The U.S. is facing an opioid crisis. Deaths have nearly quadrupled in the last 15 years — the latest figures show 91 Americans dying from opioid overdoses every day.
In hard-hit states like West Virginia, parents’ addiction to pain pills, fentanyl, or heroin has torn many families apart. With 5,000 children now in foster care, a 24% increase over the past five years, the state’s schools are grappling with ways to support children affected by drug abuse.
In this report for the PBS NewsHour, °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Correspondent Lisa Stark traveled to rural Jackson County, W.Va, to see how one school district is responding.
This video aired on PBS NewsHour on December 27, 2016.