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Prescription Drug Addiction

MJ's Story Highlights Ease of Getting Prescriptions

Brad Lamm | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

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Brad Lamm

These prescriptions have enormous medical value for a variety of ailments, but without proper screening of patients they are as deadly as cyanide and as disruptive as a loaded gun on a playground.

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Michael Jackson: The King of Pills

Deborah King | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment

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Deborah King

The multi-talented and charismatic performer may be gone, to live on in a digitally-recorded afterlife, but I suspect that we'll soon learn that the death of Michael Jackson the man was caused in large part by his addiction to prescription medication.

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Michael Jackson and the Frailty of Life

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

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Derrick K. Baker

Now that Michael Jackson has passed away, a few of my buddies and I can only talk about how death is the one appointment we all will keep.

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

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Francesca Biller-Safran

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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