Two-Year-Old Taken from Parents Because They Smoked Pot Is Murdered in Foster Care
August 8th, 2013Via: Alternet:
Two-year-old Alexandria Hill was placed in foster care after her parents were caught smoking marijuana in their home while she slept. Authorities charged them with “neglectful supervision,” and just months away from getting their baby back, the loving parents learned they would never see their young child again. Placed in a foster home to protect her from them, Alexandria was brutally killed.
On Monday night, tiny “Alex,” as her parents called her, was flown to Scott and White Children’s Emergency Hospital in Temple, Texas with severe head injuries.
“They wouldn’t tell me what condition she was in or what was wrong or what had happened,” her father, Joshua Hill, told KVUE-TV. “The only thing they would tell me is I needed to be there. When I got there, I found out that Alex was in a coma.”
Two nights passed, and Alex was taken off life support. Foster mother Sherill Small was arrested and charged with murder.
America’s Foster Care System: Test Lab For Big Pharma, Cash Cow For Caretakers?
…Of the more than 400,000 children in the U.S. foster care system, it’s estimated that more than 50 percent are on some sort of psychiatric drug.
Money is part of the reason. Foster parents are paid more to take care of a child with mental health issues.
On average, a foster family earns about $17 a day for taking in a child who needs a basic level of care. But a child who is taking drugs such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anxiety medications or anticonvulsant medications is worth around $1,000 a day.
And foster parents are not responsible for paying for the medicines, either, as they are covered by Social Security….
http://www.mintpressnews.com/america-foster-care-system-psychiatric-drugs-depression/166065/