(dailyRx News) Kids that live in homes where their parents use
methamphetamines are often abused and neglected. Foster care
interventions can help place the child in a better environment.
A recent study reported spikes in foster care admissions due to
methamphetamine abuse in the US. Researchers recommend a
tailored plan for handling kids that have been removed from
situations due to methamphetamine use in the home. Scott
Cunningham, PhD, assistant professor of economics, at the
Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University, and Keith
Finlay, PhD, assistant professor of economics, at Tulane
University, co-authored a study that looked into the foster care
admission rates of children belonging to methamphetamine users.
The research team said the reason they chose to investigate this
topic is that foster care caseloads have nearly doubled over the
last 30 years. From the 1986 to 2010, the US foster care
population went from 280,000 to 408,000. Social workers and
police officers have claimed that parental meth