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July 1, 2009 | celebrity | editor | 0 Comments
Michael Jackson was so stuffed with drugs when he died last Thursday he probably would have rattled if you shook him, but as far as what actually killed him, police are now narrowing their focus to a drug called Propofol. It’s a sedative so powerful that it’s wildly illegal outside of controlled medical environments such as an emergency room or surgical suite. If it had a TV ad, instead of a middle aged couple exchanging coy glances and then turning off the stove, it would have doctors opening a safe between armed guards and removing a glowing beaker with blacksmith tongs. TMZ says…
The drug is used to put people under anesthesia before surgery. It is an extremely powerful drug that is only available to medical personnel. As one source said, “There is no conceivable way this drug can be properly prescribed for home use.”
Sources say the drug is so inappropriate and reckless for home use, if a doctor facilitated it for Jackson and it caused his death, he or she could be prosecuted for manslaughter.
This is a drug that can only be administered with an IV, so Jackson would have had help using it, which is why the police are so interested in any doctors or nurses who had Jackson in their care. They haven’t actually found any Propofol at the scene but a nurse has said on record he asked for it, and they found other drugs often used in combination with Propofol. Also he was wearing an “I Heart Propofol” t-shirt and he had an arrow drawn on the inside of his arm and the words, “propofol goes here”.