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I found the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS1oJCaNLIo) and I see where Wecht made the statement, "I'm not a close, personal friend of Dr. Perper". Ok, so semantics about associations would probably prevail there - even if he did write a book with the good Dr./Esq./ME/MS Perper. Not to mention how Perper backed Wecht's proposed appointment as the Allegheny County's ME in 2005 (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05331/613152.stm). But nah, they're not friends.

What I don't understand is where Wecht claims (see above video) "And I happen to know that it is incorrect to say that the Chloral Hydrate was not accessible to her.(1) That is an erroneous report. The Chloral Hydrate is something that she was taking in the Bahamas. It had been prescribed for her(2) and she would swig from it. And she took it."

You're right, he BLABS! So he's now telling us that he has inside information.(1) He's also telling us that the Chloral Hydrate was prescribed for Anna Nicole Smith.(2) Is there another prescription for Chloral Hydrate I missed somewhere? One that was written OTHER than the one for Howard K. Stern by Khristine Eroshevich?

What disturbs me about his nonchalant attitude, is that ANYONE with a modicum of research capabilities, can ascertain that any combination of the "therapeutic" drugs with chloral hydrate, is LETHAL. Perper acknowledges as much when he stated, "cause of death was combined drug intoxication". Methadone and Valium, for that matter, taken together, is lethal. So it really doesn't matter if the other drugs in her system were of "therapeutic" levels, taken with something else, they cause death.

Yet these drugs were prescribed. They were prescribed to someone else, not her, intentionally. She was taking them. They found them in her dead corpse. I'd just like to know why these so-called DOCTORS have the audacity to get up on the podiums of the media and act like this is normal medical practice? People are dying everyday (from Wecht's own words) from overdoses such as these. For the public to ask that all involved in such practices be questioned further and re-open this case, is just too daunting of a task --unconscionable, forget that idea. Too many doctors would go down with Eroshevich.

Case closed. Sanchez is up next to declare victory.

PS: Forgive me, I didn't realize this entire format has to be in HTML so I'm reposting it for clarity.

Gosh, maybe we can pass some laws holding doctors ‘unaccountable’ for everything! We really should do that, since those sweet ‘life-savers’ have to pay so much for that darn ‘malpractice insurance’! Please NOTE my sarcasm here...and also know that I absolutely know many GOOD and even GREAT doctors who ACTUALLY went into medicine to SAVE LIVES...so don’t consider my sarcastic remark as an ‘umbrella’ remark for all health-care workers...but I think it’s obvious, that there are a few out there that are not looking out for the best interests of their patients...