NEWS: SMH - 03/08/07 'Girl, 2, swallows ecstasy pill'

[hoptis]

Girl, 2, swallows ecstasy pill
Yuko Narushima
August 3, 2007 - 4:37PM

A two-year-old girl has been hospitalised after allegedly swallowing an ecstasy tablet, police said.

The girl was taken to a Sydney hospital yesterday morning after her mother noticed she had become ill.

Doctors treating the girl became concerned the girl had consumed an ecstasy tablet and called police.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with the supply and possession of a prohibited drug.

Police allege a number of tablets, believed to be ecstasy, were found on the kitchen floor of the man's home.

He will appear in Sutherland Local Court on September 27.

The baby was held overnight at Sutherland Hospital and discharged this afternoon in a satisfactory condition.

In 2002, Jude Law's daughter Iris, then aged two, swallowed an ecstasy pill while at a children's party in London with her mother Sadie Frost.

Jude Law had been away filming in the US.

In 2003, a 10-month-old baby boy was hospitalised in London after doing the same thing.

Sydney Morning Herald

 

[hoptis]

Toddler poisoned by ecstasy pill
August 03, 2007 05:02pm

A MAN has been charged after a two-year-old girl swallowed an ecstasy tablet in Sydney's south, police say.

Police were called to a Sydney hospital at 9.15am (AEST) today after doctors became concerned the child had ingested the illegal drug.

The child was taken to hospital by her mother after she became ill.

Police searched the man's Sutherland home and allegedly found a number of tablets, believed to be ecstasy, on his kitchen floor.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with the supply and possession of a prohibited drug.

He will appear in Sutherland Local Court on September 27.

The child remained in a stable condition in hospital, police said.

News.com.au

 

[lil angel15]

The poor little thing.

I would hate to think of the stress that a stimulant like MDMA would put on such a small body.

 

[hazza]

this is ridiculous...i hear stories like this all the time..people need to be lots more responsible..keep your drugs in a safe place peoples and don't be a cock like this guy...
i remember hearing how a little toddler had a big swig of her dads G and almost died...bottom line..don't let this stuff happen...consume the drugs yourself.

 

[Nwalmaer]

Who leaves there pills on the floor o_0

 

[tapout]

Um i think the better question is who the fuck has drugs in the house with kids around, how incredibly irresponsible

 

[starboy]

Assuming the child doesn't die and it looks as though they haven't, what is optimum age for a brain to recover from the effects of drugs?

Do old brains recover faster or new brains?

 

[Ashley]

Assuming the child doesn't die and it looks as though they haven't, what is optimum age for a brain to recover from the effects of drugs?

Do old brains recover faster or new brains?

Furthermore, what effect is consuming an ecstasy tablet at such a young age, especially during such a vital mental developmental stage, going to have on the poor kid later in life?

 

[Heh]

Wow, idiotic parents!

 

[hyroller]

that's seriously screwed up. it'd fry your brain and have some kind of awful impact down the line

 

[lil angel15]

Ecstasy toddler returned to family
By Kara Lawrence
August 10, 2007 01:00am

A TWO-year-old who swallowed ecstasy left on the floor of her family home has been returned to her parents just a week after the potentially fatal incident.

The Daily Telegraph reports that the Department of Community Services has decided the parents are fit to care for the girl, despite receiving two previous reports - which were not drug-related - of concern for the child's health.

The girl's 29-year-old father faces two drug charges after the girl ingested an MDMA tablet - the illegal drug known as ecstasy - last Thursday morning at their home in Engadine, in Sydney's south.

The decision to allow the girl back into her parents' care caused outrage, with the State Opposition last night demanding that Community Services Minister Kevin Greene explain the "extraordinary" move.

"It seems extraordinary that DOCS seems so lightly to have returned the child, despite the experience," Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell said.

"At some stage the rights of the child have to come ahead of the rights of their parents."

The Daily Telegraph reports that when the child fell ill, her mother became concerned and woke her partner, who allegedly noticed ecstasy tablets on the kitchen floor and feared the girl might have eaten one.

Both parents rushed the girl to hospital and allegedly told doctors she might have ingested ecstasy.

Doctors then called police, who accompanied the father back to the family home.

