2nd Chances 4 former Drugies, who sober up & Accept Jesus as their Savior...
@sherrypeck19822001 (228)
United States
March 7, 2010 6:43pm CST
A family member of mine had been doing drugs since she was 13. She had her first child at that age, and the child was taken by CPS (Child Protective Services).
She has 3 more kids now, one 19, one 18, and one is 13. She quit doing drugs during her last 3 pregnancies but always went back to the drugs. She stopped doing drugs recreationally when her youngest was about 6.
She started smoking pot to help with the pain of her various disabilities, but it doesn't affect her parenting skills. Once she quite doing the other drugs she became a very responsible citizen and parent. She never smokes the weed around her kids either.
2 years ago, she didn't have a current prescription for the weed and so the CPS took away her youngest and wont give him back now that she has a valid prescription for the weed.
Do you think this is right?
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
8 Mar 10
Hi, Sherry!
It's absolutely wrong if it's prescribed! Where I live, it can't be prescribed, although several doctors have told me they wish they could prescribe it for the nasty effects of chemotherapy. Government agencies seem unwilling to admit they're wrong, so that's probably why she can't get her child back. A really good bulldog of a lawyer is needed!
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@sherrypeck19822001 (228)
• United States
8 Mar 10
In the state where she lives, it is legal to prescribe it and take it for pain.
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
8 Mar 10
That's why it's absolutely wrong!!!
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
8 Mar 10
Taking the child is totally wrong. Doctors should be able to prescribe this or any other medication as they see fit.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Mar 10
Mixed feelings. I depends on what her record was and what kind (if any) of neglect and/or abuse the children suffered. If the legal pot smoking is the ONLY reason they won't give her her child back, I think that's wrong. But surely her history has something to do with it too?
@sherrypeck19822001 (228)
• United States
9 Mar 10
There has been no history of child abuse or neglect
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
8 Mar 10
Personally this is a Sad situation, and one I would not want any mother to be in. I personally think that to judge someone and take someone away for something like this needs to be on a Case by Case judgement, but if she can be proven to be a Good mother there should be no reason to give the child back. Personally, especially here in the state I live in, they are too reluctant to do something about the real Bad mothers so why would they be like this when kids are still being abused and live in grouse filthy homes as well?
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
8 Mar 10
If she has a valid prescription, AND the weed does not affect her parenting, then CPS had no right to take the children away. I take prescriptions too for various things, but that does not mean I'm doing anything wrong. Are they going to take my kid away (if I had one) because of some heavy painkillers I took for a problem I had a while back? I would certainly hope not!
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
8 Mar 10
THere's always a 2nd chance for everybody, in the eyes of god.. BE it bad or good, everybody are equal before god.. BUt when it comes to the eyes of the law, responsibility and duty, as well as rights, plays a much more important part than anything else..
In this case here of your fren, it's better that CPS took away her youngest child, for he might be easily influence by her... PLus, while she's high on weeds, she might not know what she's doing, and might cause harm to her kids too..
BUt right now, she has the right prescription, and the judge trusts her as well, and so that's good!! hehe
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
8 Mar 10
This sounds unfair to me, but perhaps CPS knows something that you don't. However, CPS has some really whacky reasoning. They leave children with parents that abuse and even kill them while removing children that aren't in any danger. We need an overhaul of this type of agency, badly.
