AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Oct 3, 2006
Welfare Receipt and Substance-Abuse Treatment Among Low-Income Mothers: The Impact of Welfare Reform
Harold A. Pollack, MPP, PhD and
Peter Reuter, PhD
Harold A. Pollack is with the School of Social Service Administration and Center for Health Administration Studies, University of Chicago, Ill. Peter Reuter is with the School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology, University of Maryland, College Park and the Drug Policy Research Center, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.

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FIGURE 1— Past-year illicit drug use among welfare recipient and nonrecipient mothers aged 1849 years.
Source. 19902001 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse.
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FIGURE 2— Welfare receipt among low-income mothers aged 18 to 49 years.
Source. 19902001 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse.
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