Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism is not something most people can over come by themselves. A Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation 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 Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program are:
- Does the Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program have proper credentials?
- How much does a Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility cost?
- What is the success rate of the Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehab Program in question?
Many people find that speaking to a counselor or Registered Addiction Specialist is extremely helpful when deciding on a Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program. Drug Counselors in Texas 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 Texas and can increase your chances of getting into the correct Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility that will best address your treatment needs.
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The DEA Dallas Field Division (DFD) encompasses roughly the northern half of the State of Texas (121 of the state’s 254 counties), as well as the entire state of Oklahoma - a combined area of approximately 174,743 square miles. The greater Dallas/Fort Worth area serves primarily as a drug distribution and transshipment area. Drug smuggling and transportation are dominated by major Mexican trafficking organizations. These groups are poly-drug organizations smuggling methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana to the Dallas/Fort Worth area for distribution in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern United States. The Division's central location and proximity to the Mexican Border provide a natural advantage for drug distribution/transshipment throughout the United States.
Due to Texas’s severe drug problem, drug rehabilitation programs have been created throughout the state. However, there are no quick fixes for drug abuse and alcoholism. Recovery is an ongoing process. The skills one learns during intensive treatment must be integrated into everyday life and this takes time. Treatment programs should include a quality, continuing care program that supports and monitors recovery.
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 | 1,249 | 189 | 398 | 662 | 1,060 |
| Past Year Marijuana Use | 1,486 | 236 | 555 | 695 | 1,250 |
| Past Month Marijuana Use | 799 | 115 | 299 | 385 | 684 |
| Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana | 744 | 113 | 198 | 433 | 631 |
| Past Year Cocaine Use | 433 | 43 | 156 | 234 | 390 |
| Past Year Nonmedical Pain Reliever Use | 887 | 149 | 258 | 480 | 738 |
| Perception of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month | 8,242 | 790 | 819 | 6,633 | 7,452 |
| Average Annual Number of Marijuana Initiates | 173 | 95 | 69 | 9 | 79 |
| ALCOHOL | |||||
| Past Month Alcohol Use | 8,930 | 311 | 1,559 | 7,060 | 8,619 |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use | 4,279 | 190 | 1,061 | 3,028 | 4,089 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Drinking Five or More Drinks Once or Twice a Week |
8,474 | 878 | 1,003 | 6,593 | 7,596 |
| Past Month Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 772 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Past Month Binge Alcohol Use (Persons Aged 12 to 20) | 504 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| TOBACCO PRODUCTS | |||||
| Past Month Tobacco Product Use | 5,533 | 239 | 1,077 | 4,217 | 5,294 |
| Past Month Cigarette Use | 4,682 | 200 | 926 | 3,557 | 4,483 |
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Perception of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day |
13,686 | 1,442 | 1,946 | 10,298 | 12,244 |
| PAST YEAR DEPENDENCE, .USE, AND TREATMENT | |||||
| Illicit Drug Dependence | 355 | 49 | 129 | 178 | 307 |
| Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 514 | 95 | 177 | 241 | 418 |
| Alcohol Dependence | 622 | 42 | 185 | 394 | 579 |
| Alcohol Dependence or Abuse | 1,357 | 106 | 398 | 853 | 1,251 |
| Alcohol or Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse | 1,631 | 158 | 489 | 984 | 1,473 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug Use | 457 | 90 | 170 | 198 | 367 |
| Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Alcohol Use | 1,323 | 104 | 399 | 819 | 1,219 |
| SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS | -- | -- | 424 | 1,357 | 1,781 |
| HAVING AT LEAST ONE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE | -- | 166 | 221 | 926 | 1,146 |
Texas Drug Use and Drug-Related Crime
- During 2007, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made 2,812 drug arrests in Texas.
- There were 144,953 total drug related arrests in Texas during 2008.
- According to 2006-2007 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 1.2 million (7%) Texas citizens (ages 12 or older) reported past month use of an illicit drug.
- More than 8 million (43.90%) Texas citizens reported that using marijuana occasionally (once a month) was a “great risk”.
- Additional 2006-2007 NSDUH results indicate that 514,000 (2.74%) Texas citizens reported illicit drug dependence or abuse within the past year. Approximately 355,000 (1.89%) reported past year illicit drug dependence.
- According to the El Paso Intelligence Center, there were 6 children affected by methamphetamine laboratories in Texas during 2008.
- According to data obtain from the Bureau of Vital Statistics; there were 703 deaths in Texas in which cocaine was mentioned during 2007.
- During 2008, there were 977 reported Poison Control Center calls related to cocaine use in Texas.
- In 2008, 12% of Texas AIDS cases were attributed to injection drug use.
- During 2008, there were 45,775 admissions to drug/alcohol treatment in Texas. There were 45,449 such admissions during 2007.
- According to 2006-2007 NSDUH data, approximately 457,000 (2.44%) Texas citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment for illicit drug use within the past year.
- In the state of Texas it is estimated that there will be around 108,582 DUI's, and 1,292 deaths due to intoxicated driving this year. Statistics also show that there will be 6,582 deaths related to alcohol abuse, 33,733 tobacco related deaths, and 1,316 deaths due to illicit drug use.
