DEA joins Michael Jackson Death Investigation – KTLA.
It’s reported that Jackson’s body had multiple injection marks when he died. He also allegedly used a slew of aliases, including Omar Arnold and Jack London, along with the name of a bodyguard and the office manager of one of his doctors, to obtain prescription medications.
My concern is that, if someone is getting prescriptions under multiple names, pharmacists cannot tell whether the patient is getting too much of a particular medication, or whether there may be a problem with taking medications which are incompatible. The failure of that line of patient defense may prove to be catastrophic.
At the same time, I understand why celebrities may need to do that, thanks to the out-of-control tabloid press. After all, if I get a prescription, nobody cares except me. If someone like Michael Jackson gets a prescription, millions of people care, so tabloids are willing to pay top dollar for that information.
What do you think? Do you understand why celebrities use aliases when obtaining prescriptions and think it’s okay, or do you think it is a practice which should or must be stopped? Do you think it would be okay if a celebrity only used one pseudonym for medications, as opposed to many?
we all participate in sorrow….
I do not believe to tabloids.
I do not believe that Michael had used an alias and to use these dangerous drugs. Tabloids always lying about Michael
Hiya, Gala. KTLA is a mainstream Los Angeles-area television station, not a tabloid, and therefore it is a credible source of information.
Besides, celebrities get prescriptions under other names all the time, in order to protect their privacy. I therefore don’t doubt for a minute that Michael did the same.
That’s no negative reflection on Michael, though. If the tabloids were willing to pay big bucks to find out what prescriptions I get, I’d probably do the same thing. Celebrities can’t even throw away their empty prescription bottles, without the tabloids getting ahold of them these days (once placed at the street for pickup, garbage is no longer considered private property).
Not that long ago, a sleazebag dug through Paris Hilton’s garbage and found a prescription for something I will not repeat out of respect for her privacy (but it was definitely very embarrassing) and auctioned it off on EBay. That’s ridiculous, but I’m sure Michael had the same problem since he was a much bigger star.
Obviously, medical information is none of anyone’s business, so I can completely understand why celebrities get prescriptions under aliases, and I do not judge any of them for it.