Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism is not something most people can over come by themselves. A Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation 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 Drug Treatment and Alcoholism Treatment Center are:
- Does the Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program have proper credentials?
- How much does a Alcohol Treatment and Drug Treatment Program cost?
- What is the success rate of the Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility in question?
Many people find that speaking to a counselor or Registered Addiction Specialist is extremely helpful when deciding on a Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center. Drug Counselors in Kentucky 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 Kentucky and can increase your chances of getting into the correct Drug Rehab and Alcoholism Treatment Facility that will best address your treatment needs.
If you would like to speak with a Registered Addiction Specialist regarding Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Kentucky, call our toll-free number and one of our drug counselors will assist you in finding a Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program. 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 Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program.
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Drug Rehabs Kentucky
In Kentucky the primary drug threats are marijuana, methamphetamine, diverted pharmaceutical drugs, and cocaine. Kentucky is a primary source of domestically grown marijuana, the majority of which is produced in southeastern Kentucky. The commonwealth consistently ranks as one of the top marijuana producing states. Marijuana produced in Kentucky either remains in the commonwealth or is exported to metropolitan areas in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and the eastern United States.
With so much drug and alcohol addiction in Kentucky, numerous drug rehab programs have opened their doors to help. Many people wonder when looking into drug rehab, “How long to I have to attend rehab?” The appropriate duration for an individual depends on the type and degree of his or her problems and needs. Research indicates that most addicted individuals need at least 3 months in treatment to significantly reduce or stop their drug use and that the best outcomes occur with longer durations of treatment. Recovery from drug addiction is a long-term process and frequently requires multiple episodes of treatment. As with other serious health problems, relapses to drug abuse can occur and should signal a need for treatment to be reinstated or adjusted. Because individuals often leave treatment prematurely, programs should include strategies to engage and keep patients in treatment.
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, 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 | 281 | 35 | 91 | 155 | 246 |
| Past Year Marijuana Use | 350 | 47 | 118 | 185 | 303 |
| Past Month Marijuana Use | 202 | 24 | 73 | 104 | 178 |
| Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana | 137 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 119 |
| Past Year Cocaine Use | 74 | 5 | 30 | 39 | 69 |
| Past Year Nonmedical Pain Reliever Use | 218 | 28 | 70 | 119 | 189 |
| Perception of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month | 1,498 | 133 | 111 | 1,254 | 1,365 |
| Average Annual Number of Marijuana Initiates | 36 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| ALCOHOL | |||||
| Past Month Alcohol Use | 1,442 | 55 | 249 | 1,139 | 1,387 |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use | 742 | 33 | 175 | 534 | 709 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Drinking Five or More Drinks Once or Twice a Week |
1,447 | 139 | 134 | 1,174 | 1,308 |
| Past Month Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 140 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 94 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| TOBACCO PRODUCTS | |||||
| Past Month Tobacco Product Use | 1,294 | 68 | 244 | 981 | 1,226 |
| Past Month Cigarette Use | 1,058 | 54 | 217 | 786 | 1,004 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day |
2,387 | 216 | 266 | 1,905 | 2,171 |
| PAST YEAR DEPENDENCE, .USE, AND TREATMENT | |||||
| Illicit Drug Dependence | 73 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 63 |
| Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 105 | 17 | 39 | 49 | 88 |
| Alcohol Dependence | 102 | 6 | 31 | 65 | 96 |
| Alcohol Dependence or Abuse | 216 | 16 | 64 | 136 | 200 |
| Alcohol or Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 289 | 27 | 85 | 176 | 261 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug Use | 87 | 15 | 34 | 38 | 72 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Alcohol Use | 201 | 16 | 59 | 126 | 185 |
| SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS | -- | -- | 84 | 343 | 426 |
| HAVING AT LEAST ONE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE | -- | 33 | 43 | 238 | 281 |
Kentucky Drug Use and Drug-Related Crime
- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported 364 drug violation arrests in Kentucky during 2007.
- During 2006, there were 56,376 arrests for drug abuse violations in Kentucky.
- According to 2004-2005 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 288,000 (8%) Kentucky citizens (ages 12 or older) reported past month use of an illicit drug.
- Approximately 1.5 million (42.3%) Kentucky citizens reported that using marijuana occasionally (once a month) was a “great risk.”
- Additional 2004-2005 NSDUH results indicate that 101,000 (2.94%) Kentucky citizens reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year. Approximately 71,000 (2.07%) reported past year illicit drug dependence.
- There were 32 children in Kentucky affected by methamphetamine laboratory sites during 2007.
- There were 197 methadone-related deaths in Kentucky during 2006.
- There were 1,351 total collisions in Kentucky during 2006 in which the drivers were under the influence of drugs. More than 200 of these collisions involved fatalities.
- During 2006, there were 23,058 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in Kentucky. This is statistically similar to the 20,566 admissions to treatment during 2005.
- According to 2004-2005 NSDUH data, approximately 97,000 (2.82%) Kentucky citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment for illicit drug use within the past year.
- In the state of Kentucky it is estimated that there will be around 19,427 DUI's, and 231 deaths due to intoxicated driving this year. Statistics also show that there will be 1,177 deaths related to alcohol abuse, 6,035 tobacco related deaths, and 235 deaths due to illicit drug use.
- It is believed that there are around 202,976 marijuana users, 33,261 cocaine addicts, and 1,884 heroin addicts living in Kentucky. It is also estimated that there are 88,886 people abusing prescription drugs, 8,479 people that use inhalants, and 15,095 people who use hallucinogens.
