Children in Foster Care due to Drug Abuse doubled in UK City in 2008 April 2, 2009
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According to municipal data and statisticians, the rate of children left to foster care as a result of parental drug abuse doubled in the city of Edinburgh, U.K. last year. To combat the wave of deserted children, the city of Edinburgh has launched a campaign to raise awareness for at-risk children via a PSA DVD. It turns out that half the children were infants and the other half were still pre-natal when placed into the care of the state. Apparently, of the 99 babies left to foster care, two thirds were afflicted with alcohol or drug addiction ailments that were passed on by mothers.
Still, the Edinburgh government has developed campaigns for adoption that are geared toward finding homes for these children who are greatly in need. The reality is that many of these tots have a range of physical, cognitive and emotional problems and need extra care. Currently, the abundance of new cases has left the Edinburgh social workers thinned out, so the city’s council has aggressively been seeking citizens of the community to take part in resolving the problem.
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