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Parents smoke pot while child is asleep. Daughter taken away. Dies in foster care [View all] The Straight Story Aug 2013 OP

How awful. AndyA Aug 2013 #1

oh, that is heartbreaking. I hope they sue. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #2

I am not clear how she was taken away in the first place. Did someone report them? Did the cops find Pisces Aug 2013 #3

The back story is ceonupe Aug 2013 #14

Agreed loyalsister Aug 2013 #22

Sure it could happen... Contrary1 Aug 2013 #30

Yes but in this case ceonupe Aug 2013 #38

'Our drug laws'? This story is about Texas, and their laws. Those laws are not mine. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #42

I agree. I am betting there is a LOT more to this story than Chemisse Aug 2013 #56

Yes... tragic and also preventable Blasphemer Aug 2013 #57

CPS doesn't give a shit about kids in foster care WolverineDG Aug 2013 #63

"Didn't we ALL smoke a joint after the kids were tucked in bed now and then? " Shit, do you rhett o rick Aug 2013 #80

Haha! Well I remember many the evening when my husband and I Chemisse Aug 2013 #84

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #86

I think you are safe as long as you dont mention the kind of pot that cooks with pressure and the rhett o rick Aug 2013 #88

I truly hope there is a personal injury attorney who can go after the state and it's relegated Jefferson23 Aug 2013 #4

Way too sad malaise Aug 2013 #5

I hope they sue the fucking house heck out of Texas warrior1 Aug 2013 #6

I am crying rurallib Aug 2013 #7

Legalize it Hydra Aug 2013 #8

Archaic laws Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #9

They would have had to kill me to let someone else take my daughter Faygo Kid Aug 2013 #10

Texas. n/t MrModerate Aug 2013 #11

death by drug war nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #12

Goes to show you 90-percent Aug 2013 #13

+1 progressoid Aug 2013 #33

Texas crimial justice stystem is not 'ours' unless we are Texans, I'm not and I Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #43

agree +1 AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #61

No words. AtomicKitten Aug 2013 #15

So horrible Phlem Aug 2013 #16

No, pot was not the issue... malokvale77 Aug 2013 #62

"they rely on private child placing agencies to perform background checks on all foster homes" arcane1 Aug 2013 #17

Corruption is far too likely when you throw profits into the mix RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #34

yeah, that's the clincher. And it wouldn't surprise me if there were kick backs for taking kids from KittyWampus Aug 2013 #48

No surprise... malokvale77 Aug 2013 #68

Never mind. Quantess Aug 2013 #18

And I was just about to answer The Straight Story Aug 2013 #20

Yeah, sorry. Quantess Aug 2013 #25

Tis fine :) (nt) The Straight Story Aug 2013 #26

The real story is about the foster care. mick063 Aug 2013 #19

we have tort reform. kids aren't worth much in the eyes of the law. elehhhhna Aug 2013 #67

This happens more than you might think NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #21

foster farming elehhhhna Aug 2013 #69

I knew a woman who answered the door but left a stone on the coffee table... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #23

What does that mean? She left 'a stone'? What's a stone? Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #44

Ever see one of these? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #60

lol not in 30 years elehhhhna Aug 2013 #70

The foster 'parents' should be arrested and the CPS case-worker should be fired. blackspade Aug 2013 #24

But at least, at her autopsy, she will not test positive for cannabis via second hand smoke kenny blankenship Aug 2013 #27

A tiny bit more info here... nessa Aug 2013 #28

I think it's a both/and situation. intheflow Aug 2013 #31

It's also possible they are protecting the grieving family... nessa Aug 2013 #40

That's a very good point. intheflow Aug 2013 #87

thanks, it sounds like the little girl's aunt & grandparents had a role in the original placement. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #50

NOOOOOOO!!!!! tblue Aug 2013 #29

Rockdale Police: Foster mother admits slamming 2-year old on head magical thyme Aug 2013 #32

So the child was abused by a God damn lunatic! Hours of punishment for wanting to eat?? Jefferson23 Aug 2013 #41

But at least she was safe from pot-smoking parents WolverineDG Aug 2013 #64

That just disgusts me... Blasphemer Aug 2013 #58

per the police, she showed no concern for the little girl. only that she was caught magical thyme Aug 2013 #65

What a nightmare. And blatant bigotry against marijuana consumers. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #35

If its not pot it's coke or heroin or meth. dkf Aug 2013 #76

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2013 #36

Gawd damnit! WTF? SammyWinstonJack Aug 2013 #37

How horrible! Pretty little girl B Calm Aug 2013 #39

Foster agency had history of violations magical thyme Aug 2013 #45

what a horrific, sad and ugly story. the foster punishes the child for getting something to eat niyad Aug 2013 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author bobopa Aug 2013 #47

This pot hysteria has got to stop. liberalhistorian Aug 2013 #49

Osteogenesis imperfecta. Damn it. That's just a nightmare. n/t Butterbean Aug 2013 #59

That's it, that's the disease! liberalhistorian Aug 2013 #73

The *only* reason I know about that disease is because Butterbean Aug 2013 #79

My cousins grew up with cruel drunks instead of parents. mick063 Aug 2013 #51

I hope they bankrupt that state with a lawsuit LittleBlue Aug 2013 #52

Foster parents are paid money. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #53

I heard an interview with a reporter who covered the removal of children from their homes Chakab Aug 2013 #54

how is that war on drugs thing working out for everyone? Garion_55 Aug 2013 #55

My niece lived next door to professional foster parents, Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #66

I used to volunteer with an agency in Portland that worked with street kids Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2013 #71

That is a terrible indictment of the foster care system Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #74

I think foster parenting has changed a lot in recent years. Blue_In_AK Aug 2013 #75

There are still foster parents like that today. Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #77

Disgusting and unbearably sad. nt SunSeeker Aug 2013 #72

The Most Dangerous Element fredamae Aug 2013 #78

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #81

They smoked pot while their daughter slept. How did they get caught? Egalitariat Aug 2013 #82

Little kids go to bed early Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2013 #83

Perhaps. As unlikely as Santa Claus. But perhaps. I'm not buying the intro to the story, and Egalitariat Aug 2013 #85

I have never lost a child. mstinamotorcity2 Aug 2013 #89