Michael Jacksons Death and Drug Abuse

30 June, 2009

Entertainment television programs are having a field day with Hollywood’s most recent tragedy, the death of pop-icon Michael Jackson. Autopsy results have ‘leaked,’ and Jackson reportedly weighed 112 pounds at the time of death. According to E! Online, Jackson was injected with Demerol about an hour before his death. This rumor has lead to speculation that Jackson’s physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was somehow linked with the death of the ‘King of Pop.’ Edward Chernoff, Murray’s attorney, has made it clear that authorities are regarding Murray as a witness, not a suspect, to the events surrounding Jackson’s death.

Whether or not Murray aided Jackson with his drug habit, it is certain that he had a problem with substance. According to Grace Rwaramba, Jackson’s former nanny of 17 years, the pop-icon didn’t eat enough food, and often abused prescription drugs. “I had to pump his stomach many times,” she said. Rwaramba, with help from Jackson’s mother and sister, Janet, tried to stage an intervention. The attempt was futile.