LEMURIA – Curtis Wilkie book to document Dickie Scruggs’s prescription drug dependence

Curtis Wilkie’s The Fall of the House of Zeus: When all is not well

In May 2000 he underwent back surgery for a herniated disk. A second operation followed in June. To deal with the pain, he was a given a prescription for Fioricet. Scruggs found that the drug not only relieved his discomfort but, infused him with an extraordinary sense of well-being.”

“To satisfy his craving, he asked his employees to obtain prescriptions in their names. The drug would be ordered impersonally, online through bulk distributors, and turned over to Scruggs.”

Lemuria Blog
9/17/10