How many children are being raised by parents with substance abuse problems?
The 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which was conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reported that 16.1% of mothers who were living with young people between the ages of 12 and 17 were substance users (characterized by heavy/binge drinking and/or illicit substance use within the past month period) and an additional 3.2% of mothers had both a problem with drug and/or alcohol use as well as a serious mental illness. The 2002 survey also reported that 5 million Americans either abused alcohol or were alcohol dependent and had at least one child under the age of 18 in their home. In 2001, SAMHSA found that 6 million children (10% of those under 5, 8% of those 6-11, and 9% of those 12-17) had one or more parents who abused illicit substances or were alcoholics. In this group, 4.5 million children had a parent who had problems with alcohol, nearly 1 million had a parent who had problems with a single illicit substance, and ab
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