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According to TMZ.com, Prince had made four prescription runs to the Walgreens in the week leading up to his untimely passing, days after he was briefly hospitalized in Moline, Illinois for what his representative insisted was just a nasty bout of the flu.
Law enforcement officials have confirmed reports that prescription drugs were found at his home, but refused to give details on exactly what they were.
The musician passed away suddenly at his Paisley Park, Minneapolis, home last week and investigators are looking into the possibility that drugs were involved and if a doctor was with him when his private plane made an emergency landing in IL six days before his death, according to a new report.
They also confirmed U.S. media reports that prescription drugs were at the Paisley Park complex where Prince was found dead, but refused to give further details about the type of pills discovered. We don’t have the medical examiner’s report yet.
Death raises questions: Did Prince die of an overdose? . Between 1970 and 1971, barbiturates claimed Jimi Hendrix and Canned Heat guitarist Alan Wilson while heroin did the same to Janis Joplin and, possibly, Jim Morrison – all at the age of 27 – planting the seeds of the so-called 27 Club.
In Jackson’s case, his personal physician Conrad Murray was jailed for involuntary manslaughter for prescribing a powerful anaesthetic that contributed to the pop star’s 2009 death. So, like Jackson, Prince might have gone to multiple doctors – possibly under different aliases – so he could get what he wanted. Gossip site ET appeared to advance the story Wednesday night, asserting that Prince begun taking Percocet for hip and ankle pain in 2006.
There is no indication so far that Prince had a valid prescription for the medicine.
Sources say the police are trying to gain more insight into the icon’s death, especially after word of his alleged Percocet addiction surfaced.
The official said investigators are also looking into what kind of drugs were on the plane and at Prince’s house in suburban Minneapolis.
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The dealer claimed Prince would spend up to $40,000 a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches – both highly addictive opioid pain killers.
