Celebrity Justice
Pregnant Anna Got Methadone, Demerol

TMZ has obtained documents that show how an 8-months pregnant Anna Nicole Smith scored methadone during her pregnancy -- and the prescription may have been illegal.


TMZ also obtained an air bill dated August 8, 2006, that states a package containing Demerol (30 pills), a morphine-like drug, Dalmane (30 pills), a sleeping pill, and injectable vials of vitamin B12 were sent to Vickie Marshall in the Bahamas. Vickie Marshall is Anna Nicole's legal name. This afternoon, the doctor who sent the medication to Anna told TMZ it was not written for her, even though it was mailed to her. He would not reveal to TMZ for whom it was written.

TMZ has also obtained a prescription dated August 25, 2006 written to a Michelle Chase for 500 ml of methadone (5mg/5ml solution). Michelle Chase was also a name used by Anna. According to California law, it's illegal to give a false name or false address "in connection with the prescribing, furnishing, administering, or dispensing of a controlled substance."


TMZ has also obtained a separate air bill, dated the very same day, that shows a package containing 500 ml of methadone was sent to Vicky Marshall in the Bahamas.

We're told one of the main reasons Larry Birkhead broke off his relationship with Smith was because she was doing drugs while pregnant. Birkhead has accused Stern of facilitating Smith's drug use.

Dannielynn was born September 7, 2006.

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211. Regarding aj's post, about using narcotic painkillers while pregnant, because of gall stones? CHANGE YOUR DIET!!

Everyone says, ooo, old howie doesnt show emotion, he doesnt look up, blah blah blah...has no one ever experienced genuine GRIEF?? One does not necessarily CRY and SOB uncontrollably for DAYS. There comes a time when all the body can feel is NUMB. These periods usually hit after crying jags, at least, that has been my experience. I have suffered grief at the loss of loved ones before, as have we all, and I see nothing wrong with his reaction. If he were sobbing uncontrollably, or so hard that he vomitted or snotted all over, or whatever, everyone would be saying how FAKE it was, how he "overdid" it, whatever. The man is damned if he does, and damned if he doesnt. Everyone said the same thing about Anna when ET first showed the interviews after her son died, and all I could see was genuine grief, but apparently, I was the only one. Just about everyone else was bashing her for "faking" her grief.
HKS talked about getting stronger to fight for Dannielynn, and I wonder if he didnt mean kicking his own little habit, if, in fact, he has one.

Posted at 3:56AM on Feb 19th 2007 by diva

212. i at first felt bad for howard.but i see he was trying to control her by medicating her..i think he is responsible for anna and daniels death..give the baby to larry birkhead..he is the father and it will come out..i just hope it is not too long for this to happen because the baby is bonding with howard and larry is missing out ..the poor baby will then be taken from howard..who is all she really knows and thrown with another perso..i wish they would just think of the baby and do the dna now!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 12:11PM on Feb 19th 2007 by donna

213. I am not a lawyer knowledgable in legal jargon and law...but let's see.
Common sense tells me:
Daniel got off plane and into room. he was hungry. Howard WENT and got
him some food. He eats. Then complains he is tired...takes a nap and never
wakes up...
Next, Anna Nicole.. yeah sure, she is having a good time drinking at the
bar a few nights in a row before she dies...but let's see this one.
She is in her room the day of her death... she bathes, she EATS a nice meal,
then takes a nap and never wakes up...hmmmmmmm something's wrong
here. Was a large cocktail of RX drugs mixed and put in their food by HKS
so he could get baby (his name on birth certificate) and the money??
Daniel only one in will...how convenient.. he is out of way... then poor Anna
gone.. HKS thinks" She didn't love me anyway and now no one can have her?
Poor Daniel--- innocent victim and poor Anna- stayed too long with her
staulker/obsessed friend-HKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Posted at 1:04PM on Feb 19th 2007 by Marie Knapp

