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MICHAEL JACKSON 'SPENT 30K ON MEDICATION'

Michael Jackson reportedly consumed ''mountains of medication'' in the year leading up to his death, spending almost Â£30,000 a month on prescription drugs.

Michael Jackson spent almost Â£30,000 a month on prescription drugs.

The singer reportedly consumed "mountains of medication" in the year leading up to his death last week.

Many prescriptions were purchased under the fictitious name Omar Adams. Others were paid for by the singer, but prescribed in the names of his aides and nurses.

Britain's The Sun newspaper reports the singer - who died after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest in his Los Angeles home - was taking narcotic pain killer Vicodin, muscle relaxant Soma, sedative Xanax, antidepressant Zoloft, anti-anxiety drug Paxil and heartburn pill Priolosec at the time of his death.

Jackson's grieving relatives were reeling yesterday (29.06.09), as details of the alleged autopsy report were leaked.

The report claimed the star weighed just 51kg when he died, was riddled with needle marks, had only half-digested pills in his stomach, was completely bald and covered in scars from at least 13 cosmetic procedures.

Family lawyer Brian Oxman said: "The autopsy details we read are - as you can expect - unbelievably awful, horrifying reading. The family response? 'Oh my God'. That's what they shouted. They kept saying, 'Oh my God'.

"They suspected the drugs were harming Michael - but not as badly as this. They are beside themselves, it's truly, truly, awful. What is crucial to them is not the drug types Michael was taking, but the quantities he was taking them in.

"This is a huge and major concern. During Michael's court trial he was taking 40 Vicodin a day - and this may have even increased. It's an insane amount of drugs to be given - and to be taken."

However, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office claims the details released about the singer's autopsy are "completely untrue".

A statement said: "The report that is being published did not come from this office. I don't know where the information came from, or who that information came from. It is not accurate. Some of it is totally false."

The official results of the autopsy will not be released for four to six weeks.

Meanwhile, sources claim it is looking "more and more likely" Jackson died of an accidental drug overdose.

30 June 2009 10:01:18 AM

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Anna ( 6)

posted on 20/07/2009 21:48

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We have made an alphabetical list of known charities that Michael Jackson has individualy supported publically throughout his career. Michael Jackson also helped set up Heal The World Foundation, the charities this has supported have not been listed. Read our Heal The World/kids page for details of this foundation. AIDS Project L.A. American Cancer Society Angel Food Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles BMI Foundation, Inc. Brotherhood Crusade Brothman Burn Center Camp Ronald McDonald Childhelp U.S.A. Children's Institute International Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Dakar Foundation Dreamstreet Kids Dreams Come True Charity Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Love Match Make-A-Wish Foundation Minority Aids Project Motown Museum NAACP National Rainbow Coalition Rotary Club of Australia Society of Singers Starlight Foundation The Carter Center's Atlanta Project The Sickle Cell Research Foundation Transafrica United Negro College Fund (UNCF) United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope Volunteers of America Watts Summer Festival Wish Granting YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw

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Anna ( 6)

posted on 20/07/2009 21:29

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