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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46. Hopefully the Dr. will lose their license. I like how these people get all these narcotic drugs in fake names etc. If I tried that, my ass would be locked up in a flash!

Posted at 4:30PM on Feb 15th 2007 by Agent

47. i never really felt i knew for sure what happened to daniel, but after this evidence, it probably went the way everyone was saying which is they were self medicating themselves. it probably went something like this... daniel wasn't feeling well and either howard or anna said to give him methadone, which i don't think he was a user of. then he died. i think it was most likely howard since she was heard yelling 'what did you do?" to howard. maybe the same happened to anna, they said she wasn't feeling well and maybe she (or he) did the same thing to self medicate.
one thing though, pierce marshall died of a 'quick moving infection'. one of the possible causes of death for anna nicole (as stated by dr. perper) is infection since she had such a high temp of 105. isn't that odd an infection can kill her so quickly AND mr. marshall, and on top of it, why didn't anyone take her to the hospital??? I don't get it. i know they said for media reasons, but 105??? and for a 'nurse' to put her in a ice bath is ludicrous! ask any medical professional, an ICE bath is dangerous when you have a high temp because the body tries to bring up the temp even higher to compensate. it's supposed to be a lukewarm bath!

Posted at 2:36PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Ms. Beasley

48. If I can't have Dannylynn nobody will!

Posted at 1:37PM on Feb 14th 2007 by hks

49. Let's be clear here...ANS was an addict. Plain and Simple. I liked her celebrity personality just as much as the next person and was disturbed when she died, but let's face it...drug addicts die of overdoses - accidental or intentional, that's what happens. No one, including HKS, her mother, Larry Birkhead, Daniel, ect., could keep her from doing drugs. Addicts lie, steal, manipulate, ect. to get what they want. Addicts are also selfish. Had HKS tried to stop her from doing drugs she would have gotten rid of him just as she did Larry when he tried to stop her and her mother when she supposedly tried to stop her. We all know that HKS was obsessed/in love with ANS, just look back at the E! television series. Do you think he wanted ANS to cast him aside as she has other men? Doubt it. That's why he just let her do what she did and was there to try to pick up the pieces. Yes, HKS was an enabler and I'm sure there were other enablers around too but does that make them a killer? No, not in my mind, just stupid and an enabler. As for the Mother, I don't trust a word she says. She's no grieving mother, she just wants to trash talk her deceased daughter and benefit from her death. Is the baby HKS, very doubtful. Again, he was just trying to please ANS and do what she wanted. Obviously, ANS didn't want the real father to be identified for whatever reasons. I really have no idea who the baby is but hopefully who ever it is will just put the care of the baby first and all this other nonsense to the side.

Posted at 1:41PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Susannah

50. I can't believe that a Doctor would just send these prescriptions to someone in the Bahamas without seeing them first. I can't even get my blood pressure medication refilled after 3 months without checking in with my doctor. I know you can order just about whatever over the internet anymore though so I guess it shouldn't surprise me. I do hope that authorities track down who sent these extremely addictive meds to someone who was definitely miss using them and the system. She seems to have gotten whatever she wanted by using her body and her name.

Is the B12 injections really how she lost her weight really fast before and after the pregnancy...and not TrimSpa?? I can't believe how TrimSpa can continue to do the raving interviews about her when all of this is out there.

I do hope that someone is brought to justice over this mess, the people that sold her the stuff, Howard K who obviously stood by and gave her whatever she wanted because he was waiting on the payoff at the end, so he could pay his parents back. Like that would happen?!! It seems people with money and status never have to answer to the powers that be like the rest of us. We have seen time and time again how they are able to buy people off and they get away with it. Is someone making sure this doesn't happen in this case?

It is all so sad...but it shows you how when people have such strong addictions they become so very selfish and nothing else matters but to get their fix. They will destroy many lives and run over many just to satisfy themselves.

Posted at 1:41PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Sue

51. I thought Anna told Larry that she can no longer see him becuase of Howard? And yet this says that Larry broke off the relationship because of Anna's drug use - seriously which is it?????

Posted at 1:44PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Lee

52. This is so sad, drugs have killed two people again. How did she or he get these deadly out of the country mailed to her? Who sent them to her? They need to be checked. I will always believe HS had a lot to do with both deaths, and someday, somehow the truth will come out and I hope he looses his license to practice law, since he doesn't seem to believe in it. That poor child will live a life of hell, for who ever gets her will be after her money, if she ever gets any? We all need to say aprayer that someone good will get her and take care of her.

Posted at 1:45PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Rosemarie Kallaher

53. Why are people surprized by any of this coming out about Anna taking drugs while pregnant. On the radio station of Howard Stern, the disc jockey, not the slimeball of Anna's, it was alleged that perhaps the reason she chose Bahamas as a hospital and house stop, was that all the drugs she was taking might have well contributed to the baby being born addicted!
In America, that news about the baby's addiction would have been trumpeted around, but in a private hospital in the Bahamas, it may have well ben kept under wraps.
As for all this stuff about Anna loving the baby, etc etc, remember, a drug addiction is a DISEASE!!!! And drug addicts do ANYTHING and everything to get there drugs- and Howard K Stern is probably also a druggie!
Get that poor baby a paternity test and some legal protection!!!!!

