What is Substance Abuse?
What is addiction?
Who has parents who abuse drugs?
More than 6 million children (about 9% of all kids) have at least one parent who abuses illegal drugs or alcohol. About 10% of those kids are 5 years old or younger.
How do drugs work?
Nearly all drugs work by tricking the person’s brain.
What is the percentage of incarcerated parents in the US?
The United States has more than 2 million people behind bars. 45 percent were living with their children before they were imprisoned,
What is a drug?
Drugs is a chemical that interferes with one's brain communication system that results in disruption within one's nerve cells.
Who abuses drugs or alcohol?
All kinds of people.
How do children whose parents abuse alcohol and illegal drugs act?
Many report feeling tired and unable to do their school work because they don’t sleep really well since their parents are up late or out of the house. Kids whose parents abuse alcohol or drugs are more likely than their friends whose parents don’t abuse alcohol or drugs to be late to school. Take care of younger siblings because they feel like they have to parent themselves
How many children have incarcerated parents within a classroom of 25?
Nearly 4 percent of U.S. children younger than age 18 are separated from a parent because of incarceration. Imagine one child in every classroom of 25 students
What do children whose parents abuse illegal drugs or alcohol experience?
Research shows that children of parents who abuse drugs are more at risk than their peers for delinquency, depression, poor school performance, and alcohol and drug use.
Most kids whose parents abuse illegal drugs or alcohol have lots of other stressors in their homes
What feelings do children have when substance abuse is in their home?
Feel sad, mad, confused, and alone. All of their feelings are OK.
How can you tell if a person abuses drugs or alcohol?
Sometimes it is obvious with behaviors and looks, but not all the time.