According to DrugRehab.com, America’s opioid epidemic has caused a surge in foster
care admissions, overwhelming the child welfare system. Parents who use
drugs are unable to care for their children. These children are at risk
of developing substance use disorders. But with support from the child
welfare system, health care providers and drug courts, parents and
children can receive the help they need to achieve a healthy, happy
family life.
At 22 years old, Deidre was using drugs, stealing and
had already lost custody of her son. Then pregnant with her second child
and struggling with depression, she turned to a family support program
for help.
“I have regrets and I sincerely miss my oldest
son, who was adopted several years ago. I […] wish I could do it all
over again and be the mother to him that I am to [my second son] now,”
Deidre told Healthy Families Florida.
According to the 2015 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 32 percent of these children came from a drug-abusing parent and 6 percent from an alcohol-abusing parent.
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