Michael Jackson Preliminary Autopsy Results Point To Prescription Drug Abuse
Whether or not Michael Jackson was struggling with prescription drug addiction before he died, the preliminary observations at his autopsy point toward prescription drug overdose as a potential cause of death, according to Fox News. Specifically, the article states:
“Jackson appeared to be stronger than they expected. There were bruises on his chest, which indicated someone had performed CPR on him, but there was no sign of a heart attack, which is when arteries are blocked, leading to cardiac arrest.”
Cardiac arrest was initially reported as the cause of death, but the preliminary autopsy results seem to conclude that that was not the case. The article goes on to state that “drugs may have indeed played a role in stopping Jackson’s heart and/or lungs.”
Other reports state that Jackson’s doctor was with him when he died, or at least that’s what was intimated by the 911 caller. TMZ.com reports: The person who makes the call says Jackson was not breathing and unconscious. Jackson was not responding to CPR. The caller says the doctor on scene – Dr. Conrad Murray – was the only witness – “The doctor has been the only one here.”
You can listen to a recording of the 911 call made from Michael Jackson’s Encino, California home here.
Still other reports claim that Jackson had doctors coming to the house around the clock, that one doctor lived in the house with him, and that the day of his death, Jackson was receiving a shot of Demerol from his doctor, something that happened regularly.
There are those that think that if the Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, had called paramedics immediately, that there might have been a chance to save Jackson’s life. Some of these people conjecture that the doctor was protecting himself by waiting, or that perhaps he thought, as a doctor, he had as good a chance of saving Jackson’s life as anyone. Of course, there’s always the possibility that the doctor didn’t find him until after he stopped breathing and that this piece of information got convoluted or lost when others came on the scene… though the caller sounds a little stressed but hardly blinded by chaos. However, Dr. Murray is apparently nowhere to be found, so these questions will go unanswered for some time.
Whether or not doctors and hangers-on push celebrities to abuse prescription drugs, unless they are outright drugging them so that they are unaware of what they are taking, I believe each individual must take responsibility for his or her own actions. You have to recognize at some point that you are not living the life you want and that, like the rest of us, you are the only one who can create the change that you’re hoping for. Maybe that’s easier said than done. Certainly, most of us don’t have someone there with a shot full of Demerol or a handful of pills at the ready every time we get frustrated about something. Perhaps if we did, the need to get clean probably wouldn’t be so urgent. What do you think?
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