Woman jailed for giving baby methadone-soaked dummy

Tuesday, 8 June 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/edinburgh_east_and_fife/10264909.stm

Susan Taylor,29, confessed and was sentenced for three years in jail. She had rolled the dummy around the cup she used to take her daily methadone. Her advocate defended saying she was `distressed` because the 10-week-old boy would not stop crying and she did not know what to do to help him. She had no idea how dangerous methadone could be. The baby was barely breathing and had fits on the way to the hospital. Polis were alarmed 2 days later when doctors detected meth in the baby’s urine. Taylor’s partner got ten months for failing to tell doctors about the methadone given to the baby.


I could not believe what I was reading. How stupid can you be? Giving a baby methadone and alleging you did not know how dangerous it could be? Parents, never ever leave your child(ren)in care of drug addicts. You cannot trust their judging ability, especially in stressed situations. Mostly, they cannot take care and be responsible for themselves, let alone to take care of a little one. Now they have plenty of time behind bars to think about their deed and to rehab. I was deeply shocked. These incidents happens everywhere around the world, but they rarely reach the headlines