At one point in his life, Michael Jackson‘s staffers say the King of Pop was taking 30 to 40 Xanax pills a day to combat his sleep and anxiety disorders. Prescriptions were being doled out by five doctors and were in the names of several of Jackson’s staffers just to keep up with his habit.
This shocking information was divulged to CNN recently and even though Jackson eventually reduced his pill intake to ten pills a night by 2006, that’s a number that doctors still find alarmingly high — not to mention the toll the drug took on Jackson’s family. Janet Jackson was reportedly so concerned for her brother’s well-being that she tried to stage an intervention, but Michael ordered his security guards not to let any family into his home. Jackson even refused to take calls from his mother, Katherine for a time.
The fact that Jackson had so many prescriptions at his fingertips is cause for concern and has turned his tragic death into a criminal investigation. Only time will tell how it plays out, but it’s tragic that even his family couldn’t help him. [Photo: Getty Images]