Posted at 6:15PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Diana

54. #32 Your definetly right! she did surround herself with people that were obsessed with her. But how long can someone just sit there and watch here destroy herself and her unborn baby? at what point do you say enough is enough!?
no matter how much you are obsessed and in love with someone, if they are not willing to help themselves, you get someone in there who can make a difference. whether it be the police or CPS....HKS NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING!!!

Posted at 1:49PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Ashely

55. What would have been preferable? Anna doing heroin or Anna doing methadone? Methadone IS given to pregnant women whether you all like it or not as a substitute for the heroin. I am assuming Anna was a heroin user before the methadone came along.

Even if a baby is born with methadone in its system, it's better than being born with heroin in its system. Sometimes it really comes down to which is the lesser of two evils.

Posted at 3:51PM on Feb 14th 2007 by drew

56. Let's be clear here...ANS was an addict. Plain and Simple. I liked her celebrity personality just as much as the next person and was disturbed when she died, but let's face it...drug addicts die of overdoses - accidental or intentional, that's what happens. No one, including HKS, her mother, Larry Birkhead, Daniel, ect., could keep her from doing drugs. Addicts lie, steal, manipulate, ect. to get what they want. Addicts are also selfish. Had HKS tried to stop her from doing drugs she would have gotten rid of him just as she did Larry when he tried to stop her and her mother when she supposedly tried to stop her. We all know that HKS was obsessed/in love with ANS, just look back at the E! television series. Do you think he wanted ANS to cast him aside as she has other men? Doubt it. That's why he just let her do what she did and was there to try to pick up the pieces. Yes, HKS was an enabler and I'm sure there were other enablers around too but does that make them a killer? No, not in my mind, just stupid and an enabler. As for the Mother, I don't trust a word she says. She's no grieving mother, she just wants to trash talk her deceased daughter and benefit from her death. Is the baby HKS, very doubtful. Again, he was just trying to please ANS and do what she wanted. Obviously, ANS didn't want the real father to be identified for whatever reasons. I really have no idea who the baby is but hopefully who ever it is will just put the care of the baby first and all this other nonsense to the side.

Posted at 1:59PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Susannah

57. You all wonder why HKS didn't stop Anna?

Duh. She'd cut him out if that happened. Just like she did Larry.

Look, she was a selfish little bitch who got what she wanted all through her life by using her body to manipulate men.

Posted at 1:52PM on Feb 14th 2007 by jh

58. MORE STOLEN PROPERTY FROM HER HOME . I AM NOT SAYING I AGREE WITH DRUG USE HOWEVER YOU ARE POSTING STOLEN PERSONAL PROPERTY--STOLEN BY HER 'FRIENDS' FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. DID YOU PAY FOR PIC OF FRIG AND THESE PAPERS TMZ?? WHY NOT SHOW DR NAME?YOU'RE SHOWING ALL OF ANS "DIRTY LAUNDRY" WHY NOT SHOW THE DR NAME? WHY DOES HE DESERVE HIS PRIVACY BUT ANS DOES NOT? AND JUST WHAT IS YOUR CONNECTION WITH ATTORNEY DEB OPRI????

Posted at 1:54PM on Feb 14th 2007 by TELL IT LIKE IT IS

59. HEY JH.....................OR HOWARD, YOU SOUND LIKE HIM. HOWARD WAS GETTING THE DRUGS NOT ANNA. HE HAD THESE SCRIPTS PUT IN HER NAME FOR A REASON. UMMMMMMMM, I GUESS CAUSE HE KILLED HER. THE WORLD KNOWS HKS IS A KILLER. ANS WAS A KIND PERSON.
USING HER BODY TO MANIPULATE MEN? WHAT A JOKE. MM WAS MUCH WORSE OFF THAN ANS. BTW, WILL HOWARD'S PEOPLE STOP POSTING LIES ON ANS.

Posted at 2:53PM on Feb 14th 2007 by 57 get a brain then a life

60. My Mother-in-law is a Substance Abuse Nurse and this is what she told me:

Methadone is also used to treat people with a Vicodin or other opiate based drug addiction. I don't think it was Herion, I think she was addicted to Vicodin or some other kind of opiate pill. Methadone is considered "safe" during pregnancy and yes, the baby would have been born with an addiction to Methadone and would have gone through detox immediately following birth. Dannielynne's bith records would show drugs in her system at birth if they did a toxicology report on the baby; however, drug testing her now at 5 months age, won't show anything. ANS was breast feeding the baby and after 5 months, the drugs she was born with would be gone.

Posted at 2:59PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Susannah

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