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NYC 6-year-old dies after dad mistakes methadone for cough medicine
foxnews.com (NY Post) ^ | February 03, 2012

Posted on 02/10/2012 7:34:33 AM PST by rawhide

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To: AppyPappy

Methadone isn’t illegal. She wasn’t hiding it from the law.


21 posted on 02/10/2012 8:46:24 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Sloth

No. That is a specious argument. I’m saying that if drugs are legalized (carte blanche) there will be more of them around, lurking in DayQuil bottles. This mom must have been hiding behind the door when God passed out brains.

First of all, she became addicted.

Second of all, she hid her “help” in an innocuous OTC bottle.

Third of all, she left her precious child in the care of his father without telling him that she had tampered with the OTC medicine. BTW, DayQuil shouldn’t be given to kids anyway.

That’s all we need: more harmful drugs floating around unregulated! NOT!

OTOH, guns are regulated nearly everywhere. And gun education is omnipesent. But, parents who allow their children access to guns were also hiding behind their respective doors when God passed out the brains and common sense.


22 posted on 02/10/2012 9:08:59 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Sloth

No. That is a specious argument. I’m saying that if drugs are legalized (carte blanche) there will be more of them around, lurking in DayQuil bottles. This mom must have been hiding behind the door when God passed out brains.

First of all, she became addicted.

Second of all, she hid her “help” in an innocuous OTC bottle.

Third of all, she left her precious child in the care of his father without telling him that she had tampered with the OTC medicine. BTW, DayQuil shouldn’t be given to kids anyway.

That’s all we need: more harmful drugs floating around unregulated! NOT!

OTOH, guns are regulated nearly everywhere. And gun education is omnipesent. But, parents who allow their children access to guns were also hiding behind their respective doors when God passed out the brains and common sense.


23 posted on 02/10/2012 9:09:04 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: rawhide
On Thursday, police arrested DeLeon, who has two prior drug busts, and charged her with reckless endangerment.

How about MURDER??

24 posted on 02/10/2012 9:12:54 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (If we stay home in November '12, don't blame 0 for tearing up the CONSTITUTION!!)
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To: iowamark

He’s so pleased to be wearing that tie. He looks like a joy.


25 posted on 02/10/2012 10:33:19 AM PST by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: rawhide

Liquid Methadone is distributed in {child proof} bottles that are exceedingly difficult even for adults to open. The only reason an addict would switch containers would be if she was selling it or sharing it.


26 posted on 02/10/2012 11:00:35 AM PST by Larry381 ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.")
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Because daddy gave the child methadone which is a serious heavy duty drug instead of cough syrup . What the hell is daddy doing giving his kid “medicine” from a unmarked bottle.


27 posted on 02/10/2012 11:26:44 AM PST by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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It was in a familiar DayQuil marked bottle. The wife had put it there to hide her addiction, probably thinking no one would ever use it.


28 posted on 02/10/2012 12:15:17 PM PST by rawhide
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To: Nebr FAL owner

A Dayquil bottle is hardly unmarked!


29 posted on 02/10/2012 12:15:25 PM PST by Fire_on_High (WTB new tagline, PST!)
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To: rawhide

Dreadful. RIP.


30 posted on 02/10/2012 12:35:28 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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To: Popman

Can someone explain how legalizing drugs would stop this from happening


I don’t think anyone argues that legalizing drugs would prevent this kind thing.

It would prevent an expensive Police State, and associated violence and corruption, however.


31 posted on 02/10/2012 3:15:39 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Author of BullionBible.com - Makes You a Precious Metal Expert, Guaranteed.)
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