Drugs Impacted DJ AM Death ... But Was It An Accident Or Suicide?

DJ AM

Drugs, both legal and illegal, were prevalent in the death of noted mixer ADAM "DJ AM" GOLDSTEIN. A law enforcement source told PEOPLE magazine that GOLDSTEIN had eight undigested OXYCONTIN pills in his stomach and a ninth pill in his mouth when police found him dead on AUGUST 28th. ROLLING STONE's Rock Daily reported that a bag of crack and a crack pipe were also found at AM’s NEW YORK apartment that night.

The debate now seems to be whether his death was an accidental overdose or a suicide. Some authorities are leaning towards the former, but the PEOPLE source believes it's the latter.

A longtime addict, DJ AM had been clean for 10 tears when he survived the plane crash with BLINK-182 drummer TRAVIS BARKER. However, medications used in his recovery prompted AM to develop a dependency to XANAX and other benzodiazepines TMZ reported that while Xanax was prescribed to deal with GOLDSTEIN’s post-traumatic stress, the benzodiazepines are what set off his relapse.

Yet the PEOPLE source cites the undigested pills, the bag of crack found underneath his body and the fact that a mirror was propped up against his front door as reasons to conclude that it was a suicide.

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