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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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Online pharmacies: Ordering death

Online pharmacies in the Phillipines are an easy method of obtaining drugs of abuse, and may well be selling death with just a few clicks of a mouse....
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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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Substance Abuse Treatment 101: Who does SEMCA coordinate with for drug treatment services?

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Substance Abuse Treatment 101 is the 2nd in a 4 part series of articles that cover the various agencies metro Detroiters can access for information on...
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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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Michael Jackson's painkiller addiction - why?

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Michael Jackson’s alleged addiction to prescription painkillers likely had its inception when he was badly burned filming that Pepsi commercial...
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Penthouse Playmate, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger share common end

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Drug addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer exempting no one from it clutches. Homeless winos, Hollywood A-listers, corporate CEO’s,...
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Waiting lists for drug abuse treatment too long

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With the recent death of Michael Jackson, and the speculation surrounding the manner in which he died, drug abuse is being brought back in focus. For...
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