Did the singer sniff himself to death? |
Police find cans of compressed air in Carter’s bathroom
Former child star Aaron Carter died on Saturday at the age of 34. His housekeeper found him dead in his bathtub at his home in Lancaster, California, this morning.
Most recently, the singer had made headlines almost exclusively with scandals and drug excesses. And new details raise concerns that he wasn’t out of the drug swamp yet. According to Celebrity Magazine According to TMZ, police investigators found several cans of compressed air and prescription pills in Carter’s bathroom and bedroom. It’s not clear if that was the cause of death, but it could be an important clue as to what might have happened.
Carter has struggled with drug and alcohol problems in the past. And he was also open about his addiction to compressed air spray. As recently as September, in an interview with The Sun, he said he had “damaged” his brain by “inhaling canned compressed air spray and having over 100 seizures.” He definitely doesn’t want to go back there.
Canned air contains compressed gas in an aerosol can that is sprayed onto keyboards and inside electronic devices to remove dirt and dust. The main ingredient is difluoroethane, a chemical compound from the group of fluorocarbons.
Inhaling canned air can induce an instant high, as well as possible hallucinations and delusions. Loss of consciousness or hallucinations may follow immediately. The toxic substances can also trigger a failure of the respiratory center in the brain.
In 2017, the singer was already clearly marked by drugs. Here in a police photo
Although the effects of such substances usually pass quickly, it is possible to overdose. If you inhale too much, you will suffocate from a lack of oxygen. According to the American National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) can cause cardiac arrest within minutes.
NIDA warns that between 100 and 200 people die every year from a cause related to the misuse of such inhalants.
Whether that also caused Aaron Carter’s death must now be clarified by the autopsy and a toxicological examination. And that could take months, according to investigators.
Before his death, Aaron Carter had gone into rehab for the fifth time. But it was mainly about his “marijuana addiction”. “I haven’t had any relapses or anything like that, but the addiction triggers are very acute for me right now and I want my son back,” he said in an interview with The Sun.
And he had concrete plans for his future. In the coming days, the rapper wanted to record a new album. He wanted to fight: for his eleven-month-old child! His therapy in rehab should also bring him closer to his child’s mother, on-off friend Melanie.