Parents jailed for giving toddler fatal dose of methadone
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/01/parents-jailed-toddler-dose-methadone
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The article
is about a couple that killed their baby by giving him methadone, a substitute
drug for heroin. The baby was only 23 months, and had been given methadone for
the past eight months. The parents didn’t notice that their baby was dead,
because they were hungover after taking drugs and vodka. The father has been
given a 9 year jail sentence for manslaughter, and the mother is convicted for
4 years. They drugged the baby to pacify him, his body however contained the
amount of methadone that was similar to the amount in an adult who follows a
methadone programme.
My opinion
on this is that people like this shouldn’t even be allowed to have a baby. I
think it is outrageous for a parent to ‘feed’ their child drugs, no matter what
age. I also think their punishment, especially that of the mother, is way too
low. What if they get out, have another kid and do exactly the same to it? I
really feel sorry for the child, that he had to die so young and in this way,
but at the other hand I think it would be even worse if he did not die, because
he would grow up a drug addict, and would be doomed for the rest of his life.
You've got to be kidding me!?! This is horrible. People like this should be locked up WAY MORE than just 4 and 9 years. They have killed a 23 months old baby and they shouldn't be allowed to have babies anymore, never! I don't know how you can keep an eye on couples/parents like this, and it will probably be impossible, but I wish the controlling would be better..
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