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From: Becca on 16 Oct 2006 08:52
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
From: Karen Henelde on 16 Oct 2006 15:36

"Becca" <becca(a)hal-pc.org> wrote in message
news:4phdl5Fip91kU1(a)individual.net...
> 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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