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Girl who OD'd at KidsPeace dies

One of two teenage girls who overdosed on methadone that one of them allegedly stole from a counselor at a KidsPeace group home died Friday.

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maurice j
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May 3, 2008
 
this doesnt surprise me at all! i dont know why everyone is so shocked. things like that happen at kidspeace all the time. its just this time someone passed because of kp negligence. you will find more drugs at kidspeace than any street corner in allentown.
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May 3, 2008
 
This is tragic, but self-inflicted.

My condolences to her family.
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May 3, 2008
 
most businesses and management teams must concern themselves with money. it is a basic principle when operating any form of business. this company is no different. any corporation that helps people in need suffers unforseen tragedy. local hospitals have had their share but what an injustice to all of the valley if we had demanded that they close!
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May 3, 2008
 
My sincere condolences to the family.As far as getting drugs at KP, Maurice is so wrong.All the children are checked for anything illegal upon admission and when returning back from home visits.If anything it could be shady counselors sneaking various illegal items in. My heart is truely breaking for the families involved and for the counselor.Kidspeace has MANY very good caring counselors working there who should be proud of helping the children that they do.
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May 3, 2008
 
maurice j wrote:
this doesnt surprise me at all! i dont know why everyone is so shocked. things like that happen at kidspeace all the time. its just this time someone passed because of kp negligence. you will find more drugs at kidspeace than any streetcorner in allentown.
You are an uninformed imbasole with no knowledge of the actual events. If someone stole your cd player out of your car, would that be your negligence?? No! It would be theft! The couneselor, who happens to be human unlike yourself, did the right thing by keeping her legally prescribed medication in her vehicle. She didnt take it into the facility and leave it on the counter!The girls stole it from her and made a decision to take the medication. Kids Peace did nothing intentionally wrong. And I am quite sure that everyone involved, especially the families of the girls and the employees in Saylorsburg are gong through enough hell and pain wthout your uneducated comments. Please think about the feelings of others befor you blast anyone else. For God's sak, someone lost thier child!!!!
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May 3, 2008
 
How much methadone does a person have to take to kill them or severely disable them?
Methadone can kill
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May 3, 2008
 
KRZ346 wrote:
How much methadone does a person have to take to kill them or severely disable them?
The lethal amount differs from person to person with a number of variables. Some people have died on their first dose taken as prescribed. Others die from cardiac problems that can occur more typically at higher doses. The mortality rate is dramatically increasing, having gone up 390% in the last few years.
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May 3, 2008
 
WOW drugs kill, drug treatments kill, guns kill, knives kill, old church ladies kill, speed kills, tamperd food kills, PR's kill, blacke on a mission kill, serial killing pediphile whities kill, I quess everythink kills. now what do we do?
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May 3, 2008
 
Kids Peace treats serious problems, and it's hard to get people to work there, so it's not surprising some disturbed teen took drugs and died.

Sad, but it's part of treating the mentally ill.
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May 3, 2008
 
This might just be God's way of thinning the herd...the one that died,just might have been a stress on society all her life and the one that lived,just might have incurred a life changing experience and maybe will become a contributor to society through this tragic event.
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May 3, 2008
 
Beavis wrote:
Kids Peace treats serious problems, and it's hard to get people to work there, so it's not surprising some disturbed teen took drugs and died.
Sad, but it's part of treating the mentally ill.
Just remember that every minute you live it is one more minute closer to death. Some of us have more minutes than others.
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May 3, 2008
 
disgusted wrote:
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You are an uninformed imbasole with no knowledge of the actual events. If someone stole your cd player out of your car, would that be your negligence?? No! It would be theft! The couneselor, who happens to be human unlike yourself, did the right thing by keeping her legally prescribed medication in her vehicle. She didnt take it into the facility and leave it on the counter!The girls stole it from her and made a decision to take the medication. Kids Peace did nothing intentionally wrong. And I am quite sure that everyone involved, especially the families of the girls and the employees in Saylorsburg are gong through enough hell and pain wthout your uneducated comments. Please think about the feelings of others befor you blast anyone else. For God's sak, someone lost thier child!!!!
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

Stop blaming anyone except the girls who stole the drugs and were stupid enough to take them.
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May 3, 2008
 
frustrated wrote:
This might just be God's way of thinning the herd...the one that died,just might have been a stress on society all her life and the one that lived,just might have incurred a life changing experience and maybe will become a contributor to society through this tragic event.
How dare you speak for God you ignorant clod....? Thinning the herd? I suspect that if this was indeed God's plan and he vanquished stupid people, your family would have been extinct long before your generation.

Look up simpleton in your family tree, genius. I'll bet it is used plenty you inbred moron.
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#15
May 3, 2008
 
So if they close KP what are they going to do with all these kids???? Let them on the streets to cause other problems.
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May 3, 2008
 
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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!
Stop blaming anyone except the girls who stole the drugs and were stupid enough to take them.
I agree with you 100%,but I bet you Mr. Ramirez is seeing dollar signs floating before his eyes!Those two girls did it to themselves, they weren't little kids who stumbled on to someones stash ,they were using drugs before this incident and now Mr Ramirez wants to act as if his niece is Miss inocent.Don't blame KP,as a parent you failed at your job and when someone steps in to help you complain.
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#17
May 3, 2008
 
Close this farce now. It imports delinquents and employs criminals, while providing trash parents an easy way to dispose of their children.
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May 3, 2008
 
lynda wrote:
<quoted text>I agree with you 100%,but I bet you Mr. Ramirez is seeing dollar signs floating before his eyes!Those two girls did it to themselves, they weren't little kids who stumbled on to someones stash ,they were using drugs before this incident and now Mr Ramirez wants to act as if his niece is Miss inocent.Don't blame KP,as a parent you failed at your job and when someone steps in to help you complain.
I agree with you,we live in a blameless society blame the counselor who was doing her job blame K.P.blame every one except the girls!
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#19
May 3, 2008
 
You people all amaze me... if they shut KP down the Mcall would be doing stories on the troubled youths in the Lehigh Valley. Then you all would be commenting on that and why no one is doing anything about it.
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#21
May 3, 2008
 
What I find more disturbing, NOT that I blame KidsPeace, is that these girls were at KidsPeace's drug and alcohol program. They obviously had drug or alcohol issues or they wouldn't have been there. I am not sure having a staff member with methadone on their person was such a good idea however it was these girls' choices to steal those drugs and ingest them. Not negligence on KidsPeace's part at all.
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May 3, 2008
 
My condolences to the family. Let's see, SHE STOLE the stuff then used it, DO THE CRIME---DO THE TIME, forever in this case.
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