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Florida Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Treatment Centers and Programs

 

 

 

 

 

For years, Florida earned its reputation as the land of “Miami Vice,” and while law enforcement has made huge inroads into the drug trafficking throughout the state, illicit drugs remain a problem. Per the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Florida’s 8,000 miles of coastline provide pretty much unlimited access to smugglers. Much of what is brought in from the Caribbean is consumed in the state, contributing to a problem that the State of Florida spent $310 million dollars combating in 2008 through substance abuse programs for children and adults.

Despite these efforts, Florida drug and alcohol treatment centers report that drug-only admissions have doubled from 21% of all admissions in 1992 to 46% in 2006. They note a sharp rise in cocaine and marijuana in comparison to alcohol, and a troubling trend that mimics nationwide concerns over the number of people now being treated for addictions to opiates other than heroin. Drug treatment centers in Florida are seeing the results of large-scale diversion of pharmaceuticals like Vicodin and Oxycontin to recreational use. The Drug Enforcement Agency reports that five people a day die in Florida as a direct result of prescription drug abuse.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues At-A-Glance, Florida
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),  December 2008

Florida drug and alcohol treatment centers are located all over the state: 668 of them as of 2006. Publicly-owned facilities make up only a small fraction of these; by far the majority of rehab centers in Florida are private nonprofit (57%) or private for-profit (33%) treatment facilities. Together they offer Floridians a wide range of choices of care, and a variety of programs for drug and alcohol abuse.

Citizens seeking help for substance abuse in Florida should be aware that not all treatment centers in the state offer the same programs, or even the same approach to treatment. Just 44 Florida rehabilitation centers offered opioid treatment programs in 2006, often used successfully in treating heroin addiction and many forms of prescription drug abuse. While buprenorphine has been proven to be an effective newer treatment for opiate addiction, just 608 doctors and 68 programs were certified to administer it as of 2006. This means that local community programs for drug and alcohol treatment in Florida may or may not offer the correct mix of services or appropriate programs for a particular need.

Since levels of addiction vary wildly among individuals, some patients may have to look outside the local area to find comprehensive services such as residential care programs, which are offered by 228 Florida drug and alcohol treatment centers. This type of inpatient treatment may be necessary for severely debilitated patients or those who need the total focus on recovery found in a residential rehab facility. Most Florida rehabilitation centers provide services on an outpatient basis.

The sheer number of drugs available on Florida’s streets, and especially in schools, where drug rings are targeting younger and younger children, should prove troubling to teachers and parents alike. Club drugs like Ecstasy, GHB, and Ketamine are often perceived by young people as less dangerous than cocaine, but are in themselves addictive, as is marijuana, another “low-risk” drug which accounted for 28% of all drug admissions to Florida rehabilitation centers in 2006. The plain fact is, there are no “safe” drugs, and experimentation can lead all too quickly to a lifetime drug habit. Families should seek help at the first indication of a substance abuse problem.

Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
State of Florida Profile of Drug Indicators
May 2008

 

 

 

 

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