for some weeks, with no public confirmed date for release.
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