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superpatriotman

(6,253 posts)
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 07:46 PM Mar 2013

Mother arrested after two-year old tests positive for Meth

My second nominee for parent of the year today...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/samantha-delvalle_n_2870720.html

California resident Samantha Delvalle and her boyfriend Raymond Maybry were arrested last Thursday on charges of child endangerment after Delvalle's two-year-old son was found to have dangerous levels of alcohol and methamphetamines in his bloodstream.

The toddler was taken to the Ukiah Valley Medical Center by his grandmother, who noticed that he appeared unwell and smelled of alcohol after she picked him up from Delvalle's home in Mendocino County.

When sheriff's deputies searched the home, they found Delvalle, 22, and Maybry, 21, intoxicated and with drug paraphernalia in areas easily accessible by a child.

Lt. Greg Van Patten of the Mendocino Country Sheriff's Department told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that the two-year old is now living with his biological father while child protective services investigates the incident.

Maybry was released on $25,000 bail, but Delvalle remains incarcerated. Both are scheduled for a court hearing later this month.

Earlier this yeah, a woman in Washington state was arrested after her two-year-old died from ingesting a deadly amount of meth.


Posted for those who scream to legalize all drugs. Meth is not a drug that belongs in modern society. Period.
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Mother arrested after two-year old tests positive for Meth (Original Post) superpatriotman Mar 2013 OP
We can either blame drugs or the users, same with guns and other things (nt) The Straight Story Mar 2013 #1
Or we can tell the truth and blame both superpatriotman Mar 2013 #3
or children frylock Mar 2013 #5
Indeed - SOME shouldn't have either The Straight Story Mar 2013 #7
Well if I have to choose from your false dichtomy MattBaggins Mar 2013 #11
I haven't seen anyone pipoman Mar 2013 #2
Oh, they have superpatriotman Mar 2013 #4
What drugs are you talking about? pipoman Mar 2013 #6
There are at least a few libertarian types on DU MattBaggins Mar 2013 #12
You haven't? Quantess Mar 2013 #13
No child should live in a home with meth Marrah_G Mar 2013 #8
Take a breath and ask yourself, why does Meth exist? Why is it so popular? Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #9
Not interested anymore, eh? Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #10

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
7. Indeed - SOME shouldn't have either
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 07:59 PM
Mar 2013

determining who they are and who gets to decide is the tricky part.

Some folks leave that up to popes/ministers/religious leaders, others leave it up to elected officials to decide who deserves to get what.

Who do you think should decide?

MattBaggins

(7,905 posts)
11. Well if I have to choose from your false dichtomy
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:23 AM
Mar 2013

I will go with elected officials since they are elected and all.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
2. I haven't seen anyone
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 07:53 PM
Mar 2013

advocating legalizing meth on DU, have you? No, the problem is that pot is classified as the same risk as meth by the feds and by some willfully ignorant people who believe legalizing marijuana is somehow akin to legalizing meth..

superpatriotman

(6,253 posts)
4. Oh, they have
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 07:55 PM
Mar 2013

It's one of the reasons I tend to shy away from drug discussions here.

This story simply exemplifies the growing idiocy of people, especially drug-using parents.

MattBaggins

(7,905 posts)
12. There are at least a few libertarian types on DU
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:24 AM
Mar 2013

who espouse the Ron/Rand Paul view that all drugs should be legal.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
13. You haven't?
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 07:56 AM
Mar 2013

How about the people who say that all drugs should be legalized? DU has a lot of those.

What I haven't seen much of at the DU is "people who believe legalizing marijuana is somehow akin to legalizing meth.." Honestly I have not seen many DUers who are that boneheaded about marijuana, but there may be a couple of them.

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
9. Take a breath and ask yourself, why does Meth exist? Why is it so popular?
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 08:09 PM
Mar 2013

And finally, how does keeping it prohibited and a source of revenue in the gigantic black market help?

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