Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism is not something most people can over come by themselves. A Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab 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 Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program are:
- Does the Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility have proper credentials?
- How much does a Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program cost?
- What is the success rate of the Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility in question?
Many people find that speaking to a counselor or Registered Addiction Specialist is extremely helpful when deciding on a Drug Rehab and Alcoholism Treatment Program. Drug Counselors in West Virginia 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 West Virginia and can increase your chances of getting into the correct Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehab Facility that will best address your treatment needs.
If you would like to speak with a Registered Addiction Specialist regarding Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Centers in West Virginia, call our toll-free number and one of our drug counselors will assist you in finding a Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility. You can also fill out our form if you would like an Addiction Specialist to contact you directly and help you or your loved one find the appropriate Drug Rehab and Alcoholism Treatment Center.
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Drug Rehabs West Virginia
Largely rural, West Virginia's most pronounced drug problems involve the abuse and clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine, marijuana consumption and cultivation, and pharmaceutical drug diversion and abuse. Cocaine, crack, and MDMA are available in most areas of the state. Drug distributors in West Virginia are uniquely placed to take advantage of sources of supply from both nearby eastern cities like Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC, as well as large mid-western cities such as Columbus, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan.
Due to West Virginia’s drug problem many specialized drug and alcohol rehab programs have been created. When it comes to choosing the right drug rehab in West Virginia to meet your needs the options can seem overwhelming. Keep this in mind when considering what type of treatment program to attend; the most successful type of drug rehabilitation is long term drug rehab.
Most rehabs that offer long term help usually have between a 70-80 percent success rate. A long term drug rehab should be at least 90 days and offer an open ended program. How can a drug rehab facility tell a family that it will take “30 days” to cure the addiction? Most people struggling with an addiction have underlying issues that are causing them to self medicate. Addressing these problems is vital to overcoming drug or alcohol addiction. This process is often lengthy and takes a considerable about of time to complete.
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 | 113 | 13 | 36 | 65 | 101 |
| Past Year Marijuana Use | 136 | 18 | 47 | 71 | 118 |
| Past Month Marijuana Use | 81 | 9 | 29 | 43 | 72 |
| Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana | 64 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 57 |
| Past Year Cocaine Use | 36 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Past Year Nonmedical Pain Reliever Use | 79 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 69 |
| Perception of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month | 670 | 54 | 47 | 570 | 617 |
| Average Annual Number of Marijuana Initiates | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| ALCOHOL | |||||
| Past Month Alcohol Use | 569 | 21 | 99 | 450 | 549 |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use | 289 | 12 | 72 | 205 | 277 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Drinking Five or More Drinks Once or Twice a Week |
642 | 56 | 62 | 524 | 586 |
| Past Month Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 39 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| TOBACCO PRODUCTS | |||||
| Past Month Tobacco Product Use | 582 | 22 | 95 | 465 | 560 |
| Past Month Cigarette Use | 479 | 17 | 82 | 379 | 462 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day |
1,045 | 94 | 117 | 834 | 951 |
| PAST YEAR DEPENDENCE, .USE, AND TREATMENT | |||||
| Illicit Drug Dependence | 29 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 |
| Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 42 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 36 |
| Alcohol Dependence | 46 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 44 |
| Alcohol Dependence or Abuse | 95 | 6 | 30 | 59 | 88 |
| Alcohol or Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 120 | 9 | 37 | 73 | 110 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug Use | 36 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Alcohol Use | 91 | 6 | 28 | 57 | 85 |
| SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS | -- | -- | 38 | 164 | 202 |
| HAVING AT LEAST ONE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE | -- | 12 | 22 | 107 | 128 |
West Virginia Drug Use and Drug-Related Crime
- During 2007, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported 113 arrests for drug violations in West Virginia.
- There were 4,100 state and local arrests for drug abuse violations in West Virginia during 2006.
- According to 2005-2006 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 123,000 (8%) West Virginia citizens (ages 12 or older) reported past month use of an illicit drug.
- Approximately 691,000 (44.75%) West Virginia citizens reported that using marijuana occasionally (once a month) was a “great risk”.
- Additional 2005-2006 NSDUH results indicate that 45,000 (2.90%) West Virginia citizens reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year. Approximately 29,000 (1.87%) reported past year illicit drug dependence.
- According to the El Paso Intelligence Center, there were 9 children in West Virginia affected by methamphetamine laboratories during 2007.
- During 2006, there were 7,642 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in West Virginia. There were 6,383 admissions to treatment in 2005.
- According to 2005-2006 NSDUH data, approximately 42,000 (2.69%) West Virginia citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment for illicit drug use within the past year.
