According to TMZ.com, the gossip juggernaut, Michael Jackson frequented dentists to feed his anesthesia addiction.

As we have already reported, medical professionals have told TMZ Jackson was an “anesthesia addict,” who would would seek out Propofol and other drugs that would sedate him or knock him out. Law enforcement is aware of this, sources say, and dental offices are part of their investigation (TMZ.com).

In fact, TMZ reported as late as today that the Drug Enforcement Agency(DEA) in fact contacted a number of pharmaceutical companies in an effort to identify the individual(s) responsible for purchasing the powerful anesthetic, Propofol, which is believed to have killed Jackson. Apparently this will be no small task as each vial of Propofol is marked with just a lot number. There’s potentially a thousand vials in a lot.

My Take

What’s disturbing to me about this case is not that Michael Jackson was addicted to illegally-obtained anesthetics, rather the widespread corruption within our medical/dental communities. Stories like this place a negative stigma on hard-working, honest doctors and dentists. In this case, it was even reported that Jackson’s use of dentist’s as a source of anesthetics was widely known. Yet, no one thought had the guts to report this to authorities. Sadly, I’m not surprised.

Source: TMZ.com

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