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8-Month-Old Baby Ryder Salmen Dies After Consuming Drug Laced Breast Milk
According to court documents, the Sacramento, California resident was apparently warned five months prior to the death of her baby in September 2012 to stop breastfeeding due to high contents of methadone in her baby's bloodstream. Initially, the death … Read more on IBTimes.co.uk

Mother faces murder charge after baby dies from drug-laced breast milk
According to nydailynews.com, Ryder Salmen died from an overdose of Xanax, methadone and the painkiller Opana at 8 months old which he indirectly ingested through his mother. The nydailynews.com reports that the drug addict mom, Sarah Stephens, … Read more on The New Age Online

Public Eye: How CPS handled case of baby who died of drug overdose
Ryder suffered a fatal overdose of Xanax, methadone and the painkiller Opana through his mother's breast milk, police said. CPS' safety plan for the baby – a separate document from the assessment that outlines steps to be taken to protect the child … Read more on Sacramento Bee    Read more...

'Carla will always be forever in our hearts'
North Staffordshire coroner, Ian Smith recorded Mrs Temel died from a drugs overdose. He said: "I have seen deaths from methadone at lower levels so I am satisfied the two drugs together caused her death." Speaking after the inquest, brother Simon … Read more on This is Staffordshire

Today in Music History
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for shooting music icon John Lennon to death the previous Dec. 8. Lennon had given Chapman his autograph only hours before the … An autopsy revealed she died of a … Read more on Ottawa Citizen

Ryder Salmen death: Calif. mom charged with murdering son who died from …
Police reportedly said the baby suffered a fatal overdose of Xanax, methadone and the painkiller Opana through his mother's breast milk. Advocates are blasting the Sacramento County Child Protective Services for their handling of the case, reports he … Read more on CBS News

Northern California baby died of drug overdose from breast milk
… 2012 after overdosing on a fatal mix of Xanax, methadone and the painkiller Opana. Court documents said the infant's mother had been warned five months earlier to stop breastfeeding because of high levels of methadone found in her baby's bloodstream. Read more on Daily Democrat

Prescribing Heroin to Save Lives
Abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs and prescription drug take-back days are well and good, but they don't reverse an overdose, they don't educate about drug safety and they don't provide ready access to treatment. They don't address the factors that … Read more on Huffington Post

State prison medical review: 'Dirty … filthy … unacceptable'
“The mortality reviews include one case of inappropriate prescription of narcotics and one case of narcotic overdose for a patient not on prescription narcotics,” according to the report. Of the 283 prescriptions for methadone and morphine, not … Read more on The Salinas Californian

Heroin Forces Memorial Service, Not Birthday Celebration
… a heroin overdose. And while his mother found him in their Horsham home, called 911 and made the ultimate decision to pull JR off of life support and preserve his organs for the Gift of Life Donor Program, the finality of his death has not yet … Read more on Patch.com

2 men face minor charges in overdose death of St. Paul teen
One year after 14-year-old Pauviera Linson was found dead in her St. Paul home from an overdose of codeine and methadone, two men who gave her the drinks spiked with the drugs at a party in Burnsville were charged in Dakota County District Court. Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

New York's problem with prescription drugs
The increase has been driven largely by the growing abuse of prescription opioids such as oxycodone and methadone. These substances, which are often obtained through a valid prescription, as opposed to drugs like heroin or cocaine that are … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

The Meaning of Heroin Mortality: Happy Birthday, Sarah
Drug overdose, violence, alcohol, or suicide accounted for nearly all deaths of which the causes were known. Despite the availability of treatment, including methadone maintenance, both heroin use and criminality continued at a high rate. Of the 428 … Read more on Scientific American (blog)    Read more...