- In the state of West Virginia it is estimated that there will be around 8,399 DUI's, and 100 deaths due to intoxicated driving this year. Statistics also show that there will be 509 deaths related to alcohol abuse, 2,609 tobacco related deaths, and 101 deaths due to illicit drug use.
- It is believed that there are around 87,755 marijuana users, 14,380 cocaine addicts, and 814 heroin addicts living in West Virginia. It is also estimated that there are 38,429 people abusing prescription drugs, 3,666 people that use inhalants, and 6,526 people who use hallucinogens.
- In West Virginia, there will be around 11,078 people arrested this year for drug related charges.
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Cocaine:
- Cocaine hydrochloride and crack cocaine are widely available in most West Virginia cities. Crack cocaine abuse generally remains confined to low and low-middle income individuals, but crosses all ethnic lines. Rural communities have been drastically affected by crack distribution and accompanying violence. Cocaine availability is limited to large-retail or small-wholesale quantities. Source areas for cocaine are more varied than for other drugs consumed in the state and are largely based on the trafficker's location within West Virginia.
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Heroin:
- Heroin abuse in the central and northern parts of West Virginia increased during 2008. Enclaves of long-term heroin addicts rely on one another to procure supplies of heroin from secondary source cities such as Philadelphia and Baltimore. The heroin sold in West Virginia typically retains the street/brand name and packaging of the Philadelphia or Baltimore-area supplier.
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Methamphetamine:
- Clandestine methamphetamine laboratory activity in West Virginia, which has been very high, decreased as a result of state and Federal laws regulating the sale of precursors. Previously, methamphetamine manufacture appeared to be centered in the Panhandle region of the state, but has expanded to include other areas of northern West Virginia as well as some clandestine laboratory sites in the southeastern portion of the state bordering Kentucky and Virginia. In addition, methamphetamine distributors in West Virginia often share Mexican sources of supply with distributors in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley region.
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Club Drugs:
- MDMA abuse in West Virginia remains fairly concentrated near Morgantown, the location of West Virginia University. Demand for MDMA in college towns is sufficient to ensure that thousands of the pills reach West Virginia every month. Because of West Virginia's remote terrain, the area is purported to host numerous private "rave" parties but attendance at large-scale, publicized raves has been disappointing to promoters.
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Marijuana:
- Both imported and domestic, locally-cultivated marijuana pose a serious drug threat in West Virginia. Although the state ranks 37th in population in the U.S., in 2008 West Virginia ranked in the top five states for marijuana eradication. West Virginia commonly serves as a source area for domestic marijuana. The Appalachia HIDTA was established initially to combat marijuana cultivation in the tri-state area - Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia - although that mission has expanded. However, Mexican commercial grade marijuana is still more prevalent than domestically cultivated marijuana in West Virginia.
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Pharmaceuticals and Other Drugs:
- Current investigations indicate that diversion of oxycodone and hydrocodone products, as well as methadone and Alprazolam, continues to be a problem in West Virginia. Primary methods of diversion being reported are illegal sale and distribution by health care professionals and workers, “doctor shopping” (going to a number of doctors to obtain prescriptions for a controlled pharmaceutical), employee theft, forged prescriptions, and the Internet. Suboxone and Carisoprodol were identified as being new drugs of pharmaceutical abuse in West Virginia. West Virginia leads the nation in methadone-related deaths per capita, and has the fastest-growing rate of methadone overdoses.
West Virginia is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland and Virginia to the east, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. The Ohio River forms a large section of the upper western boundary, while the Potomac River forms a section of the northern boundary. The Great Kanawha, Little Kanawha, Monongahela, and Shenandoah rivers cross the state. West Virginia is crossed by the Appalachian Mountains and is generally rugged land. The highest elevation is Spruce Knob (4,861 ft [1,482 m]). Long occupied by Indian hunters, it was home to the Adena, or Mound Builders, who left archaeological traces. They were succeeded by the Iroquois and the Cherokee. The first permanent white settlement was in the 1730s. The English controlled the region during the 1750s and 1760s. Though eastern Virginia was rapidly settled, the western area’s rugged terrain restricted settlement there. After the American Revolution, largely nonslaving settlers moved west; they grew dissatisfied with the Virginia government. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, residents from western Virginia voted against the ordinance of secession in 1861. In 1863 West Virginia was admitted to the Union as the 35th state. Its industrial emergence, encouraged by railroad expansion, began in the 1870s when its natural resources, including coal and gas, contributed to the growth of the U.S. In the 20th century, recreation and tourism became an increasingly important part of the state’s economy.
West Virginia's Demographics
- Population (2006 American Community Survey): 1,818,4701
- Race/Ethnicity (2006 American Community Survey): 94.6% white; 3.2% black/African American; 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native; 0.6% Asian; 0.1% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander; 0.2% other race; 1.1% two or more races; 0.8% Hispanic/Latino (of any race)