eleven and she and her brother was sent to foster parents. and. the lady said you and your brother are going to come with me and we're walking down the stairs and i just remember seeing my dad like crying and just being like i promise we're going to get you back i promise we're going to see you and stuff with drug addiction in the u.s. across the country the numbers of those affected have skyrocketed experts say it's an epidemic including here in florida. drug abuse dictates many people's lives especially in poorer areas one result neglected children. orphanages are rare in the u.s. . instead the government relies on foster families to take in children at risk. as a foster mother she took an eight in when he was nine months old and made sure that