First of all, someone has to find this site to read what is here, and, unfortunately, there are so many drug rehab sites on the web that by finding this site you have passed the first barrier in deciding to read this content. Now can I get you to read on....Choosing a drug rehab center in Colorado or elsewhere for yourself or a loved one is as big of a decision as any you will make in your lifetime. That sounds a bit overboard, but when you look at the outcomes of people that go to ineffective alcohol and drug treatment programs and measure the individual pain and suffering, perhaps the loss of life, the devastation to families and society and the financial loss, it is hard to deny its importance. However, it is impossible to choose a drug rehab center that is effective without having years of experience in that field. (Our Executive Director was in the drug rehab field for 15 years and sent his loved one to three expensive, but ineffective treatment programs, before he discovered programs that met his family's needs.) It can't be chosen on the level of love or care that the treatment center represents, which is very enticing, but should only be chosen on the restoration of the addict's life and general outcomes of those that graduate from the program. After two years, post-graduation, is the person succeeding in life and is he happy and enjoying his family and others? Is he matching up to his potential and, is therefore, feeling good about himself? If a graduate isn't becoming successful and surviving at a high level, it is predictable that he will be high-risