Alaska Drug Intervention Services
Only a small fraction of people in Alaska in need of drug rehab actually get the help they need. That is why a drug intervention in Alaska may be what is needed to get your loved one into a quality addiction treatment center that can really help them.
Alaska has one of the highest per capita uses of controlled substances, partially attributing to the equally high per capita incidence of alcoholism, rape, and suicide compared with the rest of the United States.
There are five major drugs of abuse that make up 95 percent of all drug rehab admissions that may require an intervention in Alaska. These are alcohol, opiates (mainly heroin and prescription painkillers), marijuana, cocaine and other stimulants such as methamphetamine.
Not sure if a drug or alcohol intervention in Alaska is right for your loved one? Call us to find out how different types of interventions can be performed to get the addict's agreement to get help.
Due to its non-contiguous location with the rest of the United States and shared border with Canada, Alaska is both a transshipment state as well as consumer state for controlled substances. Dominican and Mexican organizations are primarily responsible for cocaine distribution in Alaska. Methamphetamine seizures and abuse are on the increase. Drug trafficking organizations in Alaska also engage in money laundering, using a variety of methods to legitimize and reposition illicit proceeds.
Our drug intervention specialists are expert at addressing the situation with the addict as well as the family to help determine who shoudl be involved, how it the situation should be approached and what the best overall way would be to help get the addict's agreement to enter into a drug rehab program.
Has the addict already been to treatment before? This is a common problem. Unfortunately there are many addiction treatment centers that have very low success rates. We can help you find a more effective drug rehab program to inrease your loved one's chances at staying drug-free and get them to realize that there is a way out.
An imortant piece of information for you to have is that, contrary to popular opinion, alcoholism and other drug addiction is not an incurable disease. People become cured from this ailment every single day and never go back to using drugs or alcohol. In addition, giving substitute drugs to addicts will never solve the problem. Sure, a prescription here or there might temporarily treat the symptoms and make them feel better, but their body and mind will still be dependent on drugs to function in life and they will therefore always be looking for drugs as a solution to life's problems.
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