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* Begbie's dad from ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' is a homeless addict, that the crew encounter at an empty train station, where his quippy question about what they are looking at serves as the TitleDrop.

* ''Fanfic/EyesOnMe'': Ruby's mother Aurora gets addicted to painkillers in ''Eternal Flame'' following the death of her husband and Ruby's namesake father from metastatic prostate cancer.

* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Jasper's Dad is addicted to pills.

-->I don't cry when my dog runs away
-->I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay.

* "Mother's Little Helper" by Music/TheRollingStones is about a mother addicted to Valium.

* "Mothers's Little Helper" by Music/TheRollingStones is about a mother addicted to Valium.

* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder'', Mulholland Black's parents were drug-addicted rock stars who both overdosed when she was little.

* Harshly deconstructed in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'', where [[spoiler:Sick Boy's]] baby daughter [[spoiler:Dawn]] dies of starvation and neglect because both [[spoiler:Sick Boy and Allison]] are heroin addicts who aren't reliable enough to look after [[spoiler:Dawn.]]

* Defied in''Literature/HeroinStory''. Despite being addicted to heroin, David's both employed and a loving father.

* In ''Series/CloakAndDagger2018'', Tandy's mother is an open pill-popper. Of course, Tandy herself is an addict, so she can't really give her mom too much grief about it.

* In ''Class of 1999'', Cody Culp's mother is a drug addict, which just goes to show how depressed the future world is for the underclass.

* ''Series/UneditedFootageOfABear'': Protagonist Donna is a drug user addicted to the fictional Claridryl, while also raising two kids. Her addiction takes on the form of a cruel and abusive clone that torments her children.

* When ComicBook/{{Batman}} is trying to ascertain the whereabouts of Jason Todd's parents after convincing the homeless boy to enter a live in school he discovered that Jason's mother died of an overdose after a battle with her addiction. Jason went on to become the second ComicBook/{{Robin}} after uncovering the illegal activities the woman running the school was using her students for and acting as a vigilante on his own to take her down.

* A reoccuring character, Sheryl, in ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' is an addict whose toddlers are frequently running around unsupervised. One character narrowly saves one from getting hit by a car.

* ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'': Lucas' mother Terri was addicted to heroin when he was a kid. She was a war veteran who turned to drugs after coming back from Afghanistan. As an adult Lucas tries to put it in the past, but Terri regrets neglecting him growing up.

** A minor character in Season 3 is a young boy who's mother is addicted to heroin. He lives next door to where Dougie meets with [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Jade]], and is a witness to several acts of violence, such as the explosion of Dougie's car.
** James Hurley's mother is never shown on-screen, but James mentions that she uses drugs; consequently his relationship with her is poor. James is basically raised by his ParentalSubstitute and uncle Big Ed, although he doesn't live at his house. All of this aids in James' characterization as the TroubledButCute guy from the wrong side of the tracks.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'': Wendy, the biological mother of Jax's oldest son Abel, is a junkie. She tries to stay clean while pregnant but relapses and overdoses, triggering child birth. Jax takes full custody after Abel is born both prematurely and drug addicted. Wendy later cleans up her act and takes full custody of both Abel and Thomas, Jax's younger son, following [[spoiler:the death of Tara, Jax, and Gemma in seasons 6 and 7]].

* Music/{{Ludacris}}' song "Runaway Love" tells the story of several girls who [[TheRunaway run away from home]]. The first, Lisa, is a nine year old who has a neglectful, drug-addicted (and according to the music video, alcoholic) mother.

** In "Dear Mama" (quoted above), Music/TupacShakur mentions his mother’s drug abuse, but despite this she was always there for him.
** Brenda from "Brenda's Got A Baby" has a bad home life with a neglectful, drug addicted father and an equally (if not more so) neglectful mother. This leads her to look for affection elsewhere, specifically in an [[KissingCousins older cousin]] who [[ChildByRape gets her pregnant]] at [[TeenPregnancy twelve]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'' has Brad Armstrong, the adoptive father of Buddy, who is addicted to [[FantasticDrug Joy]]. Notably, he manages to get over Joy for a bit so he can raise her, before he eventually relapses and leaves his daughter in the care of his friends.

* A reoccuring character in ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' is an addict whose toddlers are frequently running around unsupervised. One character narrowly saves one from getting hit by a car.