Four people have been arrested in connection with drugs found at the New York home of film star Seymour Hoffman. <br /><br />Police found Hoffman dead in his bathroom with a syringe in his arm on Sunday. They recovered plastic bags containing a substance believed to be heroin. The actor had a history of substance abuse.<br /><br />The four arrests came during a raid on building in the Chinatown area of Manhattan after police found the same heroin believed to have killed the 46-year-old there. <br /><br />According to Drug Enforcement Administration officials, an increase in heroin use is related to a spike in abuse of prescription opiate-based painkillers like oxycodone.<br /><br />Many people who misuse oxy develop a tolerance for the pills. They often find heroin easier and cheaper to buy than black market prescription medication.<br /><br />Hoffman appeared in blockbusters such as “Twister” and “The Hunger Games” series. He was working on the final Hunger Games installment at the time of his death.<br /><br />A memorial service for the actor is planned for later this month.
