Bayonne woman and daughter died of accidental drug overdose, authorities say

Jersey Journal ^ | April 23, 2015

[SMGFan]

BAYONNE -- A woman and her daughter who were found dead in their Bayonne home earlier this year died of an accidental drug overdose, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said yesterday.

"The medical examiner has determined that the cause of death of both Melanie Polito and Ashley Baez ... was drug overdose, and the manner of death for both was determined to be (an) accident," Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino said.

Polito's overdose involved multiple drugs, including heroin and Oxycodone, while Baez's overdose involved heroin

[SMGFan]

Shouldn't ask where is/are the father(s) of the 19 year old and 18 year old and father of 2 year old child. 36 year old was how old at the pregnancy? And then her oldest got pregnant a few years ago. And doing drugs in home with an infant?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad all around. RIP.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Are you implying that this country suffers from some sort of social pathology?

Get used to the new normal.

[Vaquero]

So you take an illegal substance that depending on the street purity can kill you over years or right away.....and it’s an accident? Like playing Russian roulette. If you pull the trigger on a loaded chamber, it is not an accident that you brain paints the wall. These 2 sound like they would use a 1911 with one round to play that game

[kearnyirish2]

No, now in NJ, as the children of wealthy families succumb to drug overdoses (not the case here), the push is on to prosecute the dealers.

As for these two, I’m sure the government is saving a lot of freebie money with them out of the picture; stop with your “civilized” expectations.

[WayneS]

A single drug overdose killed 2 people?

That must be one powerful drug...

[DiogenesLamp]

“Freedom!”

[ConservingFreedom]

The criminalization of heroin, by putting it outside the legal regulated realm where concentrations and doses can be made consistent, is a major contributor to OD deaths like Ashley Baez'. Congratulations.

[DiogenesLamp]

The criminalization of heroin, by putting it outside the legal regulated realm where concentrations and doses can be made consistent, is a major contributor to OD deaths like Ashley Baez'. Congratulations.

No you scumbag. Drugs are MURDER. You and your efforts to make drugs more available will KILL PEOPLE and WRECK LIVES.

[ConservingFreedom]

Ashley Baez' death came under and was contributed to by the criminalization I oppose and you support. Deal with it.

[DiogenesLamp]

No, you deal with it @$$hole. Drugs kill people. That's why they are banned. You want them unbanned so you can get high, and you don't give a f*** about the utter devastation this will cause down the road.

You are like the liberals, full of wonderful "good intentions" without a d@mn clue as to what happens in real life when those "intentions" are implemented.

Your contribution to history will be to add to the body count. You are a symptom of the sickness now destroying this nation. It is no accident that Anti-Christian Governmental Policy and Gay Marriage is on the ascendency at the same time as your Dope Pushing efforts.

[onedoug]

Take it easy, guys. It seems you’re both on about the same thing. And I’d hate to see you get banned, DL. You know. “No personal attacks”.

[ConservingFreedom]

Drugs kill people. That's why they are banned.

Clearly false - all sorts of things that kill people are rightly legal.

[ConservingFreedom]

You want them unbanned so you can get high

My reason to not use drugs is that I don't want to risk getting addicted or dying, and those reasons will remain if drugs are legalized; it's unlikely (to say the least) that anyone who is not deterred by the risk of addiction and death is deterred by the risk of jail.