North Carolina Drug and Alcohol Rehabs

North Carolina Addiction Rehab Information

There are so many different drug rehab treatment program options that trying to make a decision during a difficult time makes it almost overwhelming. We provide trained counselors who can go over your options, from long-term to short-term treatments, in-patent and out-patient, different philosophies behind the different treatment programs as well as the costs involved.

The state of North Carolina provides several drug and alcohol rehab programs for adults and adolescents. With so many choices, one would think it wouldn't be too difficult to select a program, but you would be wrong. There are just about as many drug rehab treatment philosophies as there are drug and alcohol rehab centers.

Some programs do not offer drug detox programs and thus refer out for this addiction treatment service. Others believe addiction is a disease forever leaving the addict in a problem stripping them of their freedom of choice to overcome addiction and sentencing them to a lifetime of alcoholism or being a drug addict and thus, opening the door to relapse.

Another aspect of selecting a drug rehab treatment program is whether the user should attend a program close to home or not. Sometimes selecting a program far from home is key to success especially when choosing long-term inpatient treatment programs. This provides a "trigger-free" environment which distances the individual from negative reinforcements for their addictive behavior.

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Reference Center's staff is experienced in matching drug rehab needs with the proper facility. Not every North Carolina drug rehab program meets every individual's needs.  Fill out the form to the right to set up the time best to contact you.

North Carolina Drug Use Information

According to the DEA (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration), Marijuana is one of the most prevalent drugs in North Carolina. Outdoor marijuana cultivation is common throughout the state. These outdoor sites include the federal forest lands in the lower Appalachian Mountain Range area and the swamps along the Atlantic coast.

North Carolina is a destination state for cocaine HCl, as well as a staging and transshipment point to the more northern states along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Midwest, including Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Traffickers take advantage of the state's highway infrastructure, which provides major transshipment routes for cocaine HCl being transported from source areas to other states.

Although domestic methamphetamine production is waning, Mexican-manufactured methamphetamine, primarily in the crystalline form (Ice), is readily available in the large metropolitan centers of the state, and increasingly in the rural communities. Most methamphetamine in North Carolina is imported in multi-pound quantities from Mexico through the southwest border states, but a significant amount also comes from Mexican sources of supply based in the Atlanta metropolitan/northern Georgia area.

Heroin use and availability is growing in North Carolina. It crisscrosses the state and is present in every metropolitan area. Statistics indicate a 77 percent increase in heroin seizures in the last year (2007 – 2008).

Ecstasy (MDMA) has increased in popularity across the state and is especially popular with the college and high-school aged population (15- to 25-year-olds) who frequent rock concerts, bars, dance clubs, and other social venues. With more than 50 four-year colleges and universities, as well as several major military installations in North Carolina, there is a large potential market for MDMA traffickers.

The illegal distribution and abuse of controlled pharmaceuticals is widespread throughout North Carolina. Their appeal is simply due to the relative ease of acquisition and use. The diversion of prescription opiates, such as methadone, morphine, codeine, oxycodone and hydrocodone, continues to be a problem in the largest metropolitan centers of the state. The 2007 North Carolina State Risk Behavior Survey indicated that 25 percent of high school students in Western North Carolina reported having used prescription drugs recreationally at least once, compared with only 17 percent of high school students in Central and Eastern North Carolina. Prescription drugs most often cited were OxyContin®, Percocet®, Xanax®, and Adderall®. The Asheville-Buncombe Drug Commission attributes some of this regional difference to a larger over-65 resident population on Medicare being prescribed prescription opiates/analgesics. Benzodiazepines, such as Xanax® and Valium®, were also identified as being among the most commonly abused and diverted pharmaceuticals. Primary methods of diversion being reported are illegal sale and distribution by health care professionals and workers, “doctor shopping,” forged prescriptions, employee theft, and the Internet.

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Drug Related Statistics from the White House Drug Policy for the State of North Carolina
 

The life cycle of addiction begins with a problem, discomfort or some form of emotional or physical pain a person is experiencing. The person finds this very difficult to deal with. Once the person takes a drug, he feels relief from the discomfort, even though the relief is only temporary. That drink or drug is adopted as a solution to the problem and the individual places value on the substance. (complete article on the The Life Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction.)

Drug Statistics and Trends

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In 2008, 850,000 Americans age 12 and older had abused methamphetamine at least once in the previous year being surveyed.
 

National Institute on Drub Abuse