Adopted children who abuse or are addicted to drugs and alcohol have a different set of problems with recovery than do those who are not adopted
According to recent studies, if a child’s birth parents abuse drugs, adopted children are twice as likely to also use drugs as those whose parents did not. While this may seem no different from the general population (a child of a substance abuser is more likely to use drugs than a child of someone who is clean), the issue is exacerbated with adoption, as the drug use factor may not be known. As such,drug rehabs for adopted children are beginning to evolve that better address this demographic.