Boy, 9, in coma after swallowing methadone

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 23 - A nine-year-old boy was hospitalised in Palermo after swallowing methadone Thursday.
    Police have opened a probe to establish where he found the methadone.
    The boy is in intensive care in the Di Cristina Children's Hospital, where his parents are at his bedside.
    They are originally from Pioppo, a district of Monreale. (ANSA).