The latest data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (1996) finds that among children:
* 6 percent (4 million) had at least one parent in need
of treatment for illicit drug abuse.
* 4 percent (3 million) lived with at least one parent who was
dependent on illicit drugs.
* 8 percent (6 million) lived with at least one parent who was
dependent on alcohol.
* 14 percent (11 million) lived with one or more parents who reported past-year use of illegal drugs, while 11 percent
(8 million) lived with at least one parent who reported
past-month use.
* 50 percent (38 million) lived in a household where at least one parent reported cigarette use in the past month.
SOURCE: National Institute on Drug Abuse.