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    THE DRUG WAR’S HIDDEN FOSTER CARE CRISIS

    Apr 26, 2019 3 minutes
    C.J. CIARAMELLA

    BETWEEN 2012 AND 2016, the number of children placed annually into foster care in the U.S. increased by 10 percent. A significant driver of the rise was opioid addiction.

    According to the most recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) annual report, out of the nearly 269,000 children who entered foster care in fiscal year 2017, some 96,000 were removed from their homes due to parental substance

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