if this story is true, i wonder if the baby could have ingested significant amounts of the drug transdermally? it caught my attention that the articles said the mother's friends put her money and drugs away in a safe. it has been my experience ( as a former social worker, probation officer, wife of a cop AND childhood observations) that if a meth user has money AND a safe in which to put it, they are usually manufacturing on some level. even a novice meth manufacturer knows overexposure can occur if they 'cook' and don't wear gloves, but i have had quite a few cases where ppl did just that. so that makes me wonder if a mother of a new baby was to do this and then handle the baby frequently - - if this could have caused the toxic levels which killed him. my husband is actually going to attend one of the very few meth lab training schools in the country next month- i will be sure to have him ask this question! ~jacqui gruttadauria, who just had power restored yesterday and was also very glad to still be bfing her boys who were otherwise surviving on pb&j's and pretzels... "bobo, what are you doing to deedle?" "pankin him butt, mumma" "bobo, we don't spank in this house" "ony pank him outside, mumma?" *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html