Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism is not something most people can over come by themselves. A Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility is usually the best opportunity individuals have to beat drug and/or alcohol addiction and get their lives back on track. Some things to look for when deciding on a Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center are:
- Does the Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center have proper credentials?
- How much does a Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehab Program cost?
- What is the success rate of the Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program in question?
Many people find that speaking to a counselor or Registered Addiction Specialist is extremely helpful when deciding on a Drug Rehab and Alcoholism Treatment Facility. Drug Counselors in Arkansas are a good source of information for figuring out what the best treatment option is for an individual. They are familiar with many of the programs in Arkansas and can increase your chances of getting into the correct Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility that will best address your treatment needs.
If you would like to speak with a Registered Addiction Specialist regarding Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehab Centers in Arkansas, call our toll-free number and one of our drug counselors will assist you in finding a Drug Rehabilitation and Alcoholism Treatment Center. You can also fill out our form if you would like an Addiction Specialist to contact you directly and help you or your loved one find the appropriate Drug Rehab and Alcoholism Treatment Program.
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Drug Rehabs Arkansas
The availability and rate of drug abuse in Arkansas remains high coinciding with the smuggling of methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, the drugs of choice, for local consumption and further distribution. Though smuggling methods involve all forms of transportation, the largest quantities of drugs are seized on the highways via interdiction programs. Each year, tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana and hundreds of kilograms of cocaine are seized on Arkansas’ interstates, particularly Interstate 40. Most large seizures involve tractor-trailers, although private vehicles account for a significant percentage of total seizures, particularly methamphetamine seizures. Significant quantities of drugs are also seized from other forms of transportation including commercial air and bus service.
When chemical dependence strikes it's like an unstoppable train unless a drug rehab center is found. Chemical dependence is not something anyone ever plans on; so when it happens it's usually not known by the addict until it's already a full blown addiction. Attending a drug rehab center can solve the addiction for the individual as long as help is gotten before it's too late.
Luckily, there are many drug rehab options available in Arkansas as well as across the country. When it comes to drug addiction recovery, the best approach is to match the addiction with the appropriate treatment center. Overcoming drug addiction can seem hopeless, with many people trying treatment and failing. Thus, drug treatment offering individualized care are the most effective, as opposed to one which uses a blanket rehab module applied to all, regardless of their specific situation.
2006-2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health:
Below is a table with data pertaining to the Selected Drug Use, Perceptions of Great Risk, Average Annual Marijuana Initiates, Past Year Substance Dependence or Abuse, Needing But Not Receiving Treatment, Serious Psychological Distress, and Having at Least One Major Depressive Episode, by Age Group: Estimated Numbers (in Thousands), Annual Averages Based on 2006-2007 NSDUHs
| ILLICIT DRUGS |
Age 12+ |
Age 12-17 |
Age 18-25 |
Age 26+ |
Age 18+ |
| Past Month Illicit Drug Use | 198 | 24 | 62 | 112 | 174 |
| Past Year Marijuana Use | 234 | 30 | 79 | 124 | 204 |
| Past Month Marijuana Use | 135 | 16 | 46 | 74 | 119 |
| Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana | 113 | 14 | 33 | 66 | 99 |
| Past Year Cocaine Use | 51 | 3 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| Past Year Nonmedical Pain Reliever Use | 169 | 22 | 53 | 94 | 147 |
| Perception of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month | 998 | 90 | 80 | 828 | 908 |
| Average Annual Number of Marijuana Initiates | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| ALCOHOL | |||||
| Past Month Alcohol Use | 1,008 | 40 | 163 | 805 | 969 |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use | 516 | 25 | 118 | 372 | 490 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Drinking Five or More Drinks Once or Twice a Week |
947 | 92 | 104 | 751 | 855 |
| Past Month Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 105 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 694 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| TOBACCO PRODUCTS | |||||
| Past Month Tobacco Product Use | 819 | 38 | 148 | 633 | 780 |
| Past Month Cigarette Use | 688 | 34 | 131 | 524 | 654 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day |
1,651 | 154 | 203 | 1,294 | 1,497 |
| PAST YEAR DEPENDENCE, .USE, AND TREATMENT | |||||
| Illicit Drug Dependence | 50 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 74 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 62 |
| Alcohol Dependence | 88 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 82 |
| Alcohol Dependence or Abuse | 189 | 16 | 56 | 117 | 173 |
| Alcohol or Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 231 | 24 | 68 | 139 | 207 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug Use | 66 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 55 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Alcohol Use | 180 | 16 | 52 | 113 | 165 |
| SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS | -- | -- | 55 | 214 | 270 |
| AT LEAST ONE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE | -- | 19 | 31 | 152 | 184 |
Arkansas Drug Use and Drug-Related Crime
- During 2006, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made 376 drug arrests in Arkansas.
- There were 11,154 total drug arrests in Arkansas during 2006.
- Additional 2004-2005 NSDUH results indicate that 74,000 (3.24%) Arkansas citizens reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year. Approximately 51,000 (2.24%) reported past year illicit drug dependence.
- During 2006, there were 407 methamphetamine laboratory incidents in Arkansas reported by the DEA and state and local authorities.
- Approximately 1 million (45%) Arkansas citizens reported that using marijuana occasionally (once a month) was a “great risk”.
- During 2005, authorities reported that there were 57 children affected by methamphetamine laboratories in Arkansas.
- During 2006, there were 13,692 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in Arkansas. There were 13,771 such admissions during 2005. In 2004, there were 14,005 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in the state.
