I know it’s not politically correct to talk about that, but you have a good point about parental neglect being a cause if kids don’t get enough to eat. It’s a minefield to try to take kids away, but maybe that would be a good solution. If parents are so high and spaced out on some substance that they can’t properly take care of their kids, then maybe another solution should be used.
Bottom line is that with food stamps and other social programs, there is no reason for anybody, kids or anybody else,to be going hungry in this country.
Not to mention food banks and soup kitchens run by churches and other charitable organizations. But to take advantage of these resources, you have to be lucid and energetic enough and to get up off the couch and show up where the free food is distributed. As for children, if they live in poor or even not-so-poor households and attend school they are eligible for free or reduced-priced lunch five days a week.
But you forget about all the people who think drugs should be leagalized and the war on drugs is just a money grab.