Questions of drug addiction continue to swirl around Michael Jackson
His death has faded from the headlines, but questions surrounding the death of Michael Jackson continue to surround law enforcement officials and attorneys in the Los Angeles area and in Nevada. The question of whether or not Jackson had a drug addiction has become a major focal point – as accusations of malpractice by his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray continue.
Recently, Nevada law enforcement officials requesting a search warrant for the home of Dr. Murray would seem to indicate that prescription drug addiction is the focus of the investigation.
The warrant claimed that police had probable cause to believe that “records, shipping orders, distribution lists, use records relating to the purchase, transfer ordering, delivery and storage of propofol (Diprivan)” could found on the premises.
If that proves to be true, then Murray may be in for a long period of turmoil. He would certainly be at risk for losing his license, and if it is determined that he delivered the fatal dose of Diprivan with negligence, criminal murder charges could be on the horizon as well.
Certainly, fans and mourners want to believe the best about Mr. Jackson. But if he was a drug addict, then the fate he made would be similar to that of Elvis Presley (whose daughter Jackson was once married to). Presley was surrounded, in the later years of his life, by “yes men” who would do his bidding, no questions asked. Among these hangers-on were a number of physicians so starstruck by “the king” that none would say no to him when he asked more and more powerful drugs. It was these same drugs that would eventually kill him in 1977.
Famous people are far from the only ones who suffer from opiate addiction to painkillers. Regular people from all walks of life need the life-saving help of a drug treatment center to break the cycle of addiction – and learn how to live a clean and sober life.
