Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes
(WorldNews Health)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The case arrives with all the routine of a traffic citation: A baby boy, just 4 days old and exposed to heroin in his mother`s womb, is shuddering through withdrawal in intensive care, his fate now here in a shabby courthouse that hosts a parade of human misery. The parents nod off as Judge Marilyn Moores explains the legal process, and tests arrive back showing both continue to use heroin. The judge briefly chastises, a grandmother sobs, and by the time the hearing is over, yet another child is left in the arms of strangers because of his parents` addiction. There is little surprise in any of this, for it`s become a persistent presence at Indianapolis` juvenile court....