- In Kentucky, there will be around 25,623 people arrested this year for drug related charges.
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Cocaine:
- Cocaine is readily available in central and southeastern Kentucky. Mexican DTOs are the top-level traffickers and the primary source of cocaine from the Southwest Border via metropolitan areas in the Midwest and southeast. Mexican DTOs supply cocaine to inner-city retail/street level distributors. Mexican trafficking organizations use business fronts, such as restaurants and auto repair/detailing shops, to distribute and launder profits. Inner-city DTOs also obtain large amounts of cocaine from non-Mexican DTOs via motor vehicles and parcel delivery services. The price and purity of cocaine in Kentucky increased during 2008.
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Heroin:
- The presence of heroin in Kentucky is limited, but the availability of Mexican Black Tar heroin has risen in the Louisville area. There is a low demand for small amounts of heroin in some areas of southeastern Kentucky. When encountered, heroin has usually been found in user amounts, with the sources of supply from Atlanta, Georgia, or Chicago, Illinois.
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Methamphetamine:
- Methamphetamine continues to be widely available in central and southeastern Kentucky. Primary suppliers of methamphetamine are Mexican DTOs. A decrease in clandestine laboratories/clandestine manufacturing in southeastern Kentucky are countered by importation of “ICE” methamphetamine from Mexico via the Southwest Border, Atlanta, Georgia, and Ashville, North Carolina. Independent traffickers travel to Atlanta and other major cities along the Southwest Border to obtain pound amounts of Mexican produced methamphetamine and smuggle it back into southeastern Kentucky via privately owned vehicles. Small “Mom and Pop” and “One Pot” operators continue to manufacture methamphetamine in small one to two ounce quantities for personal use and for distribution at the local level.
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Pharmaceuticals and Other Drugs:
- The abuse and diversion of prescription drugs, particularly hydrocodone and oxycodone (Lortab, Lorcet, Vicodin® and OxyContin), remain one of, if not the, largest drug problem in southeastern Kentucky. The availability of diverted pharmaceuticals in central and northern Kentucky remains high, but stable. The availability of OxyContin in southeastern Kentucky has risen due to the increased availability of pills transported from Midwest metropolitan areas. Primary methods of diversion include pharmacy theft, “doctor shopping,” prescription fraud, and purchasing large quantities of drugs from unscrupulous Internet pharmacies. The purchasing of drugs via the Internet continues to have a significant impact on Kentucky. Purchasers have the drugs delivered to their homes using false names and/or different combinations of the same name.
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Club Drugs:
- The availability of predatory drugs in southeastern Kentucky is limited and usually confined to cities where colleges and/or universities are located. MDMA, Ketamine, GHB, and LSD remain readily available and are primarily used by teenagers and young adults in the cities with colleges and universities, such as Lexington, Richmond, and Morehead. The largest suppliers of MDMA are middle-class Caucasian males from 25 to 35 years of age operating in a well-organized manner. MDMA is transported via U.S. Mail from Miami, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Distribution to users takes place at strip clubs, bars, Raves, and high school parties. Ketamine is also distributed in nightclubs and bars. Steroids are obtained from mail order companies, doctors, veterinary supply companies, and workout facilities. GHB is obtained through the Internet and from local manufacturers.
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Marijuana:
- Kentucky is a major source of domestically grown marijuana. In 2007, Kentucky ranked second in total domestic marijuana production. National Forest lands covering more than 690,000 acres of eastern Kentucky are remote, sparsely populated, very accessible, and possess ideal soil and climate conditions for cannabis cultivation. Marijuana plots on National Forest lands, usually in the deforested areas, are found in various locations from the bottomlands to the hillsides and the tops of mountains. Marijuana growers also perceive the rural areas of National Forest land as too spacious for law enforcement officials to detect their activities. Lastly, growers often plant their crops on public lands in an effort to protect themselves from personal and/or financial loss due to asset forfeiture procedures.
- In 2007, a total of 64,869 marijuana plants were eradicated from National Forest land in Kentucky. National Forest lands suffer from the collateral effects of marijuana cultivation, which includes property damage to natural resources, archeological sites, and wildlife, including endangered species. Marijuana producers have destroyed numerous trees, plants and fauna, as well as gates and fences to clear cultivation sites and drive vehicles to and from the marijuana plots. Far more marijuana is cultivated in Kentucky than the local market can consume. Marijuana grown in Kentucky is transported to the Midwest (Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan) and the East Coast.
Kentucky evokes myriad contrasting images: coal mines, bourbon whiskey (named for Bourbon county, where it was developed), mountaineers, moonshiners (distillers of illegal liquor), white-suited colonels and ladies sipping mint juleps on summertime verandas, horse breeding, and the Kentucky Derby. Kentucky curiously encompasses a mixture of distinct regions and characters. The seemingly endless landscape of white fences, paddocks, tobacco fields, and pastures in the rolling Bluegrass region around Lexington suggests an unhurried and genteel way of life that is more reminiscent of Kentucky’s ties with the antebellum South than it is reflective of the state’s position in the fast-paced economy of an industrialized country.
Kentucky’s Demographics
- Population (2006 American Community Survey): 4,206,0741
- Race/ethnicity (2006 American Community Survey): 89.5% white; 7.4% black/African American; 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native; 0.9% Asian; 0.1% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander; 0.8% other race; 1.2% two or more races; 2.0% Hispanic/Latino (of any race)