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When Grandparents Become Parents

Laura and Tom Brazan, who are raising their two grandchildren, recently took the family on a road trip through Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (From left: Tommy, Athena, Tom and Laura Brazan)

The opioid epidemic has left older adults to raise a new generation of children. Can they find support through opioid settlement funds? Fact checked by Ros Lederman Laurel Exner’s 16-year-old son, Adam Whited, didn’t want medication when diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but by age 20, he needed pain relief. His dosage climbed from 10 mg […]