Guidelines target kids' psychotropic drug usage

Guidelines target kids' psychotropic drug usage | Zanesville Times Recorder | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com:

Foster care children much more likely to be using the meds

New best-practice guidelines should help reduce the prescription of psychotropic medications to children, especially those in foster care who receive anti-psychotic medications at nearly nine times the rate of other children receiving Medicaid.

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Update: Baby Sammy Home, But Not Home Free

Update: Baby Sammy Home, But Not Home Free - Parentalrights.org - Protecting Children by Empowering Parents :

Five-month old Sammy Nikolayev, known to many as “Baby Sammy,” is home after successful heart surgery to repair a congenital birth defect. While his parents rejoice in his recovery and homecoming, they continue to chafe under violations to their parental rights by Sacramento County’s Child Protective Services (CPS).

Prison Guard, Foster Father Accused Of 2 Child Sex Assaults - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

Prison Guard, Foster Father Accused Of 2 Child Sex Assaults - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29:

WEST CHESTER, Pa. -

A 60-year-old West Bradford man whose family has housed over 50 foster children is now charged with assaults on two children who were in his care, prosecutors say.

Longtime foster parent accused of molesting 2 girls

Longtime foster parent accused of molesting 2 girls « News « The Unionville Times:

A longtime foster parent has been charged with molesting two children, ages 9 and under, in his care, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said Tuesday.

Painkillers Kill More Americans Than Heroin And Cocaine

Painkillers Kill More Americans Than Heroin And Cocaine - Business Insider:

Prescription opioid painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined, according to a new study out of Brandeis University.

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Grandmother of dead infant protests foster care practices

Grandmother of dead infant protests foster care practices:

The grandmother of an Alberta child who died in foster care brought her three-province protest to Saskatoon.

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South Dakota commits shocking genocide against Native Americans

South Dakota commits shocking genocide against Native Americans » peoplesworld:

Genocide is not too strong a term for what is now happening in South Dakota. The huge, shocking violation of legal and human rights being carried out by the state is tantamount to genocide against the Native American nations, the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Sioux, residing within its borders. It is the abduction and kidnapping by state officials, under the cover of law, of American Indian children.

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