- It is believed that there are around 1,134,438 marijuana users, 185,899 cocaine addicts, and 10,531 heroin addicts living in Texas. It is also estimated that there are 496,789 people abusing prescription drugs, 47,391 people that use inhalants, and 84,369 people who use hallucinogens.
- In Texas, there will be around 143,209 people arrested this year for drug related charges.
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Cocaine:
- North Texas is a distribution and transshipment area for cocaine that is distributed via passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers to destinations in the Midwestern, Northern, and Eastern U.S. Intelligence indicates that organizations operating on the East Coast are interested in setting up an operation in the greater Dallas area in order to obtain reliable supplies of cocaine at a lower price than what they pay on the East Coast. The Houston Division is a major transshipment, distribution, and consumption center for Colombian cocaine.
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Crack:
- Throughout the metropolitan areas of Dallas and Fort Worth, crack cocaine remains popular and easily attainable. The Dallas metropolitan area serves as the primary distribution point for crack to outlying areas in North Texas as well as the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Crack is readily available throughout the Houston Division. It is produced locally.
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Heroin:
- Mexican black tar (MBT) heroin remains the primary heroin threat in north Texas. MBT heroin is readily available throughout north Texas. Based on intelligence, the greater Dallas Fort Worth area is a distribution point for MBT heroin shipped to the Eastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern United States. The average heroin purity level for the Dallas Field Division has gradually fallen for four consecutive quarters, from a peak of 67% to 15% during the first quarter of FY2007.
- Mexican black tar and brown heroin are routinely seized in south Texas. In recent years, the Houston Field Division has been identified as a transshipment point for kilogram quantities of Colombian heroin destined for the east coast. Small quantities of Asian heroin are sporadically encountered in south Texas, smuggled in via courier or seized from the mail.
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Methamphetamine:
- Availability of methamphetamine remains high in north Texas, and the pace of enforcement activities surrounding methamphetamine continues to escalate. However, Mexican manufactured methamphetamine now dominates the market in the Dallas Field Division. New Texas laws restricting the purchase of pseudoephedrine products went into effect in late 2005, resulting in a 73% decrease in clandestine lab seizures in the Dallas Field Division. Most of the Mexican manufactured methamphetamine transported to the region comes from Mexico, California, and Arizona through traditional means, such as passenger and commercial vehicles.
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Club Drugs:
- Club drugs remain readily available in North Texas. The most frequently abused of club drugs is "Ecstasy" (MDMA). Intelligence indicates the increased abuse of Ecstasy among 18 to 24 year old African Americans, specifically in the greater Dallas area. Asians continue to be involved in the sale and distribution of MDMA. Intelligence further indicates increased interest among Mexican traffickers to distribute and sell Ecstasy in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The Dallas FD is currently ranked 2nd nationally for GHB and Rohypnol emergency room visits and above national average in its emergency room visits for MDMA, Ketamine, LSD, and PCP.
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Pharmaceuticals and Other Drugs:
- The most common methods of diversion of pharmaceutical controlled substances continue to be illegal and indiscriminate prescribing and "doctor shopping." Hydrocodone, Alprazolam, and benzodiazepine products continue to comprise the majority of prescription controlled drugs abused in North Texas.
- OxyContin has surpassed hydrocodone as the drug of choice for abusers seeking pharmaceuticals in the Tyler area. The most commonly abused pharmaceutical drugs in Houston continue to be Hydrocodone, Promethazine with Codeine and other Codeine cough syrups, and Benzodiazepines (mostly Alprazolam). OxyContin abuse is on the increase, with most illegal prescriptions being written by pain management doctors. In addition to the aforementioned, commonly abused pharmaceutical drugs in San Antonio include Morphine, Dilaudid, Diazepam, Xanax, Tussionex, Lortab, Vicodin, and Ketamine.
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Marijuana:
- Marijuana remains readily available and is considered the most widely used illegal drug throughout the State of Texas. Marijuana loads seized from private vehicles and semi-tractor trailers range from 230 to 3,636 kilograms. Multi-pound and multi-ton marijuana seizures occur at all transportation terminals, U. S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) checkpoints, and local courier service locations. Marijuana is readily available in the El Paso area and is the traffickers’ drug of choice for transshipment through the El Paso/Juarez corridor into the U.S., as well as for local consumption. Many of the Division’s marijuana investigations originate from the BCBP checkpoints located around El Paso.
Texas is the second largest state in both area and population. Many of Texas’s boundaries are formed by water—the course of the Red River on the north makes up two-thirds of the state’s boundary with Oklahoma; on the east the state is bordered in part by Arkansas, though the Sabine River forms most of Texas’s eastern boundary with Louisiana; the Gulf of Mexico forms the coastal boundary to the southeast; the Rio Grande carves a shallow channel that separates Texas from Mexico on the southwest; the Panhandle section juts northward, forming a counterpart in the western part of Oklahoma; and New Mexico lies to the west. Plains and hills make up the terrain, which ranges from the fertile prairie of the Coastal Plains on the Gulf of Mexico through the central Great Plains grasslands to the arid High Plains of the Panhandle.
Texas's Demographics
- Population (2008 American Community Survey): 24,326,9741
- Race/Ethnicity (2008 American Community Survey): 73.9% white; 11.4% black/African American; 0.5% American Indian/Alaska Native; 3.5% Asian; 0.1% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander; 8.7% other; 2.0% two or more races; 36.5% Hispanic/Latino origin (of any race)