Jackson Addicted to Xanax, Bodyguard Says

16. I really get sick of these witch hunts whenever some famous person kills themselves with drugs. The fact is it was MICHAEL'S Responsibility for the drugs he was taking. It was his responsibility to get off of them just like it was his decision to take them in the first place. Just because he's famous and had the people and the means to do whatever he wanted to do doesn't mean anyone except himself is to blame for his own damn actions.

Posted at 1:54AM on Jul 11th 2009 by Dev

17. My question is this.............

If MJ was taking all of these meds, and was wacked out on them.......

Where were the children during all of this? Did they have to witness their farther in druged up?

If he loved his children so much, then why didn't he stop taking all that crapp and get some help so he could live a long life for with them?

To me it seems, they weren't as precious to him as he tried to make it look like. His drugs meant more than his kids.

Shame on him... I don't feel sorry for him now after finding out all of this.

Not a very good roll model for sure.

The children didn't ask to be born into this circus. I feel sorry for them.

Posted at 12:35PM on Jul 10th 2009 by sadfan

18. This is a bunch of Bull@&*& The amount ofpills per day and the Hi $ amount does not add up! Do you know how muany pills you get for 45000 Per month! This is insane no one can take these many pills and for years. The whole story is fabricated to make MJ Look like a big Addict. Every day they keep adding more injection sites on his body. Now all of asudden all these people that were around him are saying the amount of pills he was taking and demerol daily and this and that. This is a crock. With the amount of pills and shots and this and that he would have to be wheeled around in a bed 24 7!! Xanax common pill widely prescribed and 30-40 per night! Load of crap i take 2 and it makes you tired imagein 30-40 . Story is false jackson is still alive no one seen his body the family did not show anyone not even to prove that he actually passed away! The only phot that was circiling around was a planted photo to make you believe he was dying or dead in the abulance! if he was heavily guarded then how did they get that shot of him , besides being behind the large gates!1 That was a wax figuer . made from
Madame Tussauds wax factory. this was his plan to escape. he idolized how elvis faked it and he did the same.the media took the bait and now he has the motion set the media will hype this and now they are the fuel/ MJ is alive not even his closest so called friends attended his funeral?that is because they know he is not dead . he just could not live in his life anymore thanks to ythe media hounding him and destroying his character... live well MJ

Posted at 12:37PM on Jul 10th 2009 by screamin in digital

19. This is so sad!!! I honestly believe that the 2005 trial did him in. I watched his interview with Martin Bashir and Michael got upset talking about the abuse he edured growing up. Michael stated that his mother would yell at his father telling Joe, stop if or you'll kill him. Growing up the way he did and the trial devastated him. He was found NOT GUILTY of all charges, not one, but all 10. He was only helping that family, the mother to this child was charged with welfare fraud and she also was trying to get money from Penneys stating that a security guard was sexually harassing her. They were in it for the money and they are going to have to answer for destroying a human beings life. Greed does that to people, only interested in themselves and not concerned about destroying someone elses for their gain. I don't believe he ever did anything to children. He had children at his Neverland ranch that were either sick or had other disorders and he just wanted them to enjoy being a kid.
I'm sorry he's gone and the enablers around him are going to have to answer for their actions.
As for all of the "entertainers" that showed up for his memorial, WHERE WERE YOU IN 2005 WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS? Brooke Shields was supposed to be a good friend to him, where was she when all of this was going on?
Let Michael finally rest in peace. He'd been through so much in his lifetime.

Posted at 12:48PM on Jul 10th 2009 by kris

20. OF COURSE he was addicted to Xanax. If you had a face like that, wouldn't you need loads of anxiety medication?

Posted at 12:40PM on Jul 10th 2009 by S.Holmes

21. I have seen the effects of Xanax abuse first hand..It is a scary thing. People do not know what they are doing. They can barely stand up. They have no memory of the things they said and did. They become violent. It really cannot get any worse than Xanax abuse in terms of legal medication.

