14 DAY TRIAL // DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his NYC apartment at the end of August. Since he had been sober for the past 11 years and no one seemed to know whether he had relapsed into drugs again, it was initially believed that he had committed suicide. Toxicology results indicate, though, that he was using drugs again and that his death can be ruled an accidental overdose, TMZ says.
“TMZ has learned the New York City Medical Examiner has determined the cause of death for Adam Goldstein – DJ AM. The M.E. says the cause of death is ‘acute intoxication’ due to the combined effects of cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl and Levamisole (a drug used to cut cocaine with). The manner of death is listed as ‘accident (substance abuse).’” the paparazzi / celebrity news agency writes.
This comes to refute altogether early reports that DJ AM had become overtly depressive in his final days and eventually made the decision to take his own life because he could no longer cope with post-traumatic stress due to surviving a plane crash last year. At the same time, the results come to confirm that the DJ had turned to drugs again to cope with depression, but he was nowhere near suicidal, reports say. On the contrary, he was actually determined to check into rehab again once he was done with some projects he was working on at the time.
One of these projects was a reality show for MTV, in which AM was featured as a mentor for youths with severe addictions, whom he guided on their road to sobriety using his own experience. The DJ got to shoot only a few episodes for the show, called “Gone Too Far,” and MTV initially announced that it would never air it because of the cause of death – drugs, that is –, but the network seems to have had a change of mind, as we also informed you a while ago.
“MTV, which declined to comment, has not made a final decision on whether to air the series, but sources say the network expects to air the program and has been in talks with Goldstein’s family about the timing. If handled properly, some believe ‘Gone’ could successfully impart its anti-drug message, perhaps now even more so. Before he died, Goldstein reportedly told his sponsor he would return to rehab. Eight episodes of ‘Gone’ were shot; three days before his body was discovered Aug. 28, DJ AM tweeted that he wrapped filming. The show’s original premiere date was Oct. 5, though launching that soon seems unlikely at this point.” The Hollywood Reporter was saying just a few days ago.