All about Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s medical history is starting to unfold in pill form.

Los Angeles County Coroner’s officials have confiscated various prescription drugs from the entertainer’s rented Holmby Hills mansion, Chief Investigator Craig Harvey told reporters Monday afternoon.

A team from the medical examiner’s office, including a photographer and Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter had been spotted going inside around noon.

The investigators emerged from the residence toting two large plastic bags, declining to mention any specifics of what they found or where.

The initial autopsy performed Friday was ruled inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests in six to eight weeks, though Harvey confirmed that Jackson was taking prescription medication. A second autopsy requested by the family was performed the following day.

But while fans and family alike won’t know for sure what caused Jackson’s sudden heart failure, the star’s longtime friend Dr. Deepak Chopra has little doubt that drug use may have come into play.

“He was extraordinary when he was in his ecstatic states. But he was also troubled, and he surrounded himself with people who were enablers and frequently avoided people who were trying to help him,” he told the Early Show this morning.

“In the year 2005 after the trial, he came and stayed with us for a few days, and during that time he asked me for a prescription for OxyContin,” he continued. “I was very surprised, and I said, ‘Why do you want that?’ And he said, ‘I have back pain.’ And I said, ‘You don’t need that narcotic for back pain.’ And then, as I probed, I found out that he was taking a lot of narcotics prescribed by different physicians.”

“Somebody like that is obviously not in a normal state of consciousness,” he went on to explain. “After a while, actually, they actually believe that, if they didn’t get their fix, or the drug, or the narcotic, they might die…When you’re prescribing narcotics, you need to be with very competent doctors.”

Therein may lie the rub.

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