Alaska Drug Rehab/Treatment

ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION CAUSES HARDSHIP IN ALASKA

Every state and region needs effective drug and alcohol rehab and addiction treatment, but Alaska has evidence of a severe alcohol and drug problem, which in Alaska continues to erode the quality life for far too many people. Lives of addicts, alcoholics and their loved ones are ruined as a result of drug or alcohol abuse and addiction. Personal heath can be ruined. Relationships and marriages are ruined by fear, anger and mistrust. Careers are ruined as a result of poor or failing performance resulting financial health often times being completely ruined as well. Entire communities can be ruined with the increased crime and violence that goes hand and hand with heavy drug use and addiction in an area.

All too often drug and alcohol addiction leads to death or prison for the addict or alcoholic. The lives of addicts or alcoholics are consumed by the need for the next drug or drink at any cost. The energies of concerned loved ones are eaten up in attempts and failures to understand, aid, and find workable answers.

The end result is often an apathy of hoplessness, despair, and a failure to help, despite our best intentions. Meanwhile, anger and resentment (expressed or not) influence the addicts or alcoholics attempts to get clean and sober as well as effecting loved ones attitudes and attempts to help.

Alaska statistics show that an estimated 39,000 individuals had an alcohol abuse or dependence problem in the 2005, while an estimated 18,000 individuals had an illicit drug abuse, dependence, or addiction problem.

Studies in Alaska also shows that an estimated 37,000 individuals in Alaska needed alcohol rehab treatment but did not receive it in 2005 and another estimated 18,000 individuals were in need of drug addiction treatment but did not receive it.

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DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS IN ALASKA ARE NOT GETTING BETTER

Drug trafficking, drug abuse and addiction, and the need for effective drug rehab are not expected to level off or drop anytime soon in Alaska. Looking at the following figures we can see the percentages of Alaska residents drug use for 2005.

Dependence on or abuse of any illicit drug or alcohol 9.79
Marijuana use in past year 16.03
Cocaine use in past year 2.56
Non-medical use of pain relievers 5.61
Alcohol abuse or dependence in last year 7.51
This is a sampling and is by no means complete.

When considering the drug problem in Alaska, we also need to consider the impact of prescription drugs of abuse as well as methamphetamine, both of which have moved out of the local arena and have taken on the color of national epidemics, especially among youth. Alaska statistics for 2005 show:

Non-medical use of any prescription psychotherapeutic drugs in past year 32,000
Non-medical use of pain relievers in past year 28,000
Non-medical use of tranquilizers in past year 9,000
Non-medical use of stimulants in past year 6,000
Non-medical use of methamphetamine in past year 3,000
Non-medical use of sedatives in past year 2,000