The high that killed the king of pop

Michael Jackson asked for propofol to help him sleep. It is not a sleeping aid and has potential for recreational use, reports Sharon Begley.

HIS doctor said it helped Michael Jackson sleep, but propofol is far more powerful.

When the 2009 autopsy report on Michael Jackson listed the cause of death as “acute propofol intoxication”, his fans were not the only ones who wondered why he was being given this powerful intravenous anaesthetic to sleep, as his physician — Conrad Murray — said.