Alabama Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Treatment Centers and Programs
Alabama has historically struggled with a rate of alcohol abuse above the national average. While that has dropped in recent years, another threat to the state’s citizens, especially its young people, is rising. Alabama’s location on the Gulf Coast ensures a steady flow of illicit drugs smuggled in from Mexico and the Caribbean, and a good deal of it is consumed in the state. Drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Alabama now report that nearly twice as many people are admitted for marijuana abuse as for alcohol.
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
State of Alabama Profile of Drug Indicators
December 2007
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency also reports a troubling rise in the presence of club drugs like ketamine, LSD, Ecstasy, and PHP on college campuses and at parties where young people gather, as well as an increase in the abuse of prescription drugs like hydrocodone. Methamphetamine, a particularly nasty drug to treat because of its extreme addictive qualities and terrible physical and mental affect on the body, is also affecting more and more people in Alabama. As noted from the chart below, Alabama teenagers are being affected by these drugs in greater numbers than ever before.
Treatment for drug and alcohol abuse in Alabama is offered through 138 (as of 2006, the most recent year for which data is available) drug and alcohol treatment and recovery centers. Alabama citizens have a choice between 66 private nonprofit and 43 private for-private facilities, with the rest owned and operated by the State of Alabama or other governmental agencies. Just over half of all of these treatment centers receive public funding of one type or another, increasing accessibility for residents with drug and alcohol abuse problems. However, despite the presence of drug and alcohol programs and centers across the state, prospective patients should be aware that they are not the same. Types of services and programs will vary, and not all drug and alcohol treatment centers in Alabama either offer or are certified to offer to certain types of care.
The majority of drug and alcohol treatment programs in Alabama are provided on an outpatient basis. This is the most cost effective for many patients but may not offer the full range of care required for some. A total of 38 Alabama treatment centers offer residential programs, full inpatient care for patients whose addictions have taken a serious toll on their bodies, or who need the peace and freedom from daily stresses offered by such centers in order to focus on recovery. People with drug abuse problems should be aware that only 19 Alabama substance abuse centers, as of 2006, offered programs for opioid abuse (heroine, hydrocodone, prescription painkillers), and only 18 were certified to use buprenorphine for treatment of opiate addictions.
All patients seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse in Alabama should carefully evaluate their local and regional options to discover what programs are offered, whether those programs will holistically address their problem, or if services are limited to a single focus (counseling, detoxification, group support). Programs proven to produce good outcomes for substance abuse encompass detoxification, counseling, and behavior modification in addition to strong ongoing support. No single facet of treatment can hope to beat a substance abuse problem in and of itself.
- Abbeville
- Alabaster
- Alexander City
- Anniston
- Gadsden
- Attalla
- Bessemer
- Birmingham
- Boaz
- Brent
- Carrollton
- Cullman
- Spanish Fort
- Decatur
- Demopolis
- Dothan
- Fairhope
- Florence
- Fort Payne
- Geneva
- Grand Bay
- Guntersville
- Hamilton
- Huntsville
- Jasper
- Livingston
- Madison
- Millbrook
- Mobile
- Montgomery
- Northport
- Opelika
- Oxford
- Roanoke
- Russellville
- Scottsboro
- Selma
- Sheffield
- Sylacauga
- Troy
- Tuscaloosa
- Warrior
- Wetumpka
Alabama has historically struggled with a rate of alcohol abuse above the national average. While that has dropped in recent years, another threat to the state’s citizens, especially its young people, is rising. Alabama’s location on the Gulf Coast ensures a steady flow of illicit drugs smuggled in from Mexico and the Caribbean, and a good deal of it is consumed in the state. Drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Alabama now report that nearly twice as many people are admitted for marijuana abuse as for alcohol.
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
State of Alabama Profile of Drug Indicators
December 2007
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency also reports a troubling rise in the presence of club drugs like ketamine, LSD, Ecstasy, and PHP on college campuses and at parties where young people gather, as well as an increase in the abuse of prescription drugs like hydrocodone. Methamphetamine, a particularly nasty drug to treat because of its extreme addictive qualities and terrible physical and mental affect on the body, is also affecting more and more people in Alabama. As noted from the chart below, Alabama teenagers are being affected by these drugs in greater numbers than ever before.
Treatment for drug and alcohol abuse in Alabama is offered through 138 (as of 2006, the most recent year for which data is available) drug and alcohol treatment and recovery centers. Alabama citizens have a choice between 66 private nonprofit and 43 private for-private facilities, with the rest owned and operated by the State of Alabama or other governmental agencies. Just over half of all of these treatment centers receive public funding of one type or another, increasing accessibility for residents with drug and alcohol abuse problems. However, despite the presence of drug and alcohol programs and centers across the state, prospective patients should be aware that they are not the same. Types of services and programs will vary, and not all drug and alcohol treatment centers in Alabama either offer or are certified to offer to certain types of care.
The majority of drug and alcohol treatment programs in Alabama are provided on an outpatient basis. This is the most cost effective for many patients but may not offer the full range of care required for some. A total of 38 Alabama treatment centers offer residential programs, full inpatient care for patients whose addictions have taken a serious toll on their bodies, or who need the peace and freedom from daily stresses offered by such centers in order to focus on recovery. People with drug abuse problems should be aware that only 19 Alabama substance abuse centers, as of 2006, offered programs for opioid abuse (heroine, hydrocodone, prescription painkillers), and only 18 were certified to use buprenorphine for treatment of opiate addictions.
All patients seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse in Alabama should carefully evaluate their local and regional options to discover what programs are offered, whether those programs will holistically address their problem, or if services are limited to a single focus (counseling, detoxification, group support). Programs proven to produce good outcomes for substance abuse encompass detoxification, counseling, and behavior modification in addition to strong ongoing support. No single facet of treatment can hope to beat a substance abuse problem in and of itself.
- Abbeville
- Alabaster
- Alexander City
- Anniston
- Gadsden
- Attalla
- Bessemer
- Birmingham
- Boaz
- Brent
- Carrollton
- Cullman
- Spanish Fort
- Decatur
- Demopolis
- Dothan
- Fairhope
- Florence
- Fort Payne
- Geneva
- Grand Bay
- Guntersville
- Hamilton
- Huntsville
- Jasper
- Livingston
- Madison
- Millbrook
- Mobile
- Montgomery
- Northport
- Opelika
- Oxford
- Roanoke
- Russellville
- Scottsboro
- Selma
- Sheffield
- Sylacauga
- Troy
- Tuscaloosa
- Warrior
- Wetumpka
