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Well, I was really no fan of his and some may think that this "news" has no business here but if this turns out to be true, it could well lead even tighter regulations on opiate based pain killers, especially since his personal physician is supposed to have been present when this happened.
Thousands of nobodies can die from something like this each year, with no action but if someone as important as MJ dies from a drug over dose, people will take notice and certain regulators could seize on the opportunity to make sweeping changes in the way doctors prescribe opiates.
Pain patients are already broken down in classes, two of which are the ones that are under-medicated and the ones that are over-medicated.
There are definitely people out there that need pain meds that cant get it or cant get it in effective doses and there are people out there that may or may not need it and get way more than they need, i include myself in the second class of patients.
Basically, what im trying to say is that, if toxicology reports come back positive for an OD, this event could be a defining moment for chronic pain patients, so just be aware.

http://www.kansascity.com/stargazing/story/1282600.html

Life & Style reports that Michael Jackson was taking a cocktail of up to seven prescription drugs in the months before his death.
The star had been taking prescription painkillers including anti-anxiety drugs Xanax, Zoloft and painkiller Demerol in recent months, sources close to Jackson told Life & Style. The insider close to the star said he took a suspected overdose of drugs on Thursday morning, which caused respiratory and cardiac arrest.
And a Jackson family lawyer told CNN he "feared" the drugs could kill the pop star. CNN's interview with the source follows the jump.

Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxman confirmed Jackson may have had trouble with prescription drugs as he prepared for his London show.
"This was something which I feared and something which I warned about," Oxman said on CNN. "I can tell you for sure that this is something I warned about. Where there is smoke there is fire."
Mr Oxman compared Michael to Anna Nicole Smith, alleging that Michael had 'enablers' just like her.