- According to 2004-2005 NSDUH data, approximately 67,000 (2.96%) Arkansas citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment for illicit drug use within the past year.
- According to 2004-2005 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 173,000 (7%) of Arkansas citizens (ages 12 or older) reported past month use of an illicit drug.
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Cocaine:
- Crack cocaine, as well as powder cocaine, has continued to be significant and long-term problems in the state, especially in the inner cities.
- Although cocaine use has been surpassed by methamphetamine use, it is the foremost concern of law enforcement authorities considering its impact on communities in terms of violent crime, including homicides, principally by street gangs.
- The ready availability of cocaine and the movement of street gangs beyond traditional areas of operation have led to the spread of crack to many suburban and rural areas.
- Crack’s explosive growth and dominance can be attributed to the drug’s wide availability, inexpensive price, simplicity of conversion from powdered cocaine hydrochloride, and its addictive properties.
- Rates of crack cocaine abuse are high and concentrated in the black communities. Distribution points for crack include Little Rock, Texarkana, El Dorado, Hot Springs, and Dumas.
- Cocaine is transported into Arkansas in both powder and crack form.
- Powder cocaine usually arrives in multi-kilogram quantities, while crack arrives in multi-ounce or kilogram quantities.
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Heroin:
- Drug law enforcement agencies in Arkansas do not identify heroin use as a significant problem.
- Heroin trafficking patterns in central Arkansas are difficult to discern, as there have been so few investigations of this type. What little tar heroin is encountered in central Arkansas appears to be imported into the state by the Mexican trafficking organizations already in existence.
- Recently, the DEA Little Rock District Office seized a small amount (one-gram) of tar heroin originating in the Los Angeles area. This heroin had been shipped to Little Rock through a parcel service. The city of Baltimore, Maryland has been identified as a source city of gram quantities of Colombian heroin encountered in Little Rock. The heroin in this instance was also shipped to the recipient through the mail.
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Methamphetamine:
- In less than ten years, methamphetamine has grown from a problem limited to the Southwest and Pacific regions of the United States to Arkansas’ primary drug of concern.
- The state is encountering locally produced methamphetamine as well as the importation of methamphetamine produced in Mexico.
- Not only does the state’s rural landscape provide an ideal setting for illicit manufacturing, but the wide availability of precursor chemicals also contributes to the ease of manufacturing methamphetamine.
- Criminal groups are acquiring thousands of cases of pseudoephedrine via wholesalers and use sophisticated schemes to illegally ship, at a considerable profit, pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine producers.
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Club Drugs:
- MDMA is the most prevalent and popular club drug in Arkansas.
- Other dangerous drugs increasing in popularity and demand throughout Arkansas include LSD, OxyContin and GHB. These dangerous drugs are commonly found and continue to be the drugs of choice at “rave” functions and college hangouts throughout the state, especially in the highly populated areas of Arkansas.
- Sources in California transport LSD to the Little Rock and Fayetteville areas for redistribution.
- LSD is sold in several different forms including blotter paper and small vials of liquid. Shipments are also mailed through the U.S. Postal Service and commercial shipping companies.
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Marijuana:
- Marijuana is in high demand and readily available throughout Arkansas.
- Marijuana grown in Mexico and domestically produced marijuana are both popular in the state.
- The rural nature of the land, the warm climate, and long growing season afford cultivators the opportunity to produce domestic marijuana.
- The traditional growing areas for domestically produced marijuana are in the eastern and northwestern regions of Arkansas. Domestically produced marijuana is cultivated indoors as well as outdoors.
- Indoor cultivation is primarily found in cities and occasionally in rural areas, comprised of fifty to two hundred plants per site.
- The outdoor growing sites more commonly range from small patches of twenty to several hundred plants scattered throughout an area located near a water source. Plots are usually within a mile or two radius of each other.
- As air surveillance by law enforcement personnel has intensified, the outdoor sites have become smaller and more scattered. Asset forfeiture laws have prompted cultivators to utilize leased hunting land, timberland, or national forest land as grow sites.
- The DEA Fayetteville Resident Office maintains a close working relationship with the U.S. Forestry Service in view of the unique marijuana situation in northwest Arkansas.
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Pharmaceuticals and Other Drugs:
- Current investigations indicate that diversion of hydrocodone products such as Vicodin® and oxycodone products such as OxyContin®, as well as morphine and pseudoephedrine, continues to be a problem in Arkansas.
- Primary methods of diversion being reported are illegal sale and distribution by healthcare professionals and workers, “doctor shopping” (going to a number of doctors to obtain prescriptions for a controlled pharmaceutical), forged prescriptions, employee theft, pharmacy theft, and the Internet.
- Demerol® and Dilaudid® were also identified as being among the most commonly abused and diverted pharmaceuticals in Arkansas.
Arkansas ranks 27th among the 50 states in area, but, except for Louisiana and Hawaii, it is the smallest state west of the Mississippi River. Its neighbors are Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. The name Arkansas was used by the early French explorers to refer to the Quapaw people—a prominent indigenous group in the area—and to the river along which they settled. The term was likely a corruption of akansea, the word applied to the Quapaw by another local indigenous community, the Illinois. Little Rock, the state capital, is located in the central part of the state.
Arkansas Demographics
- Population (2006 American Community Survey): 2,810,8721
- Race/Ethnicity (2006 American Community Survey): 78.6% white; 15.6% black/African American; 0.8% American Indian/Alaska Native; 1.0% Asian; 0.1% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander; 2.4% other race; 1.6% two or more races; 4.9% Hispanic/Latino origin (of any race)