wmur.com: 'Opioid orphans' unseen victims of drug epidemic

7/10/2018

 

 
 
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The silent, unseen victims of the opioid crisis are the children of those battling addiction, the "opioid orphans" who bounce from foster homes to facilities in search of their forever homes.

The Spaulding Youth Center in Northfield helps many children without parents because of the opioid epidemic. In some cases, their mothers and fathers signed away their rights as they battled addiction, while in others, their parents died of overdoses.

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