Pop star Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anaesthetic propofol in his body when he died, US media report.
The findings of coroners' tests were revealed when a search warrant affidavit was unsealed in Houston.
The singer died on 25 June at the age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles.
Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray has been interviewed twice by police but has not been named as an official suspect.
According to the search warrant, Dr Murray told police he had been giving the singer propofol as part of his treatment for insomnia.
But, he said he had been concerned Jackson was becoming addicted to the drug and had begun to lower the dosage.
On the morning of the singer's death, Dr Conrad is reported to have given Jackson a lower dosage of propofol after a number of other drugs had not worked.
He left the star alone to make some telephone calls and when he returned Jackson was not breathing, the LA Times reports.
Dr Conrad is known to have performed CPR on his patient while the paramedics were called, but Jackson was declared dead when he arrived at hospital.
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