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Singer Aaron Carter reportedly had a number of cans of compressed air in his bed room and loo when he was discovered lifeless on Saturday.
Regulation enforcement sources inform TMZ additionally they discovered prescription drugs close to the previous teen heartthrob’s physique. It was not instantly clear what kind of drugs they have been.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division mentioned it couldn't verify particulars of Carter’s loss of life to The Every day Beast.
Compressed air, which often comes within the type of cans used for dusting keyboards, is typically abused for its psychoactive results in a follow known as “huffing.” An analogous drug known as whippets, which entails inhaling nitrous oxide, is used for its related euphoric, dissociative results.
Carter beforehand spoke about being hooked on huffing on a 2019 episode of The Docs. He mentioned his late sister Leslie Carter—who fatally overdosed in 2012 at age 25—was the one who launched him to huffing when he was a young person.
“It’s one thing that I’ve stored secret from the entire world till now,” he mentioned on the time, saying he “didn’t actually contact it once more” till 2009, after he competed on Dancing With the Stars.
“I began going to Staples and Workplace Depot and completely different locations, shopping for it with money so it wouldn’t be reported on receipts or something like that, so nobody might hint me,” he mentioned. “I used to be huffing as a result of I used to be actually f--king silly and unhappy, however that is actually no excuse. I used to be huffing as a result of I’m a drug addict.”
Carter, 34, was reportedly discovered lifeless on Saturday morning by his live-in housekeeper at his dwelling in Lancaster, California. Dispatch audio from a 911 name positioned round 11 a.m. describes a “feminine yelling.”
The singer had brazenly struggled with drug habit for years. Simply final week, he was pulled over in Los Angeles on suspicion of driving beneath the affect after weaving by site visitors.
Carter launched his first album, Aaron Carter, in 1997 at age 9. His second album, 2000’s Aaron's Social gathering (Come Get It), went thrice platinum and cemented his standing as a teen sensation. The following years noticed him linked to different teen stars like Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff, who posted a tribute to the singer on Instagram praising his “effervescent” attraction.
Carter’s is the most recent notable loss of life involving using inhalants. In June, former Bare and Afraid contestant Melanie Rauscher was additionally discovered lifeless with a number of cans of compressed air used for cleansing laptop gear close to her physique. The 35-year-old was discovered mendacity within the visitor room of a home the place she was dog-sitting.