State is tackling pills for foster kids

State is tackling pills for foster kids | The Columbus Dispatch:

Nearly 1 in 4 foster children in Ohio has been prescribed mind-altering drugs.

In Ohio and across the country, foster children are more likely than other youngsters to be prescribed psychotropic drugs, which can bring serious health risks and side effects. The medications also are expensive, costing millions to the tax-funded Medicaid program that insures foster children.