TikTok star Cooper Noriega’s reason for demise has been confirmed by a Los Angeles coroner six months after he died, a number of information retailers reported.
The social media star’s physique was present in a mall parking zone in Burbank, California, on June 9. Paramedics have been unable to revive him. He was 19.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner reportedly decided that Noriega died as a result of mixed results of a number of medication: fentanyl, lorazepam and alprazolam. The latter two are sedatives generally identified underneath the model names Ativan and Xanax; they are often prescribed to deal with anxiousness and different situations. The coroner stated current use of clonazepam, one other anxiousness treatment, additionally contributed to Noriega’s demise.
The demise was dominated an accident.
Hours earlier than his demise, Noriega posted a TikTok whereas mendacity in mattress with the caption: “who else b considering they gon d!€ younger af.”
4 days prior, he stated he was making a Discord account known as “Coop’s Recommendation,” meant as a protected house to debate habit and psychological sickness. He additionally opened up about his struggles with habit that he stated began when he was 9 years previous.
“I wish to use the affect I’ve been given to create an area constructed on spreading consciousness and normalizing speaking about psychological sickness,” he wrote in an Instagram publish. “My aim is to finally open a rehab the place folks aren’t traumatized on the finish of their restoration, and the place employees members are trusted folks.”
Noriega’s TikTok account is adopted by greater than 3.2 million customers.
Since his demise, his household have posted from his Instagram account that they intend to make his imaginative and prescient for Coop’s Recommendation a actuality.
“We’ll proceed to spend the remainder of our lives ending all the pieces Cooper each dreamed of. We’ll honor his legacy without end,” the household stated in an announcement in June. “Our lovely boy, we love you without end.”
The household has established the Coop’s Recommendation Basis, which goals to “change into a frontrunner within the motion to rethink how our society understands and addresses psychological well being and habit, particularly among the many members of GenZ.”
“Cooper’s life and work shined a light-weight on the pressing must destigmatize habit and assist complete psychological well being, and Coop’s Recommendation will be certain that gentle continues to shine,” the muse’s web site reads.
Need assistance with substance use dysfunction or psychological well being points? Within the U.S., name 800-662-HELP (4357) for the SAMHSA Nationwide Helpline.