<p>Los Angeles: A California doctor and a woman charged with illegally supplying the drug ketamine to "Friends" star Matthew Perry before his overdose death will face trial in March, according to court documents released on Tuesday.</p><p>Dr Salvador Plasencia, and Jasveen Sangha, whom authorities said was a drug dealer known to customers as the "ketamine queen," have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the October 2023 death of Perry.</p><p>An autopsy determined that the 54-year-old died from "acute effects" of ketamine and other factors that caused him to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub.</p>.Matthew Perry’s death shines a harsh light on ketamine treatment. <p>Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties, sometimes prescribed to treat depression and anxiety but also abused by recreational users.</p><p>Perry had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including during the years he starred as Chandler Bing on the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends."</p><p>Plasencia and Sangha are scheduled be tried together in federal court in Los Angeles starting on March 4.</p><p>Three other defendants have agreed to plead guilty in connection with Perry's death.</p>
<p>Los Angeles: A California doctor and a woman charged with illegally supplying the drug ketamine to "Friends" star Matthew Perry before his overdose death will face trial in March, according to court documents released on Tuesday.</p><p>Dr Salvador Plasencia, and Jasveen Sangha, whom authorities said was a drug dealer known to customers as the "ketamine queen," have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the October 2023 death of Perry.</p><p>An autopsy determined that the 54-year-old died from "acute effects" of ketamine and other factors that caused him to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub.</p>.Matthew Perry’s death shines a harsh light on ketamine treatment. <p>Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties, sometimes prescribed to treat depression and anxiety but also abused by recreational users.</p><p>Perry had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including during the years he starred as Chandler Bing on the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends."</p><p>Plasencia and Sangha are scheduled be tried together in federal court in Los Angeles starting on March 4.</p><p>Three other defendants have agreed to plead guilty in connection with Perry's death.</p>