214. I LOVED ANNA NICOLE SHE WAS A SMALL TOWN GIRL THAT FALLOWED HER DREAM AND MADE IT . HOW RARE AND IT TOOK ALOT TO DO SO . I THINK ANNA NICOLE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO HER SON ALTHOUGH SHE HAD A DISEASE , DRUGS ARE LIKE CANCER THEY GRAB A HOLD AND TAKE OVER . IF SHE DIED OF CANCER WHAT WOULD YOU ALL BE SAYING ?NOT THAT IT WAS OK BUT SHE REALLY HAD NO ONE TO TURN TO THAT REALLY LOVED HER ENOUGH TO FIGHT HER TO GET OFF DRUGS . ITS NOT AN EASY FIGHT IM SURE HOWEVER I FELL THAT HER FAMILY WANTED MONEY HER FRIENDS ALL WANTED TO RIDE ON HER COAT TAILS . SO MONEY WAS AT THE ROOT OF ALL THIS. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS AND WE NEVER WILL . MY HEART IS BREAKIN FOR DANNIELYNN AS SHE THE ONE THAT WILL GROW UP TO READ ALL OF THIS AND NOT KNOW THE LOVE THAT HER MOM HAD FOR HER. I DO THINK LARRY IS THE DADDY BUT ITS A GUESS WE JUST DONT KNOW . AND IF HE IS I BELIVE THAT ANNA WAS SO AFFRAID THAT DRUGS WOULD CAUSE LARRY TO TAKE DANNIELYNN THAT SHE ACTED AS A SCARED MOM AND RAN NOT RIGHT BY ANY MEANS BUT NOT SURPRIZING . AS FAR AS HOWARD I DO BELIVE HE LOVED ANNA NICOLE MORE THAN ANYONE BUT HE JUST DID NT KNOW HOW TO GET HER OFF OF DRUGS WITH OUT LOSING HER ITS TRAGIC ALL THE WAY AROUND . HER MOTHER VERGIE SHES SICK !!! AS IM SURE SHE LOVED VICKEY BUT USED ANNA AND THATS WHY THE WERE APART . WHAT KIND OF GRANDMOTHER SELLS THE STORY OF HER SONS GRAVE ?? ANNA WENT TO GREAT LEANGTHS TO HIDE WHERE DANNIEL WAS LAID TO REST TO ENSURE HE WOULD FINNALLY GET PEACE AND VERGIE GOES TO A TABLOID TO GAIN MONEY SHAME ON YOU ! VERGIE IF YOU REALLY LOVED THEM YOU WOULD OF SAVED PENNIES TO GO THERE BEFORE YOU ALLOWED THE MEDIA TO FIND HIM. DO YOU REALLY THINK ANNA DIDNT GIVE HER SON A HEAD STONE TO SAVE MONEY ? PLZ SHE WANTED HIM TO BE AT REST. AND KNOW THEY WILL BOTH BE VISTED BY ANYONE WHO CARES TO SEE THEM . AND HOW PRIVATE WILL ANNAS FUNERAL BE ???? AS WE ALL KNOW WHERE TO GO SEE IT . AND YOU TOOK SPLASH TO THE BODY WHATS WRONG WITH YOU ?????????? IM SURE YOU COULD OF GOTTEN A RIDE WITH LARRY AND SEEN ANNA WITH OUT TAKING THE CHANCE OF IT BEING A HEADLINE TOMAROW . JUST KNOW YOU WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO DANNIELYNN ONE DAY IF SHE DOESNT HATE YOU THE WAY HER MOMMY DID

Posted at 7:29AM on Feb 23rd 2007 by Kim

215. HOWARD K STERN KILLED ANNA AND DANIEL. HE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO LIVE OFF ANNA'S MONEY. HE FIGURES IF I HAVE THE BABY IN MY POSSESSIN THEN LATER ON YRS. FROM NOW SHE MYSTERIOUSLY DIES I GOT ALL THE MONEY. HE FIGURED HE WOULD MAKE A WILL FOR DANNILYNN AND HE IS NEXT OF KIN. HE WAS A LAWYER AFTER ALL. SMART TOO PLAYS AND LOOKS DUMB BUT HE IS A THIEF AND A KILLER. PUT HIM AWAY. LET THE TRUTH COME OUT NOW..

Posted at 8:33AM on Feb 23rd 2007 by valerie

216. IF LARRY ISN'T THE FATHER IT IS HOWARD MARSHALL'S BABY. ANNA HAD HIS SEMEN FROZEN AND NOW SHE MAY REALLY HAVE ALL THE MONEY..

