Facts
- When crack is cooked down in order to prepare it for injection, diseases can be spread if the tools used to cook the cocaine are themselves contaminated.
- Methadone maintenance treatment clinics have been hampered by government regulations that require most patients to come to the clinic a minimum of five days a week, making it difficult for individuals who are taking part in these programs to maintain employment.
- Non-Hispanic whites who are admitted to drug rehab are 15% more likely to complete treatment or be transferred to other drug rehab programs than individuals who were of another race or ethnicity.
- Nearly all federal offenders sentenced for heroin related charges in 2008 were involved in trafficking, and 0.8% of cases were for simple possession.
Lincoln, NM. - Native American Or Alaska Native LanguagesThere are specialized drug treatment programs that offer their services in Native American or Alaska native languages. These rehab centers offer the same quality care to all their clients while also supplying all counseling/therapy, questionnaires, enrollment documents and educational materials in the client's native language. The staff at the drug treatment center will likely be bilingual and able to communicate in English or their Native American or Alaska native languages. The ultimate goal of all treatment programs is to return the client to their family, friends and community drug-free and able to stand on their own two feet. Recovery from drug or alcohol addiction is a difficult journey, but one that will change the addicts life in ways they cannot imagine until they experience lasting sobriety.