All I see from this study is that it's harder to do the right thing by your kids if you're struggling to make ends meet than if you have fewer money worries. Well, duh. That doesn't change what the "right thing" is.

I'm still trying to figure out what makes this news.

Conservative views like: poor folks who use drugs deserve the worst punishment that money can buy, while conservative talk show hosts in similar straits must be viewed as heroic.

Rush Limbaugh specifically said he was no hero, in that many words. You need the exact quote? And if you want to be precise about it, instead of making up your own quotes, Rush's views on drug use were that rich kids should get the exact same punishment as poor ones, something that doesn't happen much in real life. You got a problem with that?

My view is that drug use should not be a major crime at all. You got a problem with that?