Posted at 8:35AM on Feb 23rd 2007 by valerie

217. You know, everyone accuses Howard K Stern of using Anna as his personal "cash cow" but no one ever points out that he MADE MONEY FOR ANNA, NOT HIMSELF. Face it, the man is 38 years old and he was not exactly living "high on the hog". Sure he was in the public with Anna but did you EVER see him approach photographers and interviewers and pose for pictures or give interviews?? NO. NEVER did he do these things. He was always in the background. I feel like he was never very comfortable in Anna's "public", I know a lot of posters on this message board have accused him of "lurking" but "lurking" is what you do when you are the designated purse carrier or dog watcher or whatever. He never interjected himself into her photo ops or her interviews. He never attempted to "steal her thunder", the way some of her "Friends" (bobby trendy) did. He acted the way a "manager" would act, the way some managers BETTER act before their "charges" wind up like Anna did (are you listening Lindsey and Brit?). According to the testimony he gave this week, she was his only client AFTER a few years (I believe he said 2000) and he did not give up his practice until then or after. I can easily imagine Anna asking him to work exclusively for her, it appears she did this with more than one person. I think Howard is taking A LOT of flack with everything. I do not know that anyone else would have been accused of the things he has been accused of. If Kimmie had lasted as long as he did, and SHE had been around instead of him, would everyone be accusing HER of murdering Daniel and Anna?
I think Howard loved Anna, the best way he knew how. I think he did what he THOUGHT he had to do to keep her happy. I believe that Larry SHOULD have done more to help her get off drugs if he was so concerned. If you love someone the way he says he loved Anna, he would have gone to her doctors and told them what was "going on" in the room with the alleged duffel bag. He would have "ratted" her and Howard out, no matter the consequences, because he would have been doing what had to be done to make sure she and the baby stayed healthy. But he didnt. He is just as much to blame as anyone else, maybe more so, because their's was the "obvious" relationship.
That he hasnt been raked over the coals surprises me more than anything else.

Posted at 1:01AM on Feb 25th 2007 by diva

218. I was addicted to methadone and it sucks .I have been methadone free for 4 years but I will never be the same .If I was able to afford living in a drug haze I would have....I still crave now .I wish that I didn`t . I did downers to escape my reality I was not a bad person and maybee Anna is too, If you saw me now there is no way you would ever know my secret (don`t be quick to judge)

Posted at 5:49AM on Mar 15th 2007 by vanessa

219. This is for "recovering" I have never heard such utter bullshit in my life "methadone has the same engredience as crystal meth!!!" what a crock ! crystal meth is an upper, methadone is a DOWNER ... DO YOU UNDERSTAND.sheese

Posted at 10:39AM on Mar 15th 2007 by vanessa

220. YALL GET A LIFE !!!!!!!!!
YOU KNOW DILLY AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO HAVE AN OPINION AS "IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SICK OF YOU GUYS STATING ANYTHING
BECAUSE YOU "DON'T KNOW"
HOWARD THIS LARRY THAT
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? JUST WHAT THE PRESS SAYS
MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET A LIFE

Posted at 2:46PM on Mar 18th 2007 by Cyndi

221. i want to comment to # 43. to answer your question injectable b-12 is used for memory. how i know this is because my mother was diagnosed w/ memory loss about 12 years ago and her doctor placed her on b-12 vitamins in combination w/ her prescription for memory loss. then just two years ago her memory loss diagnosis tragically turned to a diagnosis of alzheimers along w/ other meds her docotor askd to prescribed b-12 injections to improve memory. why the injections? because the body absorbs the b-12 injections quicker than pill form. since there is talk ANS was on mind altering drugs, maybe the doctor who prescribed these mood altering and potentially lethal drugs knew that and that the whole reason behind the b-12?! sounds a little fishy...hmm?

Posted at 1:43PM on Mar 19th 2007 by angel

222. When she died, Anna was sick of a broken heart and deeply depressed. She really cannot be held as responsible for her actions as much as the physicians that had no problem facilitating her dependence on these substances, and gave them to her hand-over-fist. Just like Marilyn and Elvis, nobody wanted to tell her "no", and in the end, Daniel was her only dependable friend. Her mother even covered her body with about 10 shovels of dirt. This poor woman was never loved.

Posted at 12:56PM on Apr 15th 2007 by Cindy

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