Montgomery, Alabama Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities
Montgomery, Alabama & The Coming Opioid Wave
The city of Montgomery, Alabama—second largest in the state after Birmingham—is famous for many things, including being the capital during the Confederacy, and is where Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President. (It's also the current capital of the state and sits in Montgomery County.) But in recent years Montgomery has become known for something else-a rising tide of drug abuse.
Montgomery Country has a poverty level that is 22% higher than the state average of 18.9%. At the same time, its 79% high school graduation rate is far lower than the state rate of 89%. These are social factors that can often negatively influence mental health and rates of drug and alcohol abuse.
Currently (according to authorities) the biggest drug problem in Montgomery is marijuana and cocaine, which is of concern since these drugs are considered gateway or starter drugs that can lead to abuse of other more harmful substances, including heroin (already present in Montgomery) and synthetic opioids.
The Coming Opioid Tsunami
The country-wide opioid epidemic—currently ravaging cities in Jefferson County like Birmingham and Mobile--hasn't yet reached Montgomery in its full fury, but authorities believe that a tidal way of overdoses is surely on its way. To be prepared for it, the Alabama Department of Mental Health and the Department of Public Health has begun distributing Naloxone, a fast-acting drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses to police and first responders. Naloxone--also known as Narcan—can save lives, but it does nothing to address the cause of the addiction, and it is not treatment. Additionally, the city of Montgomery filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of a popular opioid, OxyContin, in April of 2018, and attorneys for the city hope to hold Purdue Pharma responsible for their part in misrepresenting the addictiveness of their drugs, as well as for their aggressive marketing techniques targeted at both doctors and patients. We can only hope that the city's efforts can shift the tides of fate and stem the tide of opioid addiction that has decimated so many other cities. Only time will tell.
Montgomery has a population of 210,386. In numerous cities around Alabama, addicts and families of addicts alike experience the compiled problems of substance abuse. This region of the country is no exception to the pain and suffering that drug and alcohol abuse brings to people and communities.
With quick access to drugs like heroin, cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana and other addictive substances in the community, there are problems of drug and alcohol abuse in the area. Fortunately, there are also 31 substance abuse treatment centers available.
Drug/Alcohol Treatment Service Settings and Treatment Approaches In The Area
There are long term drug addiction treatment, detoxification programs, short term drug and alcohol rehab facilities, outpatient hospital programs, inpatient addiction treatment centers and other options. These alcohol and drug rehab programs in Montgomery, AL. provide multiple different types of treatment such as trauma therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, vocational rehabilitation services, dual diagnosis drug rehab, anger management, individual psychotherapy and more.
Special Programs for Substance Abuse Treatment and Forms of Payment Accepted
Addiction treatment comes in a broad form of methods and treatment plans which is why centers often offer special programs for transgender or (LGBT) clients, persons with eating disorders, clients with HIV/AIDS, persons with serious mental illness, co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, clients referred from the court/judicial system, and others. Addiction treatment can be paid for in several different ways: private insurance, private pay, sliding fee scale, medicare, medicaid, state corrections or juvenile justice funds, state welfare or child and family services 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 Montgomery, get the help that you need now, it is available to you.
