Jackson Family — Demerol Shot Caused Death

Posted Jun 26th 2009 9:56AM by TMZ Staff

A close member of Michael Jackson’s family has told us Jackson received a daily injection of a synthetic narcotic similar to morphine — Demerol — and yesterday he received a shot at 11:30 AM.

Family members are saying the dosage was ”too much” and that’s what caused his death.

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