Michael Jackson's death

The news that Michael Jackson's death is being ruled a homicide shouldn't be so surprising, considering all the drugs he was on at the time. What makes me sad is that it got this far, that he had to rely on so many drugs to make him sleep. His family is quoted as saying it was a "gross violation of duty and care for Michael Jackson." That indeed.

At the same time, his Doctor is not fully responsible for Jackson's health, Jackson is himself. He was the one who chose to medicate himself, and took these drugs on his own accord, and whether they were pushed on him or not, we'll never know. Yet, as talented a musician he was, he changed his looks to become someone else, never seemingly happy with who he was. He had so many resources available to him, yet did he make the healthiest choices?

I guess we'll never really know, but it certainly seems that he was not living a wellness lifestyle. It just shows that drugs can be lethal, whether it is prescription, over the counter, or illegal drugs, they all have the ability to kill. Sometimes they help, but many times they do not. The Institute of Medicine states medical errors account for at least 100,000 deaths per year; 195,000 people die each year in hospitals due to preventable errors; and JAMA states that 225,00 people die every year from prescription medications. Sounds like a LOT of people to me.

How many people die from a chiropractic adjustment every year? Have you heard? Do you know? None. Can you imagine if 225,000 people died every year after getting adjusted? Would Chiropractic even be in existence? No question in my mind that we'd be shut down, yet here it happens with arguably the most famous musician of our time, but then people look the other way for the thousands of other people who die from prescription drugs as well. That is a shame.

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