La Bodega de la Familia: Reaching Out to the Forgotten Victims of Substance Abuse

摘要

An estimated 13 million American children live with parents who have reported using illicit drugs in the past year, and more than 6 million live with parents who have reported using illicit drugs in the past month (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1994). When parents have serious substance abuse problems, their children suffer the consequences of living in unhealthy, chaotic environments. Parents who seriously abuse drugs commonly are unable to fulfill major obligations at home and at work. And some children are forced into foster care when a substance-abusing parent is incarcerated. Numerous studies have shown that substance abuse is often a critical factor in these harmful family situations.