his infamous doctor in memphis. this is a drug called sanalert, it has the caption capsule three times daily to keep sanity. an anti anxiety, anti tension, anti depressant. i am sure that elias prescribed medications to elvis presley. elias would never cross the line of jeopardizing that medical license that he worked so hard for, no matter what stage of celebrity it was. and elias, what do you hope comes from tonight? that people hear the side of the story that my dad wanted to tell people for so many years. and that he really wanted to help elvis. he looked at him as a family member, more like a brother. and he really loved him. why didn t anyone tell elvis to stop or slow down? elvis was a real proud human being, and he thought his job
to take any hard drugs. continuing our special report, elvis at 80, speaking on the night he elvis dies, a doctor is under pressure of allegations he s the one prescribing the drugs already suspended of killing the king. even in death, his family still trying to clear his name. this incredible array of prescription medicines all made out to elvis presley is proof of a stark reality in the king of rock n roll s life and death. like michael jackson after him, elvis doctor-shopped, going from man to man, to insure a steady supply of drugs that ultimately killed him. we have this evidence of that stark reality because of the widow of elvis doctor here in las vegas. jodi, thank you so much for being with us. we re also joined by elias ii. as your husband lay dying from
stage 4 cancer, he told you something about a safe deposit box. what was it? he told me that he took away medications from elvis presley, and that someday i might need to tell a story and show this medication so people would understand. he lived with a stigma all these years, he was the one that caused the drug problem for elvis presley. the doctor was widely regarded in the 70s as one of the doctors who helped kill elvis by overprescribing prescription medicine. he told you to look in the safe deposit box, and what did you see? i was amazed. at the amount of prescriptions that were really given to this man. let s go through some of the drugs found in the safe deposit box of dr. elias ganham. these were quaaludes. these were both prescribed by
is elvis step brother, ricky stanley. now, i ll say, elias, to me, seemed like he cared for elvis. but, you know, after a while, he fell into it like the rest of them. and just was giving him whatever he wanted. nobody hardly said no to elvis presley. the records indicate that especially in the last year of his life, you prescribed certain medications to elvis presley in quite extraordinarily large amounts. why? i can t comment on that. and i don t believe it s true. well, the records we have, doctor, and i ll say this as gently as i possibly can, indicate thatt on january 20th, 1977 until august 16th, 1977, the day he died, you prescribe to elvis presley, and the prescriptions are all signed by