Posted at 12:42PM on Jul 10th 2009 by James

22. to #15 Posted at 12:37PM on Jul 10th 2009 by screamin in digital

If what you say is true, then my point about the children are even stronger.

WHAT FATHER WOULD PUT HIS THREE CHILDREN through a FAKE funeral in front of the world?

Shameful for sure if you are right. Poor Paris Michael and Blanket. Doomed to live a very hard life of mental distress.

Posted at 12:44PM on Jul 10th 2009 by sadfan

23. TMZ know everything....wow.......i am amused!!!!! ..... "every day a bit more informations"...... TMZ: is there a maschine to get all those informations....or were ya all personally included to MJ...every day , every second.....together with MJ? HOW MANY
"CLICKS" do ya have on your page here per day.....?Are ya sponsered....by someone?If its quiet here..... 3-5 informations per day?wonderful.....

Posted at 1:28PM on Jul 10th 2009 by cm

24. screamin in digital

I'd say you're on something a lot worse than Xanax.

Posted at 1:37PM on Jul 10th 2009 by JW

25. @# 15...... someone said.....the kids & MJ played "death man " at home......would be a great story if it was a selfmade fake.....we cant take a look "behind" the true curtain"......BUT....There were a lot of reasons to do that.....for MJ....the thing with ELVIS was/is...if its true...to get informations after 75 years,right?....and as a german ...i know...that the USA is the land of make believe......

Posted at 1:40PM on Jul 10th 2009 by cm

26. "Pills" is a stupid measurement; Xanax is available in tablets of varying strength. If you include the extended release versions, "10 pills a night" could be 2.5 mg or 30 mg. And geez, will anything, ever, be Michael Jackson's fault? It's now the doctors' fault he doctor-shopped, used other people's prescriptions and pressured employees to get him drugs. Yes there are irresponsible doctors, and I'd love to hear to excuse of the one who was giving Propofol as a sleep aid! But it's possible a given doctor writing Jackson's hundredth Demerol or Xanax script might a) not even know it was for Jackson b) not know how many other doctors were also providing it. Addicts lie, forge, steal and manipulate people... they are difficult enough to monitor and 'control' without being spoiled billionaires who can also use power and money to intimidate. Jackson knew full well that what he was doing was illegal and irresponsible. I don't assume all his doctors knew the same about what they were doing.

Posted at 1:39PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Hexicon

27. LET,S GET AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GROUP IN FLORIDA,WHO WAS THAT DOCTOR,,,DID SOMEONE USE THE MAIL TO GET STUFF TO MJ NO MATTER WHERE HE WAS LIVING OR THRU SOMEONE ELSE,HUH A BODY GUARD OR A RUNNER....TMZ LOOK DEEPER THE STORY IS THERE

Posted at 1:51PM on Jul 10th 2009 by dr who in fl

28. Dicky Dumplin...some of this DID happen in the UK..the UK is no different than the USA, in fact, probably more liberal...I know...am a transplant! Ultimately, Michael Jackson was responsible for Michael Jackson and chose to go the route of Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, etc. I do believe ANY that committed criminal activities should be punished, whether it be in the case of the celeb or non-celeb.

Posted at 1:53PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Tess

29. How in the world can someone take 10 Xanax pills a night, let alone 30-40? I take ONE .5 mg pill and I'm knocked out and sleep 12 hours easy! I think someone would be dead if they took that many a day.

Posted at 2:19PM on Jul 10th 2009 by How can that be?

30. 11. If this was in the uk all the docs would be arrested by scotland yard and bail refused and would serve at least 10 years for manslaughter and that would be the min tarriff before parole give all the money grabbing docs to the fans and see them get their ass kicked shame on then and shame on the media they should had at least put him in rehab... to late eh?? no more money for those tossers.

Posted at 12:18PM on Jul 10th 2009 by dickydumplin

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You mean the UK vacation prisons where inmates get days off to go shopping? I wish!

Posted at 2:25PM on Jul 10th 2009 by oh my