Cocaine, heart disease, drowning killed Whitney Houston – Coroner

Whitney Houston died from an accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub, but the “effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use” were contributing factors in her death, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an initial autopsy report released.
Houston, 48, was “found submerged in bathtub filled with water” and “no trauma or foul play is suspected.
The toxicology tests found other drugs in her body, including marijuana, the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, the muscle relaxant Flexeril and the allergy medicine Benadryl, the report confirms that these drugs “did not contribute to the death of the singer.
The report released did not disclose the levels of each drug, but that the information will be included in the final coroner report to be made public within two weeks.
Culled from Punch.