THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, October 24, 1996 TAG: 9610240353
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: 18 lines
Welfare recipients are no more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than the general population, concludes a new government study.
The findings, published in today's American Journal of Public Health, contradict Columbia University's widely quoted conclusion that 20 percent of mothers on welfare are alcoholics or use illegal drugs.
National Institutes of Health researchers analyzed a 1992 federal survey that questioned members of 42,862 households about drug or alcohol use and welfare status.
KEYWORDS: DRUG ABUSE ALCOHOL ABUSE STUDY WELFARE by CNB