Michael Jackson was on absolutely everything

Lots of drugs.

January 11, 2011 at 3:47PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray arrives for his arraignment at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles. Prosecutors are set to unveil their case against the man responsible for Michael Jackson's health during his comeback tour rehearsals as they launch a two-week preliminary hearing designed to help a judge determine if Dr. Conrad Murray should stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in the superstar's death.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Maybe you shouldn't trust a doctor who has his own ready-made professional hand-out photos. Just a thought.

That's enough propofol to sedate the entire Western Hemisphere for ten minutes, including birds and large reptiles. Why? Because he couldn't sleep. Every night he was like a young Justin Bieber fan who was going to the concert tomorrow and he's already here in town and OMG I could be breathing the same air he breathed!In Jackson's case, though, it was . . . what? Nerves? Insomnia? Inability to sleep without an armful of horse trank?

He got the milk, all right. The other sedatives were apparently lorazepam and midazolam and marzipam and lamzidam and dosiedoats and all the others; Jackson's bloodstream was Presely-strength at the the end. The doctor's on trial, but if it wasn't him administering the drugs, it would have been someone else. When you have as much money as Jackson had and an appetite for this sort of stuff, you'll find someone willing to administer it, and call it treatment.

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