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An investigation into the death of American actor Matthew Perry has led to criminal charges against five people.
对美国演员马修·佩里之死的调查导致五人受到刑事指控。
Perry, a star of the popular television series Friends, died suddenly in October. He was 54.
佩里是热门电视连续剧《老友记》里的明星，于10月份突然去世。终年54岁。
Doctors who examined his body after death said Perry died from an overdose of the powerful drug ketamine.
医生在佩里死后对他的身体进行了检查，他们说佩里死于服用过量的强效药物氯胺酮。
Ketamine is a powerful anesthetic.
氯胺酮是一种强效麻醉剂。
The drug is often used to put people into a deep sleep for medical operations, also called surgery.
这种药物经常用来帮助人们进入深度睡眠，进行医疗手术，也被称为手术。
The treatment is called general anesthesia.
这种治疗被称为全身麻醉。
A doctor can inject the drug into a muscle or through a liquid flow directly into a patient's veins.
医生可以将药物注射到肌肉中，也可以通过液体直接注入患者的静脉。
The drug's chemistry is similar to the recreational drug called PCP.
这种药物的化学成分类似于一种名为五氯苯酚的娱乐药物。
Some people use ketamine recreationally for its euphoric effects.
一些人使用氯胺酮是因为它能给人带来愉悦的感受。
It can cause hallucinations and can affect breathing and the heart.
它会导致幻觉，并会影响呼吸和心脏。
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ketamine for use only for general anesthesia.
美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)批准氯胺酮仅用于全身麻醉。
However, American doctors are free to prescribe drugs for treatments other than those approved by the FDA.
然而，美国医生可以自由地为FDA批准的以外的治疗开药。
This is known as off-label use.
这就是所谓的非标签使用。
Ketamine use has seen a huge, fast rise in recent years as a treatment for pain and mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety.
近年来，氯胺酮作为治疗疼痛和精神健康障碍的药物，包括抑郁症和焦虑症，出现了巨大的、快速的增长。
Perry was using it to treat depression.
佩里用它来治疗抑郁症。
His usual doctors were treating him with what is called ketamine infusion therapy.
他的常见医生正在用所谓的氯胺酮输注疗法给他进行治疗。
However, investigators say the actor turned to other sources when his doctors refused to give him as much as he wanted.
然而，调查人员说，当他的医生拒绝给他想要的治疗量时，这位演员转而使用了其他来源。
Last week, government lawyers said Perry got ketamine illegally through a group that included two doctors, Perry's assistant and a woman they identified as the “Ketamine Queen.”
上周，政府律师说，佩里通过一个组织非法获得氯胺酮，该组织包括两名医生，佩里的助手和一名被他们确认为“氯胺酮女王”的妇女。
Perry's assistant injected the actor with ketamine — including several times on the day Perry died.
佩里的助手给这位演员注射了氯胺酮--包括在佩里去世的那天给他注射了几次。
Emergency medical workers also sometimes use ketamine to sedate people who appear to be out of control, aggressive or a threat to themselves or others.
急救医务人员有时也会使用氯胺酮来镇静那些似乎失控、咄咄逼人或对自己或他人构成威胁的人。
Some states and agencies around the country have begun to reconsider this use of ketamine because of the drug's health risks.
鉴于氯胺酮的健康风险，全国各地的一些州和机构已经开始重新考虑这种药物的使用。
In 2019, an American court found two emergency medical workers guilty in the overdose killing of a teenager in Colorado.
2019年，美国一家法院裁定两名急救医务人员在科罗拉多州因用药过量杀害一名青少年的罪行成立。
The medical team injected the man with a deadly amount of ketamine during a police operation.
在警方的一次行动中，医疗队给这名男子注射了致命数量的氯胺酮。
An Associated Press investigation found that, generally, use of ketamine and similar drugs as a policing or security tool has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years.
美联社的一项调查发现，总的来说，在过去15年里，将氯胺酮和类似药物用作治安或安全工具的做法在全国范围内悄然蔓延。
I'm Caty Weaver.
我是凯蒂·韦弗。
