‘What kind of a childhood is that?’

The story of Zaine, Arianna, and Zoie Pulliam — three kids under 17 living in South Charleston, West Virginia. Deemed “opiate orphans,” they exemplify a generation of children whose parents have died of drug overdoses as a result of the opioid epidemic.

Author: Eli Saslow
Source: Washington Post
Published: Dec 16, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,770 words)
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