Prince's Death Investigation Has Taken a Grim Turn

I never met Prince but he was my brother in Christ. I hope I have the privilege of meeting him in the resurrection.

His addictions were exactly who was along with the perverted sex.

None of us will get out of this world alive. Death is awaiting us all.

No one wants the people they admire to have faults and weaknesses. Yes, his music was brilliant and he was a wonderful human being. That doesn't mean he was impervious to moments of weakness. All I know is his music will live on.

Well said!

if he DIED from his addictions, then that's a pretty significant part of who he was.

Well said

What are you in like 10th grade? Do you know who the left are? Listen and comprehend what the adults speak of before regurgitating it back up in public forums so as to try to not make yourself like a fool.......Nevermind all who waste there time here are fools , myself included!

Terry your words fall to the floor like the drool you send out. I cannot believe you cannot comprehend the garbage that is used to force people like you to live in a tiny world with unicorns and politically correct snowflakes looking for their safe space. Maybe you should find yours and stay away from a computer.

@ Gary: This is so true , they help getting off the stuff, not helping them get it !!!!!!

Gary, I do agree with you about trying to get people off of drugs & about Dr.'s prescribing too many pain pills but what I don't agree with is saying he had a problem with illegal drugs. Why, because a drug dealer & a lawyer for 2 half siblings say so. First of all I'm not about to believe a drug dealer until all the facts are in. As far as the lawyer, he's quoting 2 people who are dead so they can't back up his story & one of those siblings had sued Prince for copyright infringement so in my opinion, she would probably say anything. I do think that he became dependent on Percocet which he was given for his bad hips. I do feel for him in that respect because I know what kind of pain he was in because I am waiting to get a hip replacement & I can tell you, unless you have been through this you have no idea what te pain is like. Don't judge....especially when you don't know what he was going through.

Thanks angry textard.

THE PAST IS THE PAST, NO ONE IS AT ALL PERFECT IN THIS WORLD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN HIS CAREER. DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO YOU THOUGHT HE WAS, THIS IS HIS LIFE NOT YOURS. DRUGS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING, IN OUR LIFE WE HAVE MANY DEMONS, I AM QUITE SURE YOU HAVE ONE YOURSELF…..DON'T LET ANYTHING BECOME "DISTURBING" AS IN SOME POINT OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT….

It's ALL alleged... darned media hacks and TMZ... Always lying to get the headline... which is (always? ) a lie. Look what they've started...

Fwiw tmz is usually right

Let us also remember, the media will use any information about someone like Prince. They don't tell you WHEN something happened, only that it happened; such as Prince's supposed use of cocaine.

sounds about right. makes me so sad to read that though

Yes, it does sound about right; also, extreme pain can cause death.

Edward wow so much wisdom. The current crop of Americans are so soft.

They will never grasp that concept, that every little scrape need not be medicated, that their egos need not be medicated, that worthwhile things just take time to build. Time, and blood sweat and tears.

The whole reason the country is in decline, right there. I don't mean to be overly negative as some people do realize these things but they are too few when compare to the carpet baggers.

Yep, exactly.... no everyone is an addict and pain management can most of the time be just dealing with the pain... a don't do that and it wont hurt mentality.

The only part of life that is pain free is death.

You are a moron

They all are, pain management if done correctly is fine, he obviously had other issues he was dealing with besides a bad hip....... People love to talk #$%$, they have no idea what shape he was in

edward.........musical entertainers, like Princess, are looking for more creativity when they take opioids and sometimes it leads them to hurting themselves when they start believing they can float on air, like when they jump from stage platforms with 6 inch heel boots on like he did often.

Doctors these days throw pain pills at every little ache. I twisted my back and leg at work and had to go to the doctor. All he did was give me an over the top pain killer. When I went back for a follow up, he asked me if I wanted some more. I had taken one pill because I couldn't sleep one night. I told him I still had most of the bottle left and he told me to take one every night.

I still have all but that one.

Doctors are owned by big pharma, they throw meds at everything now.

Everyone has their own personal story There are people that are in severe chronic pain every minute of every day. I am one of them, My disease will never get better, it will only get worse with time. Real pain can not be "overcome mentally". That is like telling someone who is paralyzed, "you can walk, it's all in your head" It's been 12 years for me, I've been on the same pain med daily for 8 years. I never take more than prescribed. I'm still in a lot of pain, the pain med does just enough to keep me out of the Hospital. Ironically if Marijuana was legalized everywhere, I could reduce my pain med even further. Plus MJ helps with so many of the other medical issues I have,like nausea, insomnia, convulsions..etc. So don't pretend to know, what you don't

James, totally agree. All of the new laws that are coming about over pain meds now days are only hurting people like my mother-in-law who is 85, bed ridden with crippling rheumatoid arthritis.

Amen! A person needs to be responsible for he/she takes for any medication. Pain medication is suppose to take the edge off only, and not to make the pain go away all the way. And people tend to forget that. My gosh, your suppose to be a responsible person for everything you do in life from what you eat, how you drive a car, and yes even the medication/pain killers you have been prescribed. It's very easy to take more, but think about how your not only hurting yourself but also the love ones around you.

#$%$ needs to be approved in all states. Sadly, the manufacturers of opiates will fight against that. They would rather have people swallowing narcotics so they can make shareholders happy.

The problem is that opioid pain killers like perc and oxy loose there analgesic and narcotic effect over a short period of time with sustained use which causes people using them "responsibly" to take more to get the needed pain relief and yes, the narcotic effect. It starts with just taking 1 extra pill a day and snowballs overtime to a very serious problem and a physical addiction which causes more pain than the original reason they were taking it to begin with.

Yahoo deleted weed?

When I had disc surgery 15 years ago, my surgeon prescribed post-op Percocet, 14 pills which I took as directed. At my follow up appointment I told him I was out of pain meds and would like more of them. "I bet you would", he said. "But you're not getting those". He wrote an Rx for Vicodan. A week later at my next follow up, I asked for more pain pills. He told me to start using my choice of OTC pain reliever and to start taking daily walks. I am so grateful that I had a doctor who practiced the principle of "do no harm".