Substance Abuse Among Women And Parents

Download or read book Substance Abuse Among Women and Parents written by James Colliver and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-02 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides data on substance abuse by women of childbearing age and by parents and examines the number of children potentially at risk because of parental drug abuse. Findings are: parents with children in the household use illicit drugs less often than do men and women 15-44 without children; it is estimated that there are approximately 6 million children under 18 years of age whose parents have used illicit drugs in the past month; there is little difference in rates of illicit drug use among parents in large metro., small metro. and non metro. areas. Charts.