Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism is not something most people can over come by themselves. A Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center 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 Alcohol Treatment and Drug Treatment Program are:
- Does the Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program have proper credentials?
- How much does a Drug Treatment and Alcoholism Treatment Facility cost?
- What is the success rate of the Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center in question?
Many people find that speaking to a counselor or Registered Addiction Specialist is extremely helpful when deciding on a Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program. Drug Counselors in Kansas 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 Kansas and can increase your chances of getting into the correct Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program that will best address your treatment needs.
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Drug Rehabs Kansas
Mexican poly-drug trafficking organizations control a large majority of the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in Kansas. Various organizations with ties to Texas, Arizona and California continue to distribute drugs throughout the state. Other organized criminal groups, such as Asian DTOs and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are also involved with distribution in Kansas, but to a lesser degree.
Due to the drug and alcohol addiction problem in Kansas, many specialized drug rehabilitation programs have been created. This is because no single treatment is appropriate for everyone. Matching treatment settings, interventions, and services to an individual's particular problems and needs is critical to his or her ultimate success in returning to productive functioning in the family, workplace, and society. Effective treatment attends to multiple needs of the individual, not just his or her drug abuse. To be effective, treatment must address the individual's drug abuse and any associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, and legal problems. It is also important that treatment be appropriate to the individual's age, gender, ethnicity, and culture.
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 | 166 | 22 | 54 | 89 | 144 |
| Past Year Marijuana Use | 218 | 29 | 89 | 100 | 189 |
| Past Month Marijuana Use | 126 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 110 |
| Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana | 84 | 13 | 27 | 45 | 72 |
| Past Year Cocaine Use | 50 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 46 |
| Past Year Nonmedical Pain Reliever Use | 109 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 92 |
| Perception of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month | 892 | 94 | 77 | 720 | 798 |
| Average Annual Number of Marijuana Initiates | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| ALCOHOL | |||||
| Past Month Alcohol Use | 1,180 | 43 | 214 | 924 | 1,138 |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use | 572 | 27 | 159 | 386 | 545 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Drinking Five or More Drinks Once or Twice a Week |
872 | 89 | 79 | 703 | 782 |
| Past Month Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 113 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 82 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| TOBACCO PRODUCTS | |||||
| Past Month Tobacco Product Use | 726 | 36 | 159 | 530 | 690 |
| Past Month Cigarette Use | 581 | 28 | 131 | 422 | 553 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day |
1,582 | 160 | 210 | 1,212 | 1,422 |
| PAST YEAR DEPENDENCE, .USE, AND TREATMENT | |||||
| Illicit Drug Dependence | 36 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 52 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Alcohol Dependence | 88 | 6 | 29 | 53 | 82 |
| Alcohol Dependence or Abuse | 194 | 16 | 65 | 112 | 177 |
| Alcohol or Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 217 | 21 | 73 | 123 | 196 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug Use | 44 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Alcohol Use | 183 | 15 | 64 | 104 | 168 |
| SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS | -- | -- | 56 | 183 | 239 |
| HAVING AT LEAST ONE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE | -- | 22 | 32 | 120 | 152 |
Kansas Drug Use and Drug-Related Crime
- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported making 277 arrests in Kansas during 2007.
- According to 2005-2006 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 177,000 (8%) of Kansas citizens (ages 12 or older) reported past month use of an illicit drug.
- Approximately 832,000 (37.07%) Kansas citizens reported that using marijuana occasionally (once a month) was a “great risk”.
- Additional 2005-2006 NSDUH results indicate that 64,000 (2.86%) Kansas citizens reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year. Approximately 44,000 (1.97%) reported past year illicit drug dependence.
- During 2007, authorities reported that there were 2 children affected by methamphetamine laboratories in Kansas.
- During 2006, there were 15,368 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in Kansas. There were 15,261 such treatment admissions during 2005. In 2004, there were 15,496 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in the state.
- According to 2005-2006 NSDUH data, approximately 53,000 (2.37%) Kansas citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment for illicit drug use within the past year.
- In the state of Kansas it is estimated that there will be around 12,767 DUI's, and 152 deaths due to intoxicated driving this year. Statistics also show that there will be 773 deaths related to alcohol abuse, 3,966 tobacco related deaths, and 154 deaths due to illicit drug use.
- It is believed that there are around 133,388 marijuana users, 21,858 cocaine addicts, and 1,238 heroin addicts living in Kansas. It is also estimated that there are 58,413 people abusing prescription drugs, 5,572 people that use inhalants, and 9,920 people who use hallucinogens.
- In Kansas, there will be around 16,838 people arrested this year for drug related charges.
