Corey Haim Death Might be Linked to Prescription Drug Addiction

Corey Haim's death is linked to an "illegal and massive prescription-drug ring," California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday. Brown's office is investigating "an unauthorized prescription under the former child star's name that was found during an ongoing investigation of fraudulent prescription-drug pads ordered from a vendor in San Diego."
Corey Haim made no secret of his past battles with drug addiction and his multiple stays in rehabilitation centers over the years. Now that the ’80s star has died of an apparent drug overdose at the age of 38.
Haim had submitted to various treatment programs time after time, but none ever instilled in him a true desire to get clean. "It didn’t work at the beginning because I was doing it for everyone else," he said. "’Mom, I love you, I’m going to get clean for you. Dad, I love you, man, gonna get clean for you, gonna go in here for you. I’ll do it for you, I’ll do it for you.’ Everyone but me."
Haim had a prescription for the muscle relaxer Soma and the narcotic pain reliever Norco filled at a pharmacy on February 26, a source with knowledge of the transaction said. Two days after Haim personally picked up the drugs, his primary-care doctor called the San Fernando Valley pharmacy to ask about the prescriptions, the source said.
So far, authorities have uncovered up to 5,000 fraudulent prescriptions linked to the fraud ring in Southern California.