Tennessee parents lose kids as opioid crisis rages on

The number of parents permanently losing their rights to a child has grown significantly in Tennessee, a Tennessean analysis found.  Between 2010 and 2014 (the most recent year data is available), there was a 51 percent increase in the number of parents who have had their relationship legally and permanently severed from a child.  In the same time period, the number of children in Tennessee waiting to be adopted increased by 56 percent.