Medical Marijuana Users Fight to Keep Infant Daughter

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A strong message was sent to the Department of Human Services, just four days after Steve and Maria Green of Lansing Helplessly watched as their infant daughter, Bree, was taken from their care.

The reason given? The state-sanctioned medical marijuana users' home was too dangerous for their six-month-old because of the plants inside.

"It would place our residence at a higher rate of armed robbery and, therefore, was an imminent danger for my child to be removed," said Maria Green, Bree's mother.

That reason wasn't good enough for the Greens and on Tuesday, they took the fight for Bree to the doorstep of Child Protective Services, along with a crowd of supporters.

Their attorney, Joshua Covert, says the decision to take Bree violates the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act.

"A parent can only be deprived of custody if there's an unreasonable danger that's articulated and substantiated," he said. "This was not an unreasonable danger."

The Department of Human Services, which includes Child Protective Services, couldn't comment specifically on the Greens' case, but did say any court decision for removal is made in the child's best interest.

"We would look at parenting as being the key factor in that investigation from our standpoint," said Dave Akerly, Spokesman for DHS. "What kind of choices are the parents making when it comes to the children?"

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talk about putting a child into danger... child protective services and the foster care system is damn disgrace. but many foster parents are amazing people!!=D

I was listening to a radio show on npr the other day about the foster care system .. here are some statistics that I found.. they agree with what the program said.


Poverty and homelessness



Nearly half of foster kids in the U.S. become homeless when they turn 18.[35][36] "One of every 10 foster children stays in foster care longer than seven years, and each year about 15,000 reach the age of majority and leave foster care without a permanent family—many to join the ranks of the homeless or to commit crimes and be imprisoned.[37][38]

Three out of 10 of the United States homeless are former foster children.[39] According to the results of the Casey Family Study of Foster Care Alumni, up to 80 percent are doing poorly—with a quarter to a third of former foster children at or below the poverty line, three times the national poverty rate.[40] Very frequently, people who are homeless had multiple placements as children: some were in foster care, but others experienced "unofficial" placements in the homes of family or friends.
Individuals with a history of foster care tend to become homeless at an earlier age than those who were not in foster care.[citation needed] The length of time a person remains homeless is longer in individuals who were in foster care.[41]
Suicide-death rate[edit source | editbeta]

Children in foster care are at a greater risk of suicide,[42] the increased risk of suicide is still prevalent after leaving foster care and occurs at a higher rate than the general population. In a small study of twenty-two Texan youths who aged out of the system, 23 percent had a history of suicide attempts.[43]
A Swedish study utilizing the data of almost one million people including 22,305 former foster children who had been in care prior to their teens, concluded:
Former child welfare clients were in year of birth and sex standardised risk ratios (RRs) four to five times more likely than peers in the general population to have been hospitalised for suicide attempts....Individuals who had been in long-term foster care tended to have the most dismal outcome...former child welfare/protection clients should be considered a high-risk group for suicide attempts and severe psychiatric morbidity.[44]

Death rate
Children in foster care have an overall higher mortality rate than children in the general population.[45] A study conducted in Finland among current and former foster children up to age 24 found a higher mortality rate due to substance abuse, accidents, suicide and illness. The deaths due to illness were attributed to an increased incidence of acute and chronic medical conditions and developmental delays among children in foster care.[46]
Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer published a report "The Corrupt Business of Child Protective Services"[47] stating:
"The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in 1998 reported that six times as many children died in foster care than in the general public and that once removed to official “safety”, these children are far more likely to suffer abuse, including sexual molestation than in the general population".[47]

Academic prospects[edit source | editbeta]
Educational outcomes of ex-foster children in the Northwest Alumni Study:[48]
56% completed high school compared to 82% of the general population, although an additional 29% of former foster children received a G.E.D. compared to an additional 5% of the general population.
42.7% completed some education beyond high school.
20.6% completed any degree or certificate beyond high school
16.1% completed a vocational degree; 21.9% for those over 25.
1.8% complete a bachelors degree, 2.7% for over 25, the completion rate for the general population in the same age group is 24%, a sizable difference.
The study reviewed case records for 659 foster care alumni in Northwest USA, and interviewed 479 of them between September 2000 and January 2002.[48]

this is only a portion of the bad news read on if your not crying already >source<


EDIT: reality is a great place. everyone should be required to at least visit.
 
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This is fucking disgusting but unsurprising, these drug war goons will sink to the lowest low just to punish people for their choice of medicine it really is sad and pathetic. I sincerely hope this couple get their daughter back very soon but it would not surprise me if they do not. :(
 
This is nothing. Parents are having their children taken away because they refuse the requests of school counsellors to drug them with behavior-modifying drugs to keep them obedient. The system has become really big-brother about enforcing its thought-speak and taking children away is one of their strongest tools for ensuring that people aren't brought up thinking too outside of the box.
 
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