Haim called a 'poster child' for Rx drug abuse

Haim obtained the medicines, which included Valium, Vicodin, Xanax and Soma, through seven doctors and seven pharmacies, Brown said, and he used an alias at least once.

Brown said it did not appear the doctors knew Haim was obtaining prescriptions through multiple sources. He said investigators verified that Haim filled the prescriptions this year, but they also found that thousands of pills were obtained in Haim's name before then.

He called Haim, star of 1980s films including "The Lost Boys" and "License to Drive," a "poster child" for prescription-drug abuse.

Brown said it isn't just celebrities who are obtaining massive quantities of prescription drugs through doctor shopping.

He said his office has pursued more than 200 cases statewide involving prescription abuse by doctors and patients.

Haim's activities described by Brown Tuesday are separate from a fraudulently obtained prescription Haim may have obtained.

That prescription, for the painkiller OxyContin, was found during an investigation into a ring that obtained prescription pads illegally and used the stolen identities of doctors to fill them out.

The pills Brown said Haim obtained in the two months before his death included 149 tablets of the painkiller Vicodin and 194 tablets of Soma, a muscle relaxant. He also received 15 tablets of Xanax and 195 tablets of Valium, both of which are depressants, Brown said.

Haim, 38, died March 10 after collapsing in his mother's apartment. Haim had struggled with drugs throughout his life.