Apparently looking to use the death of Canadian actor Corey Haim to send a strong message about prescription drug abuse, California’s Attorney General Jerry Brown revealed at Haim had obtained more than 550 prescription pills in the three months before he died on March 10.

Brown said Haim obtained the medications, which included Valium and Soma, through seven different doctors, according to a CBC.ca report. The doctors appeared to have been duped, Brown added, and he said Haim also used emergency rooms to get such drugs, in addition to the seven doctors and pharmacies he allegedly used.

All this comes before the final autopsy has even concluded, because toxicology reports have yet to be revealed. The initial autopsy showed an enlarged heart, pneumonia and water in his lungs.

The “Lost Boy” tried, but never found himself.

Canada and Hollywood lost one of its ’80s heroes this morning when 38-year-old Corey Haim was pronounced dead in the early morning hours after an apparent drug overdose.

I have to admit, I’ve spent a few weekend afternoons watching self-made marathons of “The Two Coreys” On Demand, and it was at once entertaining, uncomfortable and heartbreaking to watch Haim — who his longtime friend and occasional foe Corey Feldman called a “tortured soul” — try to regain his footing in life and in acting.

The Toronto native was just about 15 years old when he starred with Winona Ryder and Charlie Sheen in “Lucas,” and “The Lost Boys” followed the next year, setting off a string of movies with Feldman for which Haim would forever be known.

For more on Haim and a wonderful, complete obituary, visit CBC.ca.