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Attorney Brian Oxman, who helped represent Jackson during the molestation trial, says dozens of drug vials, including Zoloft, Percocet, Vicodin and Demerol, were found at the time. Oxman told TIME: "Instead of pursuing the evidence which was staring them right in the face really - overprescription by doctors, overprescription by employees who were providing him with their drugs - instead of pursuing that which was an obvious, easily proved case they went after the molestation...
Some of the drugs, like Demerol, Percocet and Vicodin, which Jackson may have continued to abuse, are covered by the Federal Controlled Substances Act - and their misuse can carry criminal penalties of up to 40 years in prison, says Rosenbluth. However, she cautions that sentencing is determined by many factors, such as the amount of the drug, whether the crime was a first offense and whether the administration of such drugs led to death. "Certainly the penalties are more severe if death occurred. Generally people who are first-time offenders though don't get anywhere near the statutory maximum," says...
...here because there are inadvertent overdoses with this drug that are fatal.' DR. JUDITH KRAMER, an expert on a Food and Drug Administration panel that recommended banning painkillers like Vicodin and Percocet and reducing the maximum dosage of Tylenol because the products contain acetaminophen, a drug associated with liver damage...
...Other issues with guards: FPS has had numerous problems with poorly trained or incompetent guards, many of them hired through the 67 private companies the agency contracts. Investigators found one armed guard asleep at his post after having taken the painkiller Percocet. Another guard was found using a government computer to work on his adult-website business, while another misbegotten guard accidentally fired his gun while he practiced drawing the weapon in a bathroom...
...acetaminophen-containing prescription drugs but not over-the-counter products? The members based their decision on the studies and data that were presented to them during the two-day meeting. The vast majority of studies linking liver failure to acetaminophen use involve prescription acetaminophen products, such as Vicodin or Percocet. More than 60% of the acetaminophen-associated liver problems occurred in patients using prescription medications, while only 10% occurred in those using nonprescription pain remedies. "The recommendations of the committee are based not on the logic of what we think is happening but on the data presented to the committee...