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Doctor who helped sell ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death avoids prison time

matthew-perry-1-6687784-1702586422333-1.21017407 matthew-perry-1-6687784-1702586422333 (Matthew Perry poses for a portrait on Feb. 17, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP))

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A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 8 months of home confinement. 

A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced Dr. Mark Chavez of San Diego to 3 years of supervised release on Tuesday. 

The "Friends" star died from an overdose in 2023 from ketamine, which can be used legally as a treatment for depression. 

Chavez had acquired the ketamine and given it to Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who sold it to Perry. 

Plasencia was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison earlier this month.