Prince documents unsealed: Opioid prescriptions written in manager's name

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Prince documents unsealed: Opioid prescriptions written in manager's name

By Sara Sidner and Rosalina Nieves, CNN
Updated 1552 GMT (2352 HKT) April 17, 2017

(CNN) - Opioid painkillers -- some in prescription bottles with the name Kirk Johnson on them -- were found in several places in Paisley Park following Prince's death last year, court documents unsealed Monday showed.

Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg said he wrote an Oxycodone prescription for Prince under the name of Johnson, the singer's estate manager and longtime friend, for privacy purposes, according to a search warrant that was among the documents unsealed.

No one has been charged in connection with the superstar's death, but the details from the search warrants are beginning to show a clearer picture of the likely focus of the investigation -- which authorities say is still open and active.

The circumstances that led up to his death remain a mystery. Among the unanswered questions haunting those who loved and admired him: Who supplied Prince with the painkiller that killed him? Did he know what he was taking? And how long was he taking opioid pain medication?

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[bettyellen]

1. SOME in the managers name likely means the doctor wouldn't give him "enough" as his addiction grew.

[exboyfil]

2. Medical license?

Jail time? Can doctors write scripts for patients in another person's name?

He and the manager can join Michael Jackson's doctor in prison.

You have to wonder, if the outsider, Kornfeld, had not been the one to find Prince, that there would have been a delay to clean up the situation.

Apparently Kornfeld had opiates with him as well that he would not administer unless a doctor is present. What authority does he, a pre-med student, have to carry opiates?

[Lee-Lee]

4. The DEA will certainly at a minimum revoke the Drs registration

And the Dr will not be able to prescribe again, but most likely will also seek to prosecute the doctor.

They have been clamping down hard on doctors who overprescribe or commit fraud, and this was both. They will almost certainly use this high profile case to make a point.

It also stands a better chance of being prosecuted because it's a high profile, high news coverage case. That is what draws US Attorneys offices in and makes them more eager to go after a case- because they are all inherently political and self-promoting types who look for the kind of high profile cases that will body a career. They will see this case as a good one to have their names plastered all over the press releases on.

[LeftInTX]

3. Worth reading

[hunter]

5. Death is in the details. If addiction was considered an entirely medical problem...

... then the carnage would be greatly reduced.

Things go horribly wrong whenever addictions are considered moral failings and law enforcement issues. These secrets kill. Dark closets are very dangerous places.

Anyone who finds themselves trapped in an addiction -- alcohol, opiates, meth, whatever -- ought to be able to seek non-judgmental medical care, same as if they'd accidentally broken a leg. This medical care might even include for an indefinite period a "maintenance" dose of the substances they are addicted to.

Nicotine and alcohol are both deadly addictions, but neither in our society quite carries the baggage of other addictive substances. Even so, people are punished and judged for having a biological propensity toward those addictions.