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This week's article is about grandparents who obtained custody of their grandchildren due to their daughter's battle with drug addiction.“Grandfamilies” are a fast-growing but often invisible demographic. Last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2.4 million children were being raised by grandparents or other relatives. The opioid epidemic has exacerbated these numbers, evidenced by the fact that many of the states with the most grandparents raising grandchildren are also those with the highest opioid prescribing rates.

This week's article is about 2 men who recently graduated from Carroll County’s Adult Drug Treatment Court. Family and friends and state and county officials filled the room to celebrate and to praise the program that offers a range of treatment services as an alternative to jail time. Drug Treatment Court is an intensive program lasting a minimum of 13 months that creates individualized treatment plans for participants as they submit to regular drug screenings and court appearances and are monitored by a probation agent and case manager.