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To: Lane3 who wrote (6125)	3/13/2007 12:47:43 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 10087

not all alcoholics drink. Of course. Someone "in recovery" or "recovered" isn't what I was talking about. And of those that drink, not all pass out, get violent, or are otherwise dangerous to their children. Many alcoholics are fully or nearly fully functional. Certainly fewer than half, maybe as few as ten percent, of alcoholics are any danger to their children. So it's likewise "impractical" to take their kids away because of their alcoholism. Kids are taken away usually because something happens that endangers the kids. Agencies don't go around investigating anyone unless they are informed of abuse or neglect. The relevant issue isn't what is grounds to take them away in the first place but what constitutes a barrier to parents getting the kids back after an act of endangerment has already occurred and caused the kids to be removed. I would hate to see testing and sobriety programs removed as an option for child welfare agencies because the drugs become legal. But I see a couple drug legalization advocates here assuring that wouldn't be the case.

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