Mobile, Alabama Alcohol and Drug Rehabs
Mobile, AL: Center Of The Opioid Epidemic And Meth On The Rise
In addition to its famously beautiful southern live oaks and legendary place in baseball history (having produced more players in Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame than any city except New York and Los Angeles,) Mobile, Alabama is sadly becoming famous for something else- an out of control opioid epidemic.
Studies show that doctors in Alabama prescribe more opioids per person than in anywhere else in the country, and Mobile currently has the 5th highest rate of painkiller prescriptions in the state. Drugs like Oxycodone, morphine, and hydrocodone can be legally prescribed purchased, but these prescription painkillers are highly addictive because they target the body's pain receptors, blocking them and creating feelings of happiness, euphoria, and well-being. Just one or two of these pills can get even the most vigilant person hooked and start them down a long spiral down into the throes of full-on addiction.
It is estimated that at least 30,000 people in Alabama have an opioid or heroin dependence, and in 2016, Alabama recorded 343 deaths due to opioid overdose alone. In recent years, Mobile authorities have encountered large supplies of heroin (often the next step after prescription pain pills, as heroin is cheaper and much easier to obtain on the street) laced with fentanyl, a cheap, powerful and extremely deadly synthetic opioid.
Meth Abuse & Trafficking On the Rise
As if the opioid epidemic wasn't enough for Mobile to deal with, Methamphetamine use is growing in the city at an alarming rate. In fact, almost half of all drug cases handled by law enforcement in Alabama in 2017 were related to meth, and in recent years, Mobile County has sadly become a center for large-scale methamphetamine production. In 2016, authorities discovered sixteen meth labs in the area and at least nine were found in 2017. In that same year, drug enforcement agents arrested a Mobile drug trafficker carrying at least $50,000 worth of methamphetamine, with an obvious intent to sell.
An Uphill Battle
Police in cities like Mobile face an uphill battle, because every time they take a drug or drug dealer off the street, another substance and the people who peddle it rise up to fill the void. As the police continue to close meth labs throughout the city, drug dealers continue to adapt, introducing slightly different—and often more harmful—drugs into the market like "Ice," an even more potent version of methamphetamine. For the sake of countless valuable American lives, we can only hope that authorities gain the upper hand.
The population of Mobile, AL. is 273,843. If you or a family member are inflicted with drug addiction or alcoholism, there are 34 drug and alcohol rehab centers locally and in the surrounding areas just waiting for you to call and to say that you need help.
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service Settings and Treatment Approaches in Mobile, AL.
There are so many individuals here addicted to alcohol and drugs that do not know what to do to improve their current situation. We are here to ensure that those individuals needing help for their addiction are aware that there are alcoholism and drug treatment programs that serve the area. These are some of the types of treatment facilities available: inpatient addiction treatment programs, long term drug rehab centers, detox centers, outpatient day treatment, short term drug rehab programs and other options. These addiction treatment programs here provide several different types of treatment such as group therapy, 12-step facilitation approach, vocational rehabilitation services, matrix model, rational emotive behavioral therapy, couple/family therapy and others.
Special Programs for Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Forms of Payment Accepted
Because addiction treatment is not a "one size fits all situation", programs here offer special programs for clients referred from the court/judicial system, self-help groups, persons with eating disorders, veterans, co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, treatment for spanish-speaking clients, and others. Drug and alcohol treatment can be paid for in several different ways such as private medical insurance, private pay, sliding fee scale, payment assistance, county or local government funds, state corrections or juvenile justice funds and other methods of payment in the listings below that service the area.
If you are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and live in Mobile, there are alcohol and drug rehab programs that can give you the help you need to start on the road to recovery.