"Police will allege a number of tablets, believed to be ecstasy, were found on the kitchen floor," police said.

The man is to face Sutherland Court next month charged with possessing a prohibited drug and supplying or knowingly taking part in the supply of a prohibited drug.

The couple have another child - a baby who was born prematurely and remains in hospital.

The mother yesterday told The Daily Telegraph that police had not found ecstasy in the house and it was her partner who had been forthright.

"The only way they found out was from (the father)," she said.

And she pleaded with people not to judge her family because of "one person's mistake".

A hospital spokeswoman said the girl was treated and released the same day.

DOCS said she was released into the care of extended family before being returned to her parents.

A DOCS spokeswoman said the parents would be strictly monitored, including random urine analysis and home visits.

The Daily Telegraph yesterday saw two women, believed to be DOCS workers, arrive and speak to the mother, who agreed to give a blood sample.

In 2003 a woman was charged after her daughter, 3, allegedly swallowed five ecstasy tablets which she had mistaken for lollies.

The child recovered and was placed in the care of DOCS, while the mother was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond.

News.com.au

It's good to hear she has been released from hospital. Let's just hope she doesn't experience too many problems associated with this ingestion.

 

[on_the_rise_5]

fucking irresponsible parents like seriously if you have a kid it would be nice to think that you would have a brain to care for it!

 

[phase_dancer]

Originally Posted by starboy
Assuming the child doesn't die and it looks as though they haven't, what is optimum age for a brain to recover from the effects of drugs?

Do old brains recover faster or new brains?

Interesting questions, but very difficult to answer. Different drugs would be likely to have different long term effects, but young adult brains would be expected to recover better than old peoples' brains. An example is meth, where long term use reduces dopamine levels in certain parts of the brain. After years of meth use, older brains (55-60+ ) don't seem to recover well at all i.e. don't return to a state where these levels were before use. I once had a forensics paper outlining results of a study that was done on DA levels of past and present, dead meth users (autopsy). Some of those figures were quite scary.

As for a very young, still developing brain and MDMA: it's impossible to say whether such a drug would affect the serotonin system or cause other neurological problems down the line. My thoughts are that a young brain would likely recover, but in a developing brain, a neurotoxic dose could well have unforeseeable and unpredictable consequences.

 

[BigTrancer]

The Daily Telegraph reports that when the child fell ill, her mother became concerned and woke her partner, who allegedly noticed ecstasy tablets on the kitchen floor and feared the girl might have eaten one.

Both parents rushed the girl to hospital and allegedly told doctors she might have ingested ecstasy.

Doctors then called police, who accompanied the father back to the family home.

"Police will allege a number of tablets, believed to be ecstasy, were found on the kitchen floor," police said.

A NUMBER of ecstasy tablets were found on the floor. Jesus, buy a vacuum cleaner or something to combat those pesky drug spills.

BT

 

[juice_soldier]

Assuming the child doesn't die and it looks as though they haven't, what is optimum age for a brain to recover from the effects of drugs?

Do old brains recover faster or new brains?

I guess we'll never know, as it would be considered slightly unethical to test this theory.

I mean there are always rats - but that hardly gives any indication as to what a human baby would do given a similar dose by terms of body mass.

 

[Rosencavelier]

I don't even have kids and I *cough* would keep my drugs in a safe. You know, those little $150 ones that often come on special for $50. They'd be ~20kg and can be bolted onto a wall or floor, or just shoved in a cupboard, and you need a key or combination to get in.

And who the hell doesn't notice that they've dropped half a dozen pills out of their pocket? Or for that matter, who keeps them loose in a pocket so that they could fall out?

 

[Jimity]

Playing devils advocate here, so bear with me...

..Yes, there were pills around in a house where there was a kid. Yes the kid ate one.

But.

Some credit must be given to the parents who actually took her to hospital and told the doctors what she may have eaten; rather then do what a lot of people would do, and figure "she'll be right".

Hopefully, next time, the parents will find somewhere safer to store pills rather then somewhere they could be knocked on the kitchen floor (assuming they didnt store them there in the first place).

 

[Rosencavelier]

Yeah, good point.

Plus, the story is only in the news because it was the "evil" drug ecstasy. When was the last time you saw a "kid rushed to hospital after swallowing drano" story?