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Michael is a metro Detroiter with a passion for helping individuals and their families understand issues with substance abuse. He is a recovering addict, former substance abuse counselor, paralegal, and is pursuing publication of the book he wrote, Crash Test Addict. You can reach him at crashtestaddict@gmail.com.

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Michael Jackson's autopsy photograph

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Michael Jackson's autopsy photograph was high on Internet searches according to Google Trends on the 29th of October, 2009, as the morbid in us...
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This is it, Michael Jackson's last

Michael Jackson's new song "This is it" now streams online, and over the ariwaves as a haunting reminder of what we lost when this great...
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Prescription drugs on killing spree, abuse the cause

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Prescription drug use, and abuse has been on a steady course of exposure for quite some time now, but it has been at the expense of entirely too many...
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Benzodiazepines no joke

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Benzodiazepines are used to treat a variety of physical and psychological conditions. Unfortunately, these drugs are highly addictive, and withdrawals...
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Michael Jackson's blood saturated with propofol

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Michael Jackson's body was found to have lethal levels of the drug propofol in it, and the coronor's office is ruling his death a homicide now....
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Billy Mays heart succumbs to cocaine

TV pitchman Billy Mays had cocaine in his system that contributed to his death reported the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office...
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Jackson's doctor injected him with propofol

Michael Jackson's physician injected him with propofol, a powerful anesthetic sometime after midnight on the 25th of June that may have lead to his...
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Conrad Murray, Jackson's doctor, facing manslaughter charges?

Conrad Murray, the doctor that treated Michael Jackson on his deathbed, is becoming more of a suspect than what authorities are claiming. His office...
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Jamie Lee Curtis once addicted to prescription drugs

Celebrity Jamie Lee Curtis, 51, has come forward to reveal her drug addiction on the heels of Michael Jackson’s death. Known as the scream queen...
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Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, doctors, lawyers, you--prescription drugs costly

Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley made enough money to actually make obtaining prescription drugs really easy because most of us know that money will...
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