Toddler dies

[shillelagh]

I thought methadone was supervised so why has this happened?

BBC NEWS | England | West Midlands | Toddler dies after drug overdose

[slinky]

God almighty, what a bloody shame

[shillelagh]

His brother who is 3 month old has been overdosed as well.......whats their parent thinking of?

I always thought methadone was given out by the pharmacist - it wasnt taken from the premises. Because this isnt the first time this has happened is it there was one a few years ago the kids had got hold of the parents methadone and drank it and i thought the rules were changed then.

[cherokee]

Omg How awful.
I agree jen always thought methadone was given under supervision.

[flashy]

awww thats bloody awful

[panther]

very sad, poor things!
why the hell are these kids with these people in the first place!!??

[Less]

Originally Posted by panther

very sad, poor things!
why the hell are these kids with these people in the first place!!??

Yes it is a very sad story, but nothing has been said about from whom or how the children got this drug, so although it is natural to assume that 'these people', shouldn't be caring for children perhaps, before we nail them to a cross, we should wait until all the facts of the case are revealed?

[panther]

It is thought the brothers may have mistaken the green liquid for cough mixture.....

What im saying Less it IMO, no child should be in the supervision of people on drugs, or methadone!!

but i know where ya coming from

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by panther

very sad, poor things!
why the hell are these kids with these people in the first place!!??

I think its all to do with these people having rights panther, pity the dogooding brigade don't think about the rights of these poor kids who are not old enough to look after themselves and look to society to make sure they are protected, no doubt some social worker with a masive case load will end up copping the flack as usual, instead of the faceless wonders who fade away when things like this happen

[Loz]

Such a shame.
Sometimes there is no justice in this world.

[lindsay ormerod]

It's not always supervised, it's down to the discretion of the drug team dealing with the individual case, in any case most addicts on methadone get double doses on a saturday to cover them for sunday, so in theory if the mother and her partner were both on unsupervised methadone they could have had 4 bottles of it in the house.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

It's not always supervised, it's down to the discretion of the drug team dealing with the individual case, in any case most addicts on methadone get double doses on a saturday to cover them for sunday, so in theory if the mother and her partner were both on unsupervised methadone they could have had 4 bottles of it in the house.

There should be better control when its known there are children in that house, people who have drug problems can't look after temselves let allone children, but alas its always the children that suffer

[Loz]

Originally Posted by jaysay

There should be better control when its known there are children in that house, people who have drug problems can't look after temselves let allone children, but alas its always the children that suffer

Exactly.
If anybody should of died because of this it should have been the irresponsible druggies and not a little kiddie.

[cashman]

the best control of all is take the kids away, Smackheads recovering or otherwise, are NOT responsible parents simple as n if that offends anyone TOUGH.

[panther]

Originally Posted by cashman

the best control of all is take the kids away, Smackheads recovering or otherwise, are NOT responsible parents simple as n if that offends anyone TOUGH.

here here!!!

ya took the words right out of me head