Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment

Drug abuse and drug related crime is at an all time high in the US. Court rooms are full from people who have been arrested for some type of criminal activity. After doing some research it has been found that 80 percent of crime is drug or alcohol related. People who get arrested for Driving under the Influence (DUI) can be charged with a felony. Not to mention if they are arrested for drugs or paraphernalia. Prison systems are becoming full from people being charged with possession of drugs or intent to sell.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has beefed up its task force to stop this continuous flow of narcotics into the United States. This is a vital step to cleaning up the streets because if there are no drugs to buy than there aren’t any drug addicts which brings crime down considerably. With more effective drug and alcohol treatment centers we will also be able to fully rehabilitate a person from crime and addiction and turn them into a productive member of society.

We need more government programs like drug education, drug prevention, classes on addiction, and intervention sessions. Below are a list of websites that you can visit to help you learn more about drugs, alcohol, addiction, crime and rehabilitation:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

http://www.samhsa.gov/

http://www.nida.nih.gov/