RSS Narconon Drug Treatment Can Help Rhode Island Residents
According to recent statistics, Rhode Island has the highest number of people in who need but have not gone into a drug treatment program in the United States. Recent reports from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicate that Rhode Island has the highest rate of illicit drug use in the country for those 12 and older. This was during 2006.
Further information from the Office of the National Drug Control Policy shows that 2.48% of the population or 22,000 Rhode Island citizens reported drug dependence and around 11% of the state reported drug abuse or dependence over a one month period. This accounts for 97,000 residents of Rhode Island. The current population of the entire state is about 1 million residents.
Part of the reason for the increase in drug abuse in Rhode Island could be the continued abuse of cocaine, heroin and marijuana throughout the state. Some point to the recent increase in the abuse of pharmaceutical drugs like OxyContin that is actually being sold throughout Rhode Island for about a dollar a milligram.
Whatever the reason for the increased problems with drug abuse in Rhode Island, the solution to the problem is to get more effective drug treatment programs available for residents. One such program that has a long history of treating citizens of Rhode Island as well as the entire Northeast is the Narconon Freedom Treatment Center.
Narconon Freedom Treatment Center has been handling addicts for the last 7 years, specializing in all types of drug and/or alcohol addictions while achieving an over 70% success rate for permanent sobriety. The Narconon program uses a very effective technology to handle addiction; addressing both the mental and physical aspects of the problem and using life skills therapy to increase the ability of the individual and return him to society a productive, ethical and contributing member.
Based on recent statistics, the citizens of Rhode Island need effective drug treatment that can permanently help those suffering with substance abuse issues. Otherwise more and more Rhode Island citizens will continue suffer with addiction and the state will end up handling the negative consequences that drug abuse causes.
