Louisiana Drug Rehab Info

Louisiana's largest city, New Orleans, suffered mass destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana also suffers from a large amount of drug and alcohol abuse. It is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs because of its location on the coastline. Louisiana's airstrips, highways, and ports are all used to bring drugs into the state and the rest of the country. The state also has a high crime rate that traces back to the drug industry.

African American, Asian, and Caucasian criminal groups dominate in the distribution and purchasing of drugs, especially cocaine and marijuana. They work together with Mexican criminal groups in South Texas to carry out their business. These criminal organizations have started distributing drugs in the smaller rural communities.

Street gangs have become more abundant in the larger cities of Louisiana. Crack cocaine is distributed and abused in large amounts and powdered cocaine is very available. These two drugs are the main threat to Louisiana. The number of people in treatment programs is increasing. The number of people in prison and the amount of violent crimes are increasing as well. Drugs are imported into Louisiana from the Southwest Border. Powdered cocaine is most commonly converted to crack cocaine in the state, but there is still an abundant amount of crack cocaine coming into Louisiana from Texas.

Heroin is primarily found in and around the New Orleans area. Heroin abuse has reached high levels. The primary heroin users can be broken into two categories. The first use heroin to lessen the effects of crack called inner-city drug abusers. The second group are people in their late teens to mid-twenties from upper class areas. Street gangs distribute drugs out of housing projects, mostly in southwest New Orleans. Law enforcement officials have recently blamed the high amount of violent crimes on heroin distributors.

The production of methamphetamine has increased and has even influenced the increased production and abuse of meth in Arkansas, which is higher than ever. Methamphetamine is so widely used because it is so cheap and the effects last longer. The chemical anhydrous ammonia is very easy to obtain in Louisiana and is needed to make methamphetamine.

Heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine are all popular throughout Louisiana, but none are as abused as marijuana. Most marijuana comes in from Houston and Dallas, but some is grown in the state. MDMA, GHB, LSD and ketamine have also risen in popularity in Louisiana. Pharmaceutical drugs, especially oxycontin, dilaudid, and vicodin are also being abused my many Louisianans. The St. Bernard parish has reported that oxycontin abuse is at an alarming level and has caused a high number of deaths.

Drug or Alcohol Rehabs in Louisiana

Drug and alcohol abuse is a problem throughout Louisiana. The damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans has caused many hardships in the area. This has caused problems in trying to develop new treatment centers. There are not many drug or alcohol rehab options. Most Louisiana residents choose a treatment center outside of their home state.

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