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Cocaine:
- Both cocaine HCl and crack cocaine are readily available throughout the state of Kansas. Cocaine typically comes from sources of supply in Texas and California that are associated with Mexican international distribution organizations. Much of the cocaine is converted to crack, packaged in plastic bags, and sold in the inner-city areas. Hispanic traffickers control the wholesale distribution of cocaine, while many ethnic groups participate in retail level distribution. Most of the cocaine seized in the Kansas City DO (KCDO) area of responsibility can be traced to organizations in either Texas or Phoenix, Arizona. The KCDO reports that Kansas City also serves as a transshipment point for cocaine being shipped to Dayton, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; New York, New York; and to cities in New Jersey.
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Heroin:
- The availability of Mexican black tar heroin in most of Kansas remains limited to small, user quantities, although larger quantities can be found in cities such as Wichita and Kansas City. Law enforcement indicates that there is little or no heroin present in western Kansas and only limited availability in the Topeka area. Although a few shipments of white heroin have been interdicted in Kansas, they were destined for locations outside the state, and there are no indications that white heroin is being sold or abused in Kansas.
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Methamphetamine:
- Crystal or “ice” methamphetamine, produced and trafficked by Mexican DTOs, is predominant throughout Kansas. Imported Mexican methamphetamine is generally high in purity and relatively inexpensive. However, law enforcement throughout Kansas is reporting an increase in the local manufacture of methamphetamine. Most of these laboratories operate using the “birch” method and can be found in many different locations, including residences, hotels, vehicles, and remote farm areas. In the past several years, legislation in Kansas has limited the ability of local laboratory operators to purchase the pseudoephedrine products necessary to produce methamphetamine. The laboratory operators bypass these laws by going from store to store purchasing the maximum allowable amounts (a process known as “smurfing”) and stealing other ingredients such as anhydrous ammonia.
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Marijuana:
- Marijuana remains the most widely abused illegal substance in Kansas. Mexican traffickers dominate the marijuana market in the state, transporting large loads of lower grade marijuana via the Interstate highway system. Some of this marijuana is shipped on from the Kansas City area to other parts of the United States. Indoor cultivation, including hydroponically grown marijuana, continues to be a concern in all areas. The hydroponic marijuana is in strong demand due to its higher potency and commands a much higher price than Mexican marijuana. A highly potent form of hydroponic marijuana, known as “Purple Kush,” is also being found in the Kansas City area, and has been linked to several homicides.
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Club Drugs:
- MDMA (ecstasy) remains available in limited quantities throughout the state of Kansas. It remains popular with young users, such as teenagers and young adults. It also remains very popular in the homosexual community, where it is often abused in conjunction with methamphetamine and/or Viagra. The sources of supply for MDMA in Kansas are often Asian traffickers.
- PCP remains available in the Kansas City and Wichita areas. It is found in the African-American neighborhoods of the larger cities and is usually abused in the form of “wet,” which is cigarettes or marijuana dipped in the PCP. Sources for the PCP are usually street gangs based in Southern California.
- LSD is available in the larger cities, such as Kansas City and Wichita, and is also found in and around college campuses and other youth oriented locations throughout the state.
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Pharmaceuticals and Other Drugs:
- OxyContin continues to be the pharmaceutical drug of choice in the state of Kansas. It is favored by its users over street drugs such as heroin due to the consistent purity and quality. Kansas lists Oxycodone products as the third most abused pharmaceutical drug. Hydrocodone is another pharmaceutical product that is commonly abused. Other substances cited include: Alprazolam, Benzodiazepine, Demerol, Dilaudid, Lortab, Methylphenidate, Morphine, Nubaine, Percocet, Percodan, Phenobarbitol, Phentermine, Prozac, Tylox, Valium, Vicodin, and Xanax. The most common methods for obtaining these substances continue to be doctor shopping, prescription forgeries, pharmacy break-ins, employee theft, and internet pharmacy websites. Mexican manufactured Fentanyl has not been found in Kansas at this time.
Kansas is bounded by Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west. Lying amid the westward-rising landscape of the Great Plains of the North American continent, Kansas became the 34th state on Jan. 29, 1861. In that year the capital was located in Topeka by popular election, outpolling nearby Lawrence by some 2,700 votes. The state’s name is derived from that of the Kansa, or Kaw, whose name comes from a Siouan-language phrase meaning “people of the south wind.”
Kansas’s Demographics
- Population (2006 American Community Survey): 2,764,0751
- Race/ethnicity (2006 American Community Survey): 85.4% white; 5.6% black/African American; 0.9% American Indian/Alaska Native; 2.2% Asian; 0.0% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander; 3.4% other race; 2.5% two or more races; 8.6% Hispanic/Latino (of any race)