Michael Jackson used anti-drug implant

Michael Jackson

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LOS ANGELES: Drug-ravaged Michael Jackson had a secret medical implant to stop him getting pleasure from opiates, The Sun reveals. The Thriller star was fitted with the device, which dosed him with Narcan in 2003 to battle the hopeless addiction that led to his death aged 50. Narcan trade name

for naloxone is prescribed for heroin or morphine addicts. It works by blocking pleasure receptors in the brain — making drug taking pointless.

The implant was found in the King of Pop’s body after he died but has only just come to light in explosive newly released court papers. They contain evidence from one of Jackson’s former doctors, anaesthetist David Fournier who treated him in the 1990s and early 2000s. The papers state, “Fournier believed Jackson had deceived him by not telling him about a ‘Narcan implant’ Jackson had inserted before a surgical procedure Fournier was helping with.”

His testimony will be key evidence in the £26 billion civil trial brought by Jackson’s mum Katherine and his children against concert giant AEG. They accuse the firm’s execs of negligence in employing Doctor Conrad Murray, who gave drugs to Jackson, leading to death in 2009. AEG’s lawyers insist Jackson hid his addictions from aides and family.