Cops: Baby Killed by Mom's Drug-Laced Milk

Cops: Baby killed by mom's drug-laced milk
A baby boy died in California after drinking his mother's drug-laced milk. Ryder Salmen was 8 months old when he overdosed on Xanax, methadone and the painkiller Opana, the Sacramento Bee reported. Baby Ryder's death was at first a mystery. Citrus …
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Ohio judge tries drug to rehabilitate addicted inmates
He told the judge he wanted to beat his drug habit and was willing to go into inpatient treatment. Judge Robert Peeler had another idea. He already had three defendants die of heroin overdoses after he released them from jail early. … Statistics from …
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Tough pill to swallow
In 2004, 31 Vermonters died from prescription opiate overdoses. In 2012, the … Currently, Vermont doctors and substance abuse centers are treating roughly 2,800 recovering opiate addicts with Suboxone and another 600 with methadone. Most treatment …
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