OK just as i thought, the toxicology showed that it was not a suicide, but rather a deadly mix of xanax and methadone (both in small doses) that took my brother's life. He had been so optimistic in his letters to his girlfriend the last 6 months, that the thought that he took his own life never made sense. Now we know for sure that he didn't. The Doc said that the drug n alcohol abuse weakened him, and that the small doses on the final night were enough to slow his respiration.
I'm proud that he fought addiction till the end and never gave up. That was always his nature. I miss him dearly but my anger is gone now.
HPR