ABSTRACT
Two major public health problems affecting adolescents today are adolescent pregnancy and use of illicit drugs. Individually, pregnancy and parenting during adolescence and use of illicit drugs place adolescents at increased risk for psychosocial problems and jeopardize optimal development (Zuckerman, Amaro, & Beardslee, 1987). Although both of these topics have received substantial empirical attention, little information is available regarding the prevalence and patterns of drug use among pregnant and parenting adolescents, the impact of drug use on the psychosocial outcomes of adolescent mothers, or the role of social relationships in the cooccurrence of these problems (Amaro & Zuckerman, 1990).
