(L.A.) Alison Cohen, 35, Died in West Hollywood

Case Number: 2021-10294

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 35-year-old Caucasian female that occurred at her apartment residence.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Alison Cohen.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Pentobarbital Toxicity

Other Significant Condition: Depression

RIP ALISON COHEN (April 17, 1986 – September 10, 2021)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 11:00 a.m.

Incident Location: Off-Melrose Weho
717 North Orlando Avenue, Apt 4, Los Angeles, CA 90069

Of the over 160,000 death records made public by the county’s medical examiner since the 1990s, about 45 mention suicide by pentobarbital.

Pentobarbital is a drug within the barbiturate class that works primarily on the central nervous system. At low doses, indications include short-term sedatives to treat insomnia and as a pre-anesthetic for surgery. At higher doses, pentobarbital serves as an anticonvulsant for emergent seizure control and medically induced comas.