Substance Abuse: A Case Study

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Reporter stated the following: Revels (granddad) said the child has been with them for two weeks. It is abandonment. The priamry guardians left the child (Christian) with his grandparents. They (parents) have not made arrangements to come back and get the child.
They abandoned him because of alleged drug abuse. I can not tell you if they were using drugs around the child. The grandparents have press charges for domestic dispute, abadoning the child and having drugs (unknown) in the grandparents’ house. During the dispute the cousin (unknown) was hit in the face by Pasty. I do not know about injuries. Christian was around when they got into a dispute. They got into a dispute after drugs were found. It is unknown if the dad was involved. When

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