"Becca" wrote in message
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> Jean O'Boyle wrote:
>
>
>> It's a case of the lack of responsibility...At twenty four years of
>> age, you'd think she would have been wiser..Why aren't the parents
>> going after her boyfriend who supplied what she ingested? Because he
>> does not have the money that Carnival has? Since when is Carnival
>> supposed to baby-sit its grown passengers and of all places in their
>> cabin? I am sorry that the parents lost a daughter, it is a very
>> tragic thing, but they are not holding the right one responsible and
>> it's a frivolous lawsuit.
>>
>> JMO,
>>
>> --Jean
>
> Methadone is federally regulated, so it puzzles me how her boyfriend had a
> few day's supply of methadone on him.
>
> "Her boyfriend acknowledged that he took methadone and Vicodin aboard the
> ship but has denied giving any to Barnett."
>
> My youngest son was addicted to heroin. When he quit using drugs, he
> joined a methadone clinic, and I drove him there every morning for 7
> months. They would hand him *one* dose of methadone, which was a liquid,
> and they watched him drink it. He would have never been allowed to walk
> out the door with one dose of methadone, much less several doses.
>
> Methadone is closely regulated, and the clinics would never give a drug
> addict, a few day's worth of methadone at one time. Something is wrong
> here, and Ashley Barnett's boyfriend, Geoff Ginsburg, should be held for
> questioning.
>
> Becca
I have been watching this thread with great interest. I am a nurse who has
worked in a methadone clinic for many years. The patients do come into the
clinic daily for their carefully monitored dose of medication, just as Becca
has described. However, following a certain period of time which may vary
from clinic to clinic, patients can earn what is called *take home
privileges,* which allows them to self-medicate on the days they are not
required to be physically present in the clinic. In the State of Maryland,
this practice is monitored quite closely. However, I am of the school of
thought that if a patient has too many bottles of medication on their
person, then there is too much risk for diversion. Geoff Ginsburg very
likely had several bottles of *take home* medication (methadone) legally in
his possession. Tragically, he and Ashley Barnett decided to play Russian
Roulette with drugs--and Ashley lost. A very sad story.
Karen
Owings Mills, MD
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