Philip Seymour Hoffman Had 50 Bags of Heroin, Police Say
 

Investigators found roughly 50 bags of heroin and used syringes in Philip Seymour Hoffman's West Village apartment, police told ABC News.

This information comes one day after the Oscar-winning actor was found inside his New York apartment. Hoffman was 46 years old.

Police sources say Hoffman was found unconscious at around 11:15 a.m. Sunday on the bathroom floor of his apartment by friend and screenwriter David Bar Katz, who called 911. Hoffman was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was supposed to pick up his three children Sunday, but never showed.

He was last seen at 8 p.m. Saturday night.

The cause of death has not yet been determined, but should be coming later today. The New York City Police Department is continuing to investigate.

A law enforcement official told ABC News that investigators found 50 bags of heroin along with used syringes in Hoffman's apartment along with drug paraphernalia and prescription drugs.

Hoffman's family released a statement following his death.

"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone," the statement reads. "This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers."

Hoffman was known as an actor's actor, a performer who embraced the acting craft while shirking much of the celebrity surrounding his success. His early career was marked by supporting roles ? snotty student George Willis, Jr. in "Scent of a Woman"; brown-nosing assistant Brant in "The Big Lebowski"; smarmy boom operator Scotty in "Boogie Nights."

His success in "Boogie Nights," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, served as his breakout, and from there he continued to churn out powerful performances. In "Magnolia," Hoffman shined as Phil, a nurse caring for a dying patient. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" showcased Hoffman's scene-stealing abilities alongside Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.

In "25th Hour," Hoffman brought haunting depth to a high school teacher enamored by one of his students.

And in 2004's "Along Came Polly," Hoffman showed off his humorous side as Sandy, a child star turned middle-aged schlub.

Hoffman didn't look like an A-list star. Too doughy, too normal-looking. Those looks allowed him to slink into his roles, to bring unique, genuine touch to his characters.

By 2005, the actor's actor became a leading man. His performance in "Capote" ? which detailed Truman Capote's experience penning the book "In Cold Blood" ? earned Hoffman the Best Actor Academy Award and the Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.

Three additional Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations followed ? for "The Master," "Doubt," and "Charlie Wilson's War."

As his career built, Hoffman struggled with the trappings of fame, a topic he addressed in a 2011 interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper.

"I think that's pretty much the human condition, you know, waking up and trying to live your day in a way that you can go to sleep and feel OK about yourself," he said.

Hoffman battled addiction as well ? receiving treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in his early 20s, not long after graduating from New York University.

"I went [to rehab], I got sober when I was 22 years old," he revealed during a 2006 interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes." "You get panicked ? and I got panicked for my life."

Hoffman said he was lucky he got sober before becoming famous and had the money to feed his addiction.

"I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich," he said in the interview. "I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'"

The actor said he kicked the habit for 23 years and remained sober until May 2013, when he briefly relapsed ? after admitting to snorting heroin ? and returned to rehab, spending 10 days in a detox program.

The second of four children, Hoffman was born on July 23, 1967 in Fairport, N.Y., to mother Marilyn O'Connor (née Loucks), a lawyer, and father Gordon Stowell Hoffman who worked for Xerox.

He graduated with a BFA in drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1989 and began his film career in 1991, starring in his debut role in the indie production "Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole."

Beyond movies, Hoffman also shined on Broadway, receiving two Tony nominations for Best Actor in 2000 for a revival of Sam Shepard's "True West" and again in 2003 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night."

In 2012, Hoffman starred as Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," receiving rave reviews from critics and his third Tony Award nomination as Best Leading Actor in a Play.

He made his film directorial debut in 2010 with "Jack Goes Boating."

Hoffman's passing comes amid a flurry of new and upcoming projects. He appears in the 2014 movies "God's Pocket" and "A Most Wanted Man," along with "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" Part 1 and 2, scheduled for release in the coming years.

He was also slated to star in the Showtime series, "Happyish."

Showtime executives released a statement Sunday, describing Hoffman was "one of our generation's finest and most brilliant actors."

Hoffman is survived by his girlfriend, costume designer Mimi O'Donnell, their son, Cooper, 10 and two daughters, Tallulah, 7, and Willa, 5.

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Maybe he shopped at Costco.

how many bags has Floyd Mayweather ?

How do you ever convince yourself to try it the first time? "Here is a really addictive and dangerous substance. I think I will give it a go."

The guy had everything. Monumental talent, a seemingly endless amount of movie projects, a budding directorial career on top of that, family, kids, and millions upon millions in wealth and much more on the way. Such a waste.

I feel bad for his family. How does this affect how the kids turn out when a larger-than-life parent does this?

This ain't Inglewood.

http://i.imgur.com/XGAEOVC.jpg

poor kids...all the pride and glory of having a superstar father just wiped out by a sleazy death that will forever define his legacy.

thats alot of H even the most hardcore addicts know to not keep that much on you at a time cus of the huge prison time.

Maybe he had it planned to be his last trip...

sounds like a big party :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

hey thats great

Very sad.
One of the greats.

