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To: Brumar89 who wrote (6090)	3/12/2007 1:28:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

would a home that included habitual drug users (legal drugs like cocaine, meth etc) be considered a safe place for children? It the hole of a severe alcoholic considered safe? I don't know enough about current practice to extrapolate it out to determine how it would deal with drug legalization, except to say that someone having obvious severe problems from legal or illegal drug use might not be a good candidate to be considered someone who provides a safe place for children.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (6090)	3/12/2007 1:29:45 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

"Re. cps - they usually try to determine if a home is a safe place for children to be placed back into - would a home that included habitual drug users (legal drugs like cocaine, meth etc) be considered a safe place for children?" Children are not removed from the homes of habitual drug users now. Provided that the drugs are legal. Methadone, oxycodone, dexedrine(speed) .. prescription highly addicitive drugs. Cigarettes, alcohol .. highly addictive non prescription drugs. None of those are considered reason to remove children from their homes and dump them into a foster system. However .. if a law is added to the mix, then many think it's a good thing to remove the children and thrust the foster punishment upon them. To force a huge amount of misery on them. Why do you want to hurt the children? Current laws make things much worse for the children.