Article: I NEED MY MILK OF AMNESIA; KING OF POP 1958-2009 THE DANGERS.(News)

Byline: RYAN PARRY

DRIVEN insane by insomnia as his gruelling comeback gigs loomed, Michael Jackson knew where the answer to his problems lay.

The desperate singer turned to Dr Dwayne James and pleaded with him to get hold of powerful hospital drug Propofol to knock him out for a good night's sleep.

But instead of caving in to his dangerous demands, the physician issued him with a dire warning that far from being his saviour, the sedative medics call the milk of amnesia could kill him.

Jacko made the astonishing demand in a phone call from ...

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