Michael Jackson’s doctor was not licensed to prescribe drugs in California
Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, was not licenced to prescribe drugs in the state of California, federal investigators have revealed.
Murray is licenced to practice medicine in the three southwestern states of Texas, Nevada and California.
But the prescribing of drugs requires separate registration.
“Murray has Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] registration numbers in Nevada and Texas, but he does not in California,” a federal law enforcement official said.
“You absolutely have to have a registration number to prescribe controlled substances and there was nothing in California.”
The drug most in question in Jackson’s sudden death is Diprivan, which was allegedly found in his home and is a powerful sedative which is used in anaesthesia and induced coma.
Murray, who has been cooperating with authorities in their investigations, is not premitted to administer, dispense or prescribe drugs classified as Schedule II, III, IV and V controlled substances.
However, Murray’s attorneys say he did not give Demerol or OxyContin to Jackson.
Attorney Ed Chernoff in a statement said: “Dr. Murray didn’t prescribe or administer anything that should have killed Michael Jackson.”
DEA officials are currently examining the CURES state database for drugs for clues about Jackson’s drug use and prescribers.
Source: Splash News
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