EXCLUSIVE: Corey Haim Was Abusing Prescription Drugs Says Friend

A close friend of Lost Boys actor Corey Haim has exclusively told RadarOnline.com that the actor was abusing prescription drugs in his final days. The friend said he feared the former child star would die from a prescription drugs overdose.

Haim was pronounced dead at St Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank at 2.15 a.m. Wednesday after becoming ill at his nearby apartment where he was staying with his mom Judy who is fighting breast cancer.

Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter revealed that although no illegal drugs were found at the apartment, authorities did discover four prescription bottles of pills inside.

Haim’s friend –who didn’t want to be identified --- said: “I’m not surprised that this has happened because he was abusing prescription drugs.

“Corey got really upset that his mom was being treated for breast cancer and that she had lost her hair because of chemotherapy.

“She is all he really had in the world and although he was helping her he got pretty depressed about the situation.

“Corey was a helpful person and a good friend to me and I’m very upset that he has died but I knew that he had been taking too many pills recently to help him cope with the stresses in his life.

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“He used to get my mail and run errands for me if I was sick and I’ll miss him a lot – I just hope his mom can overcome her cancer.”

“He was a quiet guy and it was ironic that a lot of the young actors who are just starting out on their careers did not even know who he was or anything about his career.

“It’s sad because he died at such an early age and he seemed to like the fact that nobody really knew who he was here.”

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An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death, but earlier Wednesday, police said it appears Haim died of an accidental drug overdose.