I was running through the internet looking for something to write about when I came across this topic. No research was necessary for me to write about this one because it hits home. Being a foster child myself (something you didn't know about me), I have witnessed the amount of prescription drugs that foster children are prescribed. Its sad to see these kids walking around like zombies because the people whose care they are in don't want to take the time to deal with the child accordingly.

I personally have never taken prescriptions, unless I came down with something. Even then they over drug us. I can recall getting prescribed bronchitis antibiotics for the common cold. Its like a frickin trick or treating committee. First sign of trouble, on to the drugs. If only they realize how much damage they are really causing by doing this.

I don't want to say that I can spot a foster child out of thousands of other children, but think I can. I have been around foster children so long that I have a connection with people that I believe to be "in the system". Well its not really a "connection", more like an "attribute". Lots of foster children that I have met act in a certain way that allows me to identify them out of other children. Maybe its the prescription drugs.

I had a foster brother 3 years ago. He was younger than me by a few months. He was a hyper kid, but wasn't a bad kid. He had 5 different drugs prescribed to him. There was a significant difference is his behavior when on these drugs. When off them, he seems like your average teenage boy with a lot of sugar in his tank. Nothing serious enough to be taking 10 pills a day. When on the medication, it was like being with a soulless person, just sitting there waiting for nothing.

Psychological damage comes with over drugging kids. Its funny how many foster children grow up to live bad lives, and no one seems to know why. Its based on many factors that only one with personal experience can begin to understand. Its based on how the "host parents" treat the child. Its based on how many prescriptions that child takes. Then, upon release from foster care, the person becomes so dependent on the prescription drugs that they don't know what to do when off them.

Bad habits are grown when children are forced to take all of these medications. They become dependent on the drugs that they are told to take. It becomes apart of their lifestyle. Its kind of like someone who has become addicted to illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine. The statistics are disturbing. Foster children are leading in taking "mood altering prescriptions".

I have known many foster kids or people who were in foster care at some point in time in their life. Out of those people, everyone I know that "spent more than 6 years in foster care were illegal drug users". These people are addicted to drugs. Not saying that foster care is the reason for this behavior or that drug use originated in foster care, but it makes sense. These drugs, just as the prescription drugs that some receive are mood altering hallucinogens.

Not only is the use of these drugs a problem, so is the non use. As most foster children get older, they will become more rebellious (just as any teenager). They will begin to defy the rules. They will stop taking their medications. From personal experience, I have seen someone in foster care selling their prescription drugs to high school kids for money. Age and gender are confidential for this person, but its going on all around the country.

I didn't realize the abuse that was taking place within foster care. I researched this topic after writing the information above and I found a lot of disturbing stories. Here is some of these stories.

The Story of Candace Tiara Elmore

This is by far the saddest thing I have ever had to write about. This young girl was taken from her mother because her mother couldn't find a ride home. This was an one night thing, and she was taken from her mother at the age of 5. Parental rights were terminated. In a weird tradition, she was placed into re-birthing therapy. Re-birthing therapy is a practiced used by people who want to pretend the child is being born to them.

• Death in re-birthing therapy- During the process, Candace was wrapped in blankets and pushed against by therapists. It was a simulation of the birth canal. She was supposed to fight her way through, as if she was being birthed. Instead she told the therapists that she couldn't breathe and she was dying. The therapist responded, "Go Ahead!" and she did.

Candice Tiara Elmore, announced dead April 20, 2000 at the age of 10. Most people don't die in re-birthing therapy. Its believed that Candace died because of the amount of drugs she was taking during that time.

The Story of Gabriel Myers

Gabriel Myers, a 7 year old suicide victim. According to the stories, 7 year old Gabriel Myers hung himself April 16, 2009. People believe that he committed suicide as a direct influential act of a slew of prescribed drugs. The ironic thing about this is that both Gabriel Myers and Candace Tiara Elmore died in April, Child Abuse Prevention Month. 3 weeks before his suicide on April 16, he was prescribed a powerful mind altering drug called Symbyax.

There are children as young as 1 year old that are being prescribed drugs. Children all over the country are placed into foster care. This allows the wolves (the system) to prey on these sheep (foster children). Here is the entire process layout for you to further understand.

Preying on the weak

This part of the process is called preying on the weak. They find kids that are in need or that are "legally labeled in need" and they bring them into the system. They then refer to them as "special needs children" because they may be dealing with some minor problems. Such problems as depression. They say kids have depression right after removing them from their families. Now who wouldn't be upset after being removed from their family? They find anything they possibly can in order to force therapy and prescribe drugs.

The Pay-Off

Caretakers or Foster Parents get paid to care for children. For normal children (those with no medication), the pay is pretty low. The reason being is because they don't require as much special attention as other children. Then there are the special children. Special children are defined by those who are taking medication. These children particularly bring in more income for the caretakers. Foster parents will then lie and force children on prescription drugs because they know they do not have to pay for any of this stuff, and they get an increase in their checks. The doctors and therapists are getting paid for providing medication and services. All of these programs are government funded, so no one really gives a damn about how the money is used. Everyone is in it for their money.

Fortunately, there are people out there that do care. These people do not fall in the same category as what is described above.