DRUG ABUSE
My Advice to Parents
I lost my best friend last June from a drug overdose. I told him to stop many times before. He didn’t want to listen. When he died I didn't shed a tear on his casket—I just whispered “That's what he likes“ and “Now lay on it.“ I was so mad. I jus did not understand.
Drug Epidemic is Breaking our Foster Care System
National data doesn’t tell us how many children are removed from their homes because of a parent’s addiction. And there’s no national standard for how states report substance abuse and child neglect. But many state officials agree the surge in foster care cases is a result of the drug epidemic.
