It’s easy to accidentally overdose on pills. I had a really viscous cold once and it was pill time, which included prescription codeine so I could breath without pain. Well instead of being smart and taking out all the pill bottles at once and then taking out one of each pill feverish me just started grabbing bottles one at a time and taking the pills. Then I thought “hey didn’t I already take a codeine”, and indeed I had. Luckily 2 codeine isn’t going to kill you, but it was still an accidental overdose, drugs and fogged thinking is a hairy combo.
Course that doesn’t mean it’s what happened to Ledger. But it is to point out that people can legitimately accidentally OD.
You said it yourself when you said “Instead of being smart...” But yours is a rare case IMO. What this guy did happens all to frequently among the Hollyweird types and the excuse is always accidental overdose. It’s not, it’s stupidity pure and simple.
Course that doesn’t mean it’s what happened to Ledger. But it is to point out that people can legitimately accidentally OD.
That has unfortunately happened to many, it very well might have happened to him. Rest his soul.