Tag: child welfare
Ten Years After Motherisk, Parents Who Use Drugs Still Punished
It’s been 10 years since Canadians learned that a trusted children’s hospital had been ...
Pregnancy in Withdrawal: Methadone Clinic Tore My Family Apart
In the endless hallway of the NICU, nurses shuffled from door to door. Yellow-toned ...
“Can You Pee for Me?” A Childhood Under the Methadone Clinic System
“Hey buddy, wake up.” My father gently gripped my shoulders and shook me back ...
Arizona May Enact 35-Year Mandatory Minimum for “Drug Trafficking Homicide” of Kids
A kid dying of an opioid-involved overdose is a tragedy. Thankfully, it is comparatively ...
NYC Raises Value of Rental Assistance Vouchers, Expands Eligibility
With an end to the city’s eviction moratorium looming in September, the New York ...
Forced, Rapid Adoptions Are a Weapon of the Drug War
“I hate myself.” The words slipped out of my youngest child’s mouth with a ...
The Waiting Game: A Powerlessness That’s Long Harmed Drug Users
As our nation wakes up anxiety-ridden, collectively uncertain of whether we’ve been delivered from ...
How Will You Talk to Your Kids About Drug Safety?
If you are a parent, or hope to be someday, you’ve likely considered how ...
“The Civil Death Penalty”—My Motherhood Is Legally Terminated
It’s afternoon on the Monday after the Fourth of July. My daughters, ages five ...
Court Reins In Social Workers’ Power in Drug-War Child Removals
Social workers are overlooked actors in the drug war, separating parents who use drugs ...
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