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March 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - The 3.6million youngsters were found to be seven times more likely to develop similar problems themselves
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Gerri Peev
17:43 EST, 30 March 2012
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17:43 EST, 30 March 2012
A quarter of children have parents with drug or alcohol problems, a year-long study shows.
The 3.6million youngsters were found to be seven times more likely to develop similar problems themselves.
Researchers found that 2.6million children live with a ‘hazardous’ drinker and 705,000 with a ‘dependent’ drinker. A further 350,000 live with a parent with a drug problem.
Shocking: A quarter of children have parents with drug or alcohol problems, a year-long study has revealed
The study by the drugs charity Addaction said: ‘Parental substance misuse is an important issue which needs tackling for the health of the parent as well as for the health and future of their children.’
It found that nearly six out of ten inquiries into child abuse were linked to households with drug or alcohol problems.
Instead of expensive treatment at rehabilitation centres, Addaction said sending a worker into the home was more effective.
They examined six types of treatment, including the charity’s own Breaking the Cycle programme which helps make sure children are sent to school and fed, as well as looking after addicted parents.
Sending a drug or alcohol worker into a home would cost only £4,000 per family per year. Yet Addaction said the 120,000 most dysfunctional families cost taxpayers £75,000 each year – £8.4billion.
The researchers also criticised the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes, citing surveys showing that a third of social workers had no training on how to deal with substance abusers.
Worrying: Researchers found that 2.6million children live with a ‘hazardous’ drinker and 705,000 with a ‘dependent’ drinker
Tory MP and ministerial aide, David Burrowes, who chaired the Addaction Commission, said the Government should no longer simply provide treatment for individuals.
He added: ‘We have often failed to take account of how the troubles an addicted person face can have a severe and lasting impact on those closest to them, especially those in their care.
‘Failing to address the resulting problems in shared family experience has not only impeded our efforts to effectively address the underlying and exacerbating factors encouraging substance abuse in an individual’s life.
‘It has also led to a tragic growth in the number of people addicted as children.’
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Why have these vulnerable children not been removed from their useless parents and taken into care?
– Tristram, Wellingborough, 31/3/2012 01:52 how do you move 3.6 million children…. crazy talk…
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Why have these vulnerable children not been removed from their useless parents and taken into care?
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