Law and Order creator Dick Wolf was a neighbor of Anissa Jones, "Buffy" on Family Affair and there is a story to tell..
Brian Keith O'Hara
reputation for being a "Dr. Feelgood" in search of
Quaaludes(tranquilizer), because she wanted to get stoned. Quaaludes
were the most abused drug by teenagers in the 1970's. This Doctor ran
his own dispensary, because he was didn't want any pharmacists
questioning his prescriptions. His dispensary was out of Quaaludes; so
he substituted Seconal a powerful barbiturate, or sleeping pill. The
capsules Anissa received were 1 1/2 gram, the maximum legal dose today
is 100 milligrams. This change was instituted because of the huge
number of accidental overdoses from people who used Seconal. When the
this doctor gave Anissa her prescription of Seconal he must have
noticed that she was 4'11" and 85 lbs. No Doctor in the practice would
even try to justify the substitution of a barbiturate for a
tranquilizer. If he had given Anissa what she wanted, all Anissa would
have done that night was get stoned.
To me, this Doctor murdered Anissa, exactly the same way Carroll
O'Connor spoke of the man responsible for his son Hugh's death. I call
this Doctor "A Merchant Of Death". A Venice policeman told me that
this Doctor would sell drugs to anyone, including kids, with enough
money to buy them; that is my definition of a pusher. Kids used to
line up around the block to buy drugs from him at his medical office.
This policeman also told me that LAPD believes that between 30-35 kids
OD'd from drugs that this doctor provided legally; Anissa is just one
of his them. LAPD and the FBI had him under surveillance. Kids knew
exactly what this Doctor was doing; LAPD knew what he was doing, The
Los Angeles Times knew what he was doing, and E! knew who this doctor
was and what he had been doing when they made E! True Hollywood
Stories/Family Affair: The Anissa Jones Story. And yet they never
mentioned him once.
LAPD began serveillance of this doctor on July 16, 1976, because they
received reports of lines going around the block to get into his
office. Almost all of the people in line were teenagers and young
adults. Torrance High School is located just a 1/4 of a mile from his
office.
Anissa Jones bought the Seconal which killed her from him on August
26, 1976. She died of an accidental overdose the night of 8/27,
morning 8/28. When he was arrested on September 3, 1976, he was
charged with nine drug felonies. He would later plea bargain that
number down to 2 felonies for which he pled guilty. His medical
license was revoked. He died of a heart attack in December 1976,
before he could begin serving his jail time.
One other note there were 60 people in line to get into see "Dr.
Feelgood", LAPD arrested 13 of those people for drug charges.
Nobody knows this, and because nobody this stories of Anissa having
commited suicide are allowed to linger on in the public mind because
of misinformation, or simply a lack of information.
Strange, very strange.
He lost a malpractice suit over Anissa's death(he had no justification
for giving Anissa any drugs, much less the powerful sleeping pill
Seconol). Aftter Anissa's death he was indicted for criminal
distribution of controlled substances. Only his death before trial
saved him from jail.
Anissa Jones, "Buffy" on Family Affair would have been 45 today March
11, 2003
Greta Garbo was Hollywood's number one female star when she quit
acting. Anissa Jones finished a five year run as "Buffy" on Family
Affair, a top ten CBS TV show, when she quit acting. Both were stars,
but neither woman ever saw herself that way, and neither ever acted
"Hollywood".
The only apparent difference between the two is that Greta Garbo is
remembered as a tough woman: an individualist who chose who own path
in life; and Anissa Jones is remembered as an object of pity and
sorrow: a tempest tossed waif, buffeted and overwhelmed by a sea of
troubles. To me this seems strange, two women do an extraordinary
thing: they walk away from money, fame, and success; as far as I can
tell there is only one real difference between them: Greta Garbo was
40 years old and Anissa Jones was 13 when they walked away from
Hollywood. To me, what is interesting when done by a 40 year old,
becomes extraordinary when done by a 13 year old.
http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/Anissa1958.html
Almost everything people believe about Anissa Jones is wrong: The
truth has to matter to someone; the truth matters to me.
On Phil Donahue in the 1970's, Jack Klugman was speaking of his new
series Quincy. He said he intended to make it realistic. One of the
writers was a neighbor and friend of Anissa's, and he wrote an episode
about PCP and a girl who OD's on it. Jack said the writer wrote this
episode in memory of Anissa. Another Quincy eipisode was about a
Doctor catering to the drug market, by prescribing drugs to anyone
with the money to buy them. Deja Vous all over again.
I think as a neighbor and friend, Dick Wolf needs to set the record
straight once and for all. There is a story here and because it is
true, it will mean something.
Ace
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bko...@aol.com (Brian Keith O'Hara) wrote in
news:c874b1c8.03031...@posting.google.com:
> Anissa Jones went to a doctor in Torrance, California who had a
> reputation for being a "Dr. Feelgood" in search of
> Quaaludes(tranquilizer), because she wanted to get stoned.
> Quaaludes were the most abused drug by teenagers in the 1970's.
No, they weren't. They were right up there in the
top ten, but they had lots of competition.
All hail Rorer 714!
> This Doctor ran his own dispensary, because he was didn't want any
> pharmacists questioning his prescriptions. His dispensary was out
> of Quaaludes; so he substituted Seconal a powerful barbiturate, or
> sleeping pill. The capsules Anissa received were 1 1/2 gram, the
> maximum legal dose today is 100 milligrams.
No, no, no, no, no. 1 1/2 *grains* not *grams*,
and 1 1/2 grains *is* 100 mg.
Where does your information come from?
> and 85 lbs. No Doctor in the practice would even try to justify
> the substitution of a barbiturate for a tranquilizer.
Yes, Quaaludes were billed as tranks in the 70s,
but they weren't. 714s were every bit as powerful
as seconals (so were Placidyls). As far as depressant
effects go, six of one half dozen of the other.
>If he had
> given Anissa what she wanted, all Anissa would have done that
> night was get stoned.
Uhm, no.
>To me, this Doctor murdered Anissa, exactly
> the same way Carroll O'Connor spoke of the man responsible for his
> son Hugh's death.
Crap.
> The only apparent difference between the two is that Greta Garbo
Garbo was a goddess; Jones was crap. That's
the difference.
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bobby...@yahoo.com
Moshos did this because he discovered he had a terminal illness and wanted to pad his estate for his family. He did this rather successfully, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. During this time, the police launched an investigation into his practice after hearing about--and seeing--lines of kids, literally around the block, at his office. Anissa was one of those kids.
Anissa was found dead at Helen Hennessy's home, and near her was an envelope with Moshos' return address printed in its upper left corner, while in the main field of the envelope was printed "50 1-1/2 grams Seconal: Jones". A criminal investigation was launched and Moshos was arrested at his home on 11 counts of illegal dispensation without examination. Within days, he was also charged with 2nd Degree Murder for Anissa's death, but that charge was dropped within days of Moshos' own death on December 28, 1976.
Paula and Paul sued the Moshos estate for wrongful-death, to the tune of $400,000; in July of '79, a judge concluded the case by saying Moshos was 30% responsible and Anissa was 70%; accordingly, he reduced the amount and awarded the surviving Joneses $79,500 and the matter was closed. Hope this information helps.
bobby...@yahoo.com
> the difference.
I think it's also safe to say that your family dreads your presence, with an attitude like yours. Pat yourself on the back, Junior...you earned your lot. Just don't break your arm doing it, you'll need it to carry your foodstamp groceries home. "Have a nice life."
