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Doc Gave Jacko Drug to Curb Boy Desire

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 9, 2009 5:59 PM CDT

(Newser) – One of Michael Jackson's doctors prescribed him a drug to curb his apparent desire for young boys, the Daily Mirror reports. Seeing Jackson enjoy wine and sleepovers with children at Neverland Ranch between 2001 and 2003, Dr. Alimorad Farshchian gave him Depo Provera, a birth... Read full story »

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