Mother gives her child Meth to try and stop him crying. Almost kills him as a result

[EveryFlowerFlow]

**Woman jailed for giving baby methadone-soaked dummy
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An Edinburgh woman who put methadone on a baby’s dummy to stop him crying has been jailed for three years.

Susan Taylor, 29, admitted a charge of culpably and recklessly causing the child to ingest methadone, to the danger of his life in November 2008.

Although Taylor admitted the charge last September, the case could not be reported until Tuesday because her partner was facing trial.

Lynn Cowan, 28, admitted she failed to tell medics the baby had methadone.

At Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday Cowan appeared from custody and halted a planned trial by admitting that when Taylor told her she had given the little boy methadone, Cowan failed to pass on the information to doctors.

A court heard that the 10-week-old child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, almost died.

Doctors found “a huge quantity” of the drug, given to addicts to wean them off heroin, in the baby’s urine.

They said it was too early to tell whether there might be lasting effects, advocate depute Morag Jack, prosecuting, told the High Court in Edinburgh.

Sheriff Alistair Noble jailed Cowan for a total of 10 months, eight months for a charge brought under the Children and Young Persons Act and two months for missing a previous court date.
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The High Court hearing last September was told that the couple, who both have drug problems, regularly looked after the little boy at his home in the Leith area of Edinburgh.

Ms Jack described how they were watching television there when Cowan suddenly realised the baby wasn’t breathing.

“His lips were blue and his face was grey”, said Ms Jack.

By the time ambulance personnel arrived on the scene the baby was not breathing, apart from a single gasp for air.

The child suffered fits on the way to the city’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children and was kept in intensive care, gradually improving over the next 36 hours.

Police were called in when tests revealed methadone was in the baby’s system two days later.
Sweet taste

When questioned, Taylor admitted rolling the child’s dummy around the measuring cup she used to take her daily methadone.

The judge was also told that poisons expert Professor Robin Braithwaite had prepared a report on the case.

He said methadone presented a high risk to children because it tasted sweet. As little as half a teaspoonful could prove fatal.

Ms Jack said: “Professor Braithwaite is of the opinion that without prompt medical intervention the baby would have died”

Defence advocate Susan Duff said Taylor was “distressed” when the baby cried and she was unable to settle him.

The lawyer added: "She in no way intended to cause him any harm

“She loves him. She had no concept of how dangerous feeding methadone to a young baby was.”

But Lord Bannatyne told Taylor, formerly from Leith, that she had shown “a high degree of recklessness”.

Lord Bannatyne ordered the three year sentence to follow a 26-month sentence Taylor was currently serving for snatching a 66-year-old woman’s bag at knife-point.

Woman jailed over methadone dummy

I honestly dunno where to even begin with this story

[SaikyoBeast]

…anger…

I don’t know what else to say. Just anger.

[Tanner]

Wtf is with our society? I have to get permission from the government to put a fence up around my house but drug addicts can have as many kids as they want.

[Tyrsis]

This is why you need to fill out an application and pass a test to have a child.

[thurst]

well at least those drug addicts are in england. seriously though, you should have to forfeit your right to life when a person can say that you “had no concept of how dangerous feeding methadone to a young baby was” with a straight face.

[System_1]

This is why you need to fill out an application and pass a test to have a child.

… what?

[Grog]

… what?

Pretty sure he meant “why you should need”

[Rugalitarian]

this is why you need to fill out an application and pass a test to have a child.

this times 600 billion

[Mecha]

Too bad he survived, that’d one less kid to turn to delinquency and have society make excuses for him because his mum is a junkie.

Am I getting bitter because I have to work with the aforementioned little twats daily? Yes.

The real news story is that the filthy bint actually shared her methadone.

[System_1]

Pretty sure he meant “why you should need”

lol. wasn’t that i didnt understand it.

[The_Bucket_Of_Truth]

typical woman. and it was all over the baby simply crying.

[FurryCurry]

See, I don’t like this thread title. If this were a news article about a woman going in reverse on a one way then yes, “Women”.

But it’s about a junkie. Junkies of both genders are crazy and nonsensical. The title should be “Women Junkies”

[Tanner]

Too bad he survived, that’d one less kid to turn to delinquency and have society make excuses for him because his mum is a junkie.

Am I getting bitter because I have to work with the aforementioned little twats daily? Yes.

The real news story is that the filthy bint actually shared her methadone.

HAHA… having worked with addicts myself that last statement is so true.

Also, you’re right, this kid is going to grow up to be another junkie that spits out 5 more kids, traumatizes them and causes them to grow up and be junkie trash and repeat the horrible cycle.

[thurst]

See, I don’t like this thread title. If this were a news article about a woman going in reverse on a one way then yes, “Women”.

But it’s about a junkie. Junkies of both genders are crazy and nonsensical. The title should be “Women Junkies”

all women are junkies, semen junkies. when they’re not getting it, they’re not acting right.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

^Sig material. :lol:

Thread title changed.

[The_Bucket_Of_Truth]

thurst got it spot on with that post lol

Furrycurry women do this shit all the time leaving children in cars on boiling hot days to buy clothes and what not. Trusting women is heaps foolish.

[Nemesis00]

Fuck defense attorneys.

[HondaUser]

The thread title is a little misleading. “Meth” is most commonly associated with crystal methamphetamine; methadone is, obviously, a different ballgame.

[Zandwich]

fyi methadone isnt meth, methadone is an opiate with a weak recreational high that can help addicts ween off heroin but can also be used in pain management

[Rhio2k]

Wait…“Edinburgh”…as in “EHdenburrah” over in EUROPE? Wtf, they have trailer trash THERE, too??