Free tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service were made available Friday as reports surfaced that the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in the Los Angeles home where the pop star was living.

The drug, also known as Propofol, is used as an anesthetic in operating rooms and administered intravenously. Its presence in a private home would be "completely unusual," said Dr. Kristine Henderson, an anesthesiologist with North Florida Anesthesia Consultants.

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