Tonight a "source" both close to the Jackson and family and the current investigation into his death claims that Dr. Conrad Murray did indeed administer the potentially deadly drug Diprivan within a 24 hour period prior to Michael Jackson's death.
Whether this "source" is accurate or not, I am wondering if they will be able to detect the drug in Michael's blood, liver and brain so many hours after it was given to him. Diprivan dissipates within a few hours after it is given.
It was reported that Michael's stomach contents were devoid of any food and only contained pills at the time of his autopsy. Will this unravel the mystery of why Michael Jackson's heart stopped beating?
What were those pills and when did Michael ingest them? The answer to that question could make a world of difference to Dr. Murray and his future. If Dr. Murray hung an IV solution of Diprivan and monitored Michael while he was unconscious than it is possible that Michael woke up when the IV solution ran out and that he was alive at the time. If Michael woke up and ingested or shot up some other powerful drug or drugs it could have caused his death from an accidental overdose of several different substances who's properties interacted with one another causing his death.
I wonder if we will ever know the full story of what actually happened to Michael and if anyone will ever know who was responsible for his demise. Of course if the "source" is accurate Dr. Murry will be held responsible for giving Michael the Diprivan whether it killed him or not since he was not trained to do so and the setting was not conducive to giving an anesthetic.
Was it solely the work of an untrained doctor who had no business administering Diprivan or, Michael himself feeding his addiction or a combination of both?
I personally am anxious to hear the toxicology report and other related tests because the speculation is fueling a media cycle that is out of control and sensationalistic beyond what the media even imagined. The media lives and breathes for stories such as this and the sudden death Michael has allowed them to hit the mother-lode of speculative tabloid-like reporting. More talking heads are earning a buck than I have ever seen and more cable anchors and hosts are making a name for themselves on the sad moment when Michael Jackson finally ingested or shot up his last fix.
It's almost like this story and all of it's sorted aspects are some kind of huge surprise to the media....like they had no idea that Michael Jackson could be the new Marilyn Monroe, Elvis or Heath Ledger. The biggest shock is that they are shocked.
Michael was playing Russian roulette with his body for a long time and his dying was not the big story here. If there had been no Conrad Murray and no Dirprivan there would only be a sad legacy of a talented man who died from an "accidental over-dose". It would have died out in due time and the only legacy would have been Michael's body of work. It would have succeeded beyond even his wildest dreams and taken care of his family for years to come.
What we have instead is an example of waste, personal degradation and addiction; an all too familiar tale of the famous becoming a victim of their fame and going down in shame rather than in a fond remembrance of what once was and what could have been again.
Michael's children will only be temporally shielded from the excesses of their beloved father and even though they will never stop loving him they will one day have to understand that he chose drugs over them. He chose to get high rather than get healthy to raise them and guide them into adulthood. I pity them when the day comes that they find out that they were thrown away for a temporary high.
No matter how the Jackson's paint their father and how much wonderful music he left behind, the simple truth is that Michael Jackson loved his drugs more than he loved anyone else and in the end, they became his life.
Those drugs became his reason for living and without them he could not function. Sadly for all concerned, the drugs let him down as they always do and Michael like so many before him thought that he could beat the odds....win the battle on his own terms.
Sadly, this is never the case and now three little children are forced to live in a world that they knew nothing of and were thrust into by the actions and needs of their father who promised to love them and protect them.
I do not believe that they will find the love and affection that they once knew with their late father. As dysfunctional as their life was, the Jackson family is not the united group that it likes to portray to the outside world. I can only hope that his beloved children can overcome what they will undoubtedly have to face in the days and years to come.
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I commented on this and it did not take. I am trying again.
I believe, either way, regardless of who was involved, MJ comitted suicide with his drug addiction. There was a time he had full control of his lifes destiny and he chose to throw it away.
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