Opioid Crisis Strains Foster Care System; Programs Aim To Keep Kids With Mom

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)

After Raven Mosser gave birth six years ago, she woke up to a social worker in her hospital room. Her newborn son had been born exposed to opioids — drugs she had been abusing for years. If she didn’t get clean, she was at risk of losing him. Continue reading article here…

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