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.