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Substance Use and Dependence among Welfare Recipients http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/jcpr/workingpapers/wpfiles/pollack_danziger_jayakody_seefeldt_SRI2001.pdf
JCPR Policy Briefs, Executive Summaries of Working Paper, Harold A. Pollack, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin Seefeldt, and Rukmalie Jayakody
In this paper, the authors find that substance dependence and use are less a problem among welfare recipients than the general public assumes. They find that approximately 20 percent of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload in 1998 used drugs or alcohol, and that many fewer were dependent on alcohol or drugs. Although it is true that drug use is greater among welfare recipients than among the general population, the prevalence of drug use declined during the 1990s among welfare recipients and non-recipients alike. (Excerpted from "Substance Use and Dependence among Welfare Recipients, January 2002, pgs. 1-2, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Policy Brief, Vol. 4, No. 2)
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