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Jackson Doc Not Licensed to Prescribe Meds in Calif.

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(Newser) – Michael Jackson's personal doctor lacks a license to prescribe controlled medicines in California, federal authorities tell Fox News. Conrad Murray didn't register with the DEA in the singer's home state, officials say, meaning it would have been illegal for him to prescribe or administer Demerol, OxyContin, or even strong cough syrup to Jackson.

"Dr. Murray has DEA registration numbers in Nevada and Texas, but he does not have one in California,” a federal law enforcement official tells Fox. “You absolutely have to have a registration number to prescribe controlled substances, and there was nothing in California." Murray's lawyers insist that their client did not provide Jackson with potentially lethal drugs.

Dr. Conrad Murray poses for a photo as he opens the Acres Homes Cardiovascular Center at the Tidwell Professional Building in this 2006 photo.
Dr. Conrad Murray poses for a photo as he opens the Acres Homes Cardiovascular Center at the Tidwell Professional Building in this 2006 photo.   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle)
Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.   (AP Photo/Kevin Mazur, AEG/Getty Images)
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AnnieOkie58
Jul 7, 09 9:43 AM CDT
Bet Dr, Murray wishes he would of stayed in Texas. Even though I still believe MJ is responsible for his own demise..Dr. Murray could of told Jackson...NO...and by not saying NO to Michael, he has no one but himself to blame for whatever part he might of played in this tragedy Reply
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DJM420
Jul 7, 09 10:03 AM CDT
yeah, this guy may get a cell next to oj...depending on the jurisdiction Reply
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riffran
Jul 7, 09 10:50 AM CDT
I am so glad the hospital system I work for developed a "high alert patient". Protocol. If a person has too many visits to the ER for "pain" and has no clinical findings to substantiate the claims , their chart goes to a reveiw. And a care plan is established. After that all they get is Tylenol or motrin and a referral to a pain specialist. You want to talk about getting pissed. When you tell a vicodin junkie. Sorry no narcotics. They tend to lose it. Cuss you out and leave AMA. If they come in obviously high or sedated, they get nothing for pain either. That doc should have re read his oath. To do no harm Reply
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