A report published in JAMA Pediatrics this week shows that the number of children who have entered foster care as a result of parental drug use has doubled since 2000. To view the full report click here.
NPR reported this story yesterday, July 15th, 2019. The study looked at over 5 million children that were placed into foster care from 2000 to 2017. After compiling information on all the children who entered the foster care system it was determined that nearly 1.2 million of them received placement into new homes as a direct result of drug related addiction.
Drug use not only changes the lives of the people fighting addiction, it can change the lives of everyone around them. If you are living with addiction or just need someone to lean on during rough times please visit our Addiction & Recovery page listed in the CT Resource Links section of Rockingrecovery.org
