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Arkansas Drug Rehab is Not Reaching All the People Who Need it
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2009, 194,000 citizens of the state needed drug rehab Arkansas so they could recover from addiction to drugs or alcohol. More than 60,000 needed Arkansas drug rehab for drug addiction but didn’t get it and 150,000 needed drug rehab Arkansas for alcohol addiction and were not able to find it or did not look for it.
Right next door to Arkansas is Oklahoma and the Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation center. Over the ten years Narconon Arrowhead has been saving lives, many Arkansans have chosen to trust this facility with their recovery. When you are seeking drug rehab in Arkansas, find out how Narconon Arrowhead can help. Find out about the success rates of drug rehabs in Arkansas and then ask Narconon Arrowhead just how it is that they help seven out of ten graduates of their program remain clean and sober after they go home.
When you’re ready for an effective, long-term drug rehab program, contact the Intake Counselors at Narconon Arrowhead. Call 1-800-468-6933 today.
Addiction Affecting Many Areas In Arkansas
The very small town of Rose Bud, Arkansas found itself in national news not long ago. There’s not much to this little town about an hour north of Little Rock. There’s a feed manufacturing company, an Indian smoke shop, assorted grocery stores and gas stations and a complex with both an elementary school and high school out on the edge of town. Other than that, it’s nice looking houses on large lots and farmland.
So why would this town be in the news?
Because Rose Bud, Arkansas was one of the distribution points used by the Jasso-Arciniega drug trafficking organization (DTO). This cell and many others were part of an overall strategy by Mexican drug cartels to establish a strong presence in the American Midwest. With their new, well-established distribution network, Mexican drug traffickers and their American partners who saw an opportunity for profits increased the availability of Mexican ice methamphetamine and cocaine throughout the region.
For some of the cell members involved in this activity, the profits came to an end in the summer of 2010, when 40 individuals were arrested. More than four pounds of methamphetamine were seized, along with weapons, cash and vehicles. Besides, Rose Bud, arrests and searches took place in Jonesboro, Search, Kensett, Batesville, Little Rock and Conway.
As a result of the efforts of Mexican DTOs, local law enforcement agencies state that powder and crack cocaine and methamphetamine, along with diverted prescription drugs, constitute the major drug threats to the state. In neighboring states, locally produced methamphetamine constitutes a greater threat, but the dominance of the Mexican DTOs in Arkansas means that there’s stiff competition for locals brewing up a few ounces at a time. Ironically, this dominance comes at a time that the Mississippi legislature has just cracked down on the sale of cold medication that contains pseudoephedrine, an essential precursor to methamphetamine. Does this mean that Mexican DTOs will be ready to step into the void of local manufacture that this legislation might bring?
After Mississippi changed its laws to require a prescription for the purchase of cold medication containing pseudoephedrine, Alabama instituted a state-wide tracking system for pseudoephedrine purchases. Within three months, the system blocked 26,354 attempted purchases. That’s how many people had reached their limit of cold medication purchases but continued to try to buy more.
As in Many Other States, Prescription Drug Abuse is Also Growing
In Arkansas and the surrounding states, prescription drug abuse has been a developing problem. Those intent on abusing these drugs or acquiring them to abuse either go from doctor to doctor, faking symptoms, forge prescriptions, steal the drugs or travel to Florida or Texas where there are plenty of unscrupulous medical professionals willing to profit from other peoples’ misery. In this part of the US, seizures of controlled prescription drugs increased 15% in one year, from 86,000 dosage units to almost 100,000.
The most sought-after drugs to abuse are hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab and others) and oxycodone (OxyContin and others).
In particular, Arkansas teens are having a problem with prescription drug abuse. A 2007 survey found that Arkansas teens were abusing prescription drugs at a higher rate than any other teens in the nation. And in 2008, another survey found that 22% of Arkansas teens had used a prescription drug recreationally.
Alcohol is a Threat that May Not Make the Headlines
While it’s usually illicit drugs that get the most news coverage, it is by far alcohol that sends the most people to Arkansas drug rehabs. In 2009, 24,646 people went to drug rehabs in Arkansas – about 4,500 admissions due to marijuana and 2,700 for prescription opiates. But a whopping 6,185 went to Arkansas drug rehab for alcohol alone, and nearly 4,000 more for alcohol plus a secondary drug.
Out of about 24,000 people entering Arkansas drug rehabs, about 12% of them were under 21 years of age. There were 751 people youth going to drug rehab Arkansas for alcohol abuse, and about 1,600 for marijuana addiction. In general, marijuana is not a severe threat in this area, although recently, medical marijuana from Colorado has been making its way to Arkansas to be abused by residents there.
There is not a lot of heroin in Arkansas, but the possibility of heroin abuse gets greater if it becomes harder to obtain prescription opiates. Many people switch from controlled-dose prescription opiates to uncontrolled heroin supplies if the prices get too high or availability drops.
Get Help Now
The drug problem in Arkansas is something that continues to grow. However, there is a solution through effective drug rehab programs. Call today at 800-468-6933 for more information.
References:
http://www.justice.gov/ndic/dmas/Gulf_Coast_DMA-2011(U).pdf
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2010/10/14/big-drug-indictments-announced-in-conway
http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/quicklink/AR09.htm
http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k9State/WebOnlyTables/AR.pdf
http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=238
