Family members found marijuana in Jackson's bedroom

[kiwi_farmer]

By Kimi Yoshino and Richard Winton

August 27, 2009 | 11:22 p.m.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ja...0,1554430.story

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The discovery prompted investigators to search the pop star's mansion for heroin-related equipment. But lab tests found no marijuana, cocaine or heroin in Jackson's system.

Rotting marijuana that Michael Jackson's family members mistook for heroin briefly caused detectives to look for further evidence of the illegal drug in the pop star's rented residence during the frenzied 48 hours after his death, according to sources close to the investigation.

 

Family members told coroner's officials that they found "tar heroin" in the Holmby Hills home's master bedroom. Only Jackson and his children had access to the room, according to court records unsealed Thursday. The discovery prompted authorities to obtain a search warrant for Jackson's house for heroin, hypodermic needles, cutting agents, scales, balloons, condoms, razor blades, buyer lists, and seller lists, among other items, documents show.

 

But within days, police had ruled out heroin as a factor in the singer's death, sources close to the investigation said. Lab tests showed that the purported heroin was actually moldy marijuana, sources said. And, according to court records, a lengthy police interview with Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, placed another drug, the powerful anesthetic propofol, at the center of the investigation.

 

Law enforcement sources said that neither marijuana, cocaine nor heroin were found in Jackson's system.

 

The search warrant records, unsealed at the request of several media organizations, show that police seized 12 bottles of the sedative temazepam, several other prescription drugs and empty medication vials from Jackson's house the day after his June 25 death. As part of the investigation, police searched Murray's car June 29, records show. But according to the search inventory, the only items seized were a business card for an executive handling Jackson's London concerts, a contract and an envelope with miscellaneous writing.

 

In another warrant made public Thursday, a federal agent wrote that Jackson's longtime friend and physician Dr. Arnold Klein had self-prescribed medication 27 times during a nearly three-year period.

 

The allegation prompted a federal magistrate to sign off on a search last week of Mickey Fine Pharmacy, which Jackson frequently used.

 

State records showed that Klein had self-prescribed Vicodin, Valium, the sedative midazolam and modafinil, a drug used to improve wakefulness.

 

Klein's attorney, Garo B. Ghazarian, said Klein never self-prescribed any medication, but the lawyer declined to explain the drug-tracking records.

[jabez]

You know you have serious problems when your stuffing all those drugs into your system and still can't get any sleep!

 

Poor bloke.

[Korozone]

thats not good !

[oztrail]

yes poor michael.

 

and think of all the other hollywood doctors who dish out prescription meds for their celebrity clients. Probably wont be as easy for the rich and famous to bribe them for their drugs now.

 

poor things....my heart bleeds...

 

If jackson had grown cannabis instead of doctor shopping he'd probably would have been a lot better off, and certainly not dead.

 

just consider ourselves lucky we have the sharp witted goose steppers to protect us, even tho they can't seem to tell the difference between pot and heroin ffs.

Edited August 29, 2009 by oztrail

[sirfro]

What a tortured soul... The point that was made before on TV about how he was trying to look as different from his father as possible so he wouldn't have to see any similarities in the mirror... So sad. I hope he's found peace.