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Toddler dies after drug overdose Toddler dies after drug overdose
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A two-year-old boy has died and his two brothers are being treated in hospital after they consumed the drug methadone. A two-year-old boy has died and his two brothers are being treated in hospital after they consumed the drug methadone in Birmingham.
Brandon Davis was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital last week but doctors were unable to save him. The boy was taken to hospital last week but doctors were unable to save him.
His brothers Lewis, three, and Kyle, three months, are also being treated for methadone poisoning, a hospital spokesman said. His brothers, one aged three and the other three-months-old, are also being treated for methadone poisoning, a hospital spokesman said.
Methadone is given to heroin addicts to help wean them off their addiction to the drug.Methadone is given to heroin addicts to help wean them off their addiction to the drug.
A hospital said: "He (Brandon) was brought in towards the end of last week.
"We are still treating the other two children who were brought in at the same time.
"The matter is being handled by the social services."