Eight years after the kidnapping, Paul suffered a drug-induced seizure, leaving him paralysed and almost totally blind.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12276681/How-postal-strike-delayed-delivery-severed-ear-cost-oil-heir-Paul-Getty-life.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Following a chaotic, drug-induced escape, the two share an incredibly moving heart-to-heart, in which Robin comes out as a lesbian, and Steve is nothing but supportive.

Source: https://collider.com/best-tv-show-friendships/

For context, mifepristone is the first of two drugs used in a drug-induced abortion.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/09/texas-lawsuit-could-see-abortion-pills-taken-off-the-market/

This all reminds me of The Serpent and The Rainbow, a book which explained "zombies" as people in a drug-induced torpor that passes for death, all in the context of Haitian religion and history.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/06/19/woman-found-alive-in-coffin-during-own-wake-definitely-dead-this-time.html