Fuck that selfish junkie!

Good question, must be dumb as fuck :1orglaugh

Another talent snuffed by the dragon

Extremely sad. I used to see him around the Village, buying donuts and milk. LOL Nice guy. What a sad sad shame.

I think for a lot of drug addicts it is because they are chasing that first high. They do something like coke and it gets them high, but eventually you have to do more and more to get the same level of high because your body builds up a tolerance to it. So some of them decide to try something else and it is amazing so they keep doing it.

I also think a lot of people feel like they will never get addicted. I doubt many people who are addicts had any idea they would get addicted the first time they took it. They assumed they could try it once and be good, but that is clearly not the case for some.

So like I said - you must be dumb as fuck. As any intelligent person knows that heroine is extremely addictive.
Natural selection.

He is a coke lover! They die very young.

Too bad, very talented :(

he was big customer...

I would say they're weak, not dumb. :2 cents:

Fuck heroin. One of the best actors of the past 20 years. I watched Synedoche - New York again yesterday. If you haven't sen it yet, please do yourself a favor and do so immediately. Charlie Kaufmann and PSH at their very best. Ebert said it was the best film of the decade, and he was right.

Such a talented guy. Fuck heroin.

I read an interesting article. That alot of the heroin overdoses happen with addicts that have been sober for a while. The theory is their tolerance goes way down from not using and then they shoot up with the same dose they used before and it kills them.

Guess he's playing a dead man now :(

That's a lot of smack. Party time.

I would say both. Weak for taking the second shot, but for taking the first?
Is that weakness that you ant to try something that is dangerous and you know that it is huge possibility that you end up addicted and even worse?

They say nicotine is harder to quit than heroin, so you can't tell me it's that freaking hard to quit heroin since I've quit nicotine.
He clearly wanted to be high on heroin but shot up too much and died.
Sorry to his fans and sad for his family.

The headlines are sensational as per usual. 50 "Bags" brings all kinds of conjecture to the picture, how big are "bags" a shopping bag ? Are they not in little plastic pockets ?:2 cents:

Nicotine withdrawal cant kill you. Heroin withdrawal can...I think its safe to say nicotine is exponentially easier to quit.

according to dyna mo, you are all wrong. there is no addiction & hoffman chose to die.

The butthurt lingers with this one.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Oh, and shitty effort on your part to distort what I said to try and make it me v. every else, fuck wad.

FTR a junkie is a fucking addict that chooses the life.

for dipshit josh-

junk·ie also junk·y (jŭng′kē)
n. pl. junk·ies Slang
1. A narcotics addict, especially one using heroin.


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/junkie

More for shitstain josh

Addiction Is a Choice

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/addi...diction-choice

Is Addiction a Rational Choice?
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...-says-maybe-so

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...iction/280080/
http://www.thecleanslate.org/myths/a...t-is-a-choice/

dipshit motherfucker.

Addiction is not necessarily a choice.
The act of using the drug is a choice.

Similarly, a wide range of genetic factors play a role in obesity.
It's still does not change the fact that you can't get fat without stuffing too many calories into your face.

Possessing certain genetic traits related to obesity is not a choice.
Becoming obese is certainly a choice.

I'm going by my direct experience corroborated by concrete research.



pre-disposition v. pre-determination


Research has proven "most addicts quit."

The rational choices of crack addicts:

Dr. Hart..., Like other scientists, hoped to find a neurological cure to addiction, some mechanism for blocking that dopamine activity in the brain so that people wouldn’t succumb to the otherwise irresistible craving for cocaine, heroin and other powerfully addictive drugs.

But then, when he began studying addicts, he saw that drugs weren’t so irresistible after all.

“Eighty to 90 percent of people who use crack and methamphetamine don’t get addicted,” said Dr. Hart, an associate professor of psychology. “And the small number who do become addicted are nothing like the popular caricatures.”

Dr. Hart recruited addicts by advertising in The Village Voice, offering them a chance to make $950 while smoking crack made from pharmaceutical-grade cocaine. Most of the respondents, like the addicts he knew growing up in Miami, were black men from low-income neighborhoods. To participate, they had to live in a hospital ward for several weeks during the experiment.

At the start of each day, as researchers watched behind a one-way mirror, a nurse would place a certain amount of crack in a pipe — the dose varied daily — and light it. While smoking, the participant was blindfolded so he couldn’t see the size of that day’s dose.

Then, after that sample of crack to start the day, each participant would be offered more opportunities during the day to smoke the same dose of crack. But each time the offer was made, the participants could also opt for a different reward that they could collect when they eventually left the hospital. Sometimes the reward was $5 in cash, and sometimes it was a $5 voucher for merchandise at a store.

When the dose of crack was fairly high, the subject would typically choose to keep smoking crack during the day. But when the dose was smaller, he was more likely to pass it up for the $5 in cash or voucher.

“They didn’t fit the caricature of the drug addict who can’t stop once he gets a taste,” Dr. Hart said. “When they were given an alternative to crack, they made rational economic decisions.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/sc...anted=all&_r=0