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snuffy_tentpeg OP t1_j60qlg5 wrote

According to the news report

"Authorities also learned there had been numerous allegations of suspected child abuse and neglect against both Brewster and Stauffer before, and that Stauffer reported using heroin during her pregnancies.
The 2-year-old had been born with neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid withdrawal symptoms, but the child's parents had failed to take him to multiple follow-up medical appointments."

Somebody in the social service and court system failed this child miserably. Investigate and charge the civil servants responsible.

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SamShephardsMustache t1_j60uczt wrote

CYS is a shitshow in PA. I'm a mandated reporter and have had multiple reports and dealings with them.

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tinymonesters t1_j6168lj wrote

I assume they're toothless in that the law is not on your side, even though the worker probably wants it to be.

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Still7Superbaby7 t1_j63df4n wrote

I was once contacted as a pediatric health care provider about a patient who was being followed by CYS in Philly. I told them that they should worry less about that kid and worry more about his younger sibling who hadn’t had any immunizations since they were 2 months old and had never gone to school, even though they were 8 years old. CYS didn’t even know the sibling existed (which I thought was really strange because I saw them both as patients and the parents brought them in together).

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aust_b t1_j63sjil wrote

Because it is a county by county system. It should be a state wide office.

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i_hateeveryone t1_j6120p9 wrote

“Christian Brewster, 25, and Nicole Stauffer, 45, were charged Thursday after their 2-year-old child died”

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in-noxxx t1_j61as4l wrote

I read that and raised an eyebrow also. Twenty year age difference, only with the woman as the older one.

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delcodick t1_j61p4r6 wrote

THATS what you took away from the article? Seriously? 🤦‍♂️

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in-noxxx t1_j61svc9 wrote

>THATS what you took away from the article? Seriously? 🤦‍♂️

Yes. Then I searched her name and found another story with her pic, pretty good for 45. Now what else was I suppose to take away, the fent overdose? Sad,but the government has allowed this crisis to fester, causing untold misery,depravity,and homelessness. The child shouldn't have died, the government should have started a mass forced suboxone regiment for free, and the cys agent should have done something sooner.It's sad, but the entire crisis is sad.

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largeroastbeef t1_j62a3lm wrote

What exactly would a mass forced suboxone treatment be? That sounds kinda insane to force meds on people. I’m all for offering free addiction medication I mean we spend way more on our tax dollars on the effects of addiction than if we just gave free medication but forcing people into treatment doesn’t sound great

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in-noxxx t1_j63bb85 wrote

I don't know, but I mean we got people injecting animal tranq mixed with fent into their veins. We gotta do something, forcing suboxone or methadone wouldn't be the worse thing.

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PsychicSarahSays t1_j63qy3b wrote

MAT is great, very effective (Methadone and Suboxone aren’t the only ones even, so people should be able to find a med that works for them). The thing is people forget about the T in MAT.

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Phl_worldwide t1_j6308y0 wrote

People.. for all that’s good in the world… please.. stop doing drugs.. rip, and may their soul find a path to a better place

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[deleted] t1_j63yh7m wrote

Blame those who make it illegal and criminal. People have and will do drugs forever. The only path forward is to quit criminalizing it.

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