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Eminem: Doctors hand out drugs to celebs too easily
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 4 August 2010
Eminem has said that doctors in America are far too willing to hand out prescription drugs to celebrities.
Speaking to Vibe, the rapper said: “Famous people. Famous people are overdosing at alarming rates and – that almost sounded like a commercial. Wow. But they are. And it’s one of those things, man. When you’re famous, doctors will kiss your ass because they love the celebrity. ‘Oh, I can call up Eminem and get him on the phone right now. Oh, hi Marshall, how are you doing? Do you need that [prescription]?’ There are doctors that will give you certain things just because of who you are”.
As previously reported, in related news, seven doctors last week escaped charges of negligence in relation to drugs made available to Michael Jackson in the years leading up to his death. The singer’s personal physician Dr Conrad Murray still faces charges of involuntary manslaughter after allegedly providing Jackson with a lethal dose of the anaesthetic propofol as a cure for insomnia, which caused his death.
