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a lot rests on that, i imagine, in terms of where the investigation goes in terms of which doctor she was seeing, which prescriptions and what drugs she was taking. >> yeah. there are two facets here. one is toxicology report. the other, they have given subpoenas to doctors and pharmacies. as far as the toxicology report instead of six to eight weeks, the coroner tells me he expedited for the results of the toxicology reports. he wants to get them within four to six weeks or sooner. you know about subpoenas that have been issued to pharmacies and doctors here on the west coast and the east coast as well to figure out what was prescribed to her and who filled it. >> the issue with whitney houston and many stars in hollywood is this curious situation where they go to numerous doctors, numerous prescriptions from numerous pharmacies and nobody can connect the dots. >> yeah. here is the thing. a normal person, piers, even after this, what happens is you go to the doctor and say oh, i have a back ache. he says you have to go to the dentist, this has to do with your jaw. it's tmj. you get a prescription from the dentist, then the doctor. they want to make sure she wasn't doctor shopping and pharmacy shopping. they are saying she wasn't at this point, but they want to make sure, piers. >> one thing is for sure. the drugs they found in her hotel room should not be mixed with alcohol, right? >> absolutely. whatever they found -- no prescription medication should be mixed with alcohol. and according to the source, she was drinking heavily the days before. she was taking the medication found in her hotel room, that's a problem. >> thanks, as always. great work on the detail of the investigation. thank you. several prescription drugs were found in her hotel room. the doctors who prescribed them could be to blame. joining me now, a cordologist who testified against michael jackson's doctor, dr. conrad murray. i'm fascinated by what your take is on the whitney houston case, so far. >> it's an unfortunate case for whitney houston, her friends and family. it looks like it's unfortunate to see the, hopefully it's not similar but the similar thing happened to michael jackson and anna nicole smith. >> tell me about this cult in hollywood of celebrities able to get endless prescriptions from endless doctors at the same time. what do you know about that? should it be better regulated and is it unique to los angeles? >> i don't think it's unique to los angeles. any patient that is addicted to prescription drugs or drugs can go to different doctors and doctor shop and go to pharmacies and hide below the radar of the system. celebrities have additional help because they have other people to get prescriptions for them, they can buy them on the street through assistance. they sometimes manipulate their doctors better. the doctors are intimidated by them and want to make them happy. those three combinations are an additional way by celebrities. we see it all over the country. the celebrities make the biggest news and continue to hear it here. >> we don't know the facts yet of what was in her body or what she had taken. what we do know is what they found in the hotel room in terms of xanax and other prescription drugs. what i have been hearing from dr. drew and others, sanjay gupta and others, a lot of anger about a lack of awareness or knowledge from the general public about the dangers of mixing prescription drugs with alcohol. >> absolutely, there's a danger. it's probably what happened with miss houston. as you know, they suppress consciousness and respiratory drive like with michael jackson, the propofol made him stop breathing. the same with miss houston. someone with a history of addictions got these medications at all. she should have been warned that alcohol cannot only add to this, decrease your respiratory drive and consciousness. they work on the receptors and increase the level of it. it's extremely dangerous. it's probably what we are guessing led to her demise. >> would it be negligent for a doctor to prescribe whitney houston with the drugs she had if they knew her to be an addict? >> it depends on a lot of things. first of all, i'm a cardiologist. i can't completely talk about it. i practice within my boundaries. that's general knowledge that people with addictive personalities need to avoid it and send them to specialists. the specialist has to be careful and they understand the risks and benefits. that's one thing that needs to be clarified. the other thing is, we need to say sometimes no to patients. as you ask, patients -- it's common knowledge but it's up to doctors to give consent. we should talk about the risks, benefits and things to watch out for. someone like miss houston with an addictive personality, it's common knowledge to be very, very careful in giving these medications. we found multiple medications, sedatives, is concerning among doctors. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. i want to turn to a man who knows more about this issue than almost anybody else. he's one of the wildest men in rock history. he's had a history with drugs. he joins me now exclusively. the reason you came on the show, you have been watching my show the last few nights and getting increasingly angry, as you put it to me about the way the music business is trying to almost, through self-denial pretend whitney houston's death had nothing to do with it. >> when i e-mailed you, you had the courage to ask the strong questions. a lot of times people don't want to hear that question and answer that. the enablers, the people making the money off the artists don't want to say no. they don't want to get fired. if you are the accountant, you don't say i'm going to walk away from you if you don't clean up. if you are the manager, they are not going to pull you off the road, baa they stop making a commission. you are the record company. you want to keep making records. if you have to fill their nose with alcohol, cocaine, pills, you have your own best interest at heart, not the artist. that's the problem we have. >> what was your reaction when you heard whitney houston died? >> you know, my reaction was i took to my twitter account and said what's scummy about the music industry is everybody loves you when you are dead. i was interested in what people were saying. i was hoping they would say we tried. we stood by her. she's admitted public figure, is an alcoholic, right? as myself. i'm a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. she's out drinking. with people and they are standing by her side and letting her drink. they are letting her do what it is she wants to do as an addict. i don't know her and i'm not talking about her. you know, when i reached out to you, it was really, we have amy winehouse, michael jackson, we have a long list of artists that fall prey to the enablers. that's really what -- what really amazing me after all this time, nobody can see that. i think the young artists need to hear this. they need to hear the questions you are asking and hear what i'm saying right now. they are going to fall prey to it, too. when whitney houston or nikki, sixx, we had courage to believe in ourselves. at what point do we lose the courage and let other people run our lives? >> what becomes a common theme is whitney houston was strong-willed and didn't want to be told what to do. what would you say to that argument? >> i too, am strong willed. i was told, if i continue to use drugs, my manager would walk away. that was the only person that would say it to me. it was the kick in the ass i needed to pull my life together. i was sober before that, but i slipped and fell off the wagon. it does happen. it happens all the time. if somebody stands by an alcoholic, a drug addict and lets them keep ticking along, eventually, their ticker is going to stop. that's what happens. in this case, and many other cases, that's the issue to look at. >> let's take a break, nikki, and come back and talk about the issue of celebrity doctors in hollywood who seem to dish out any drugs a celebrity wants and there are multiple different places they can get them. it's like anywhere else in the world, the availability and the willingness to bend the rules. let's talk about that after the break. >> perfect. i'm good about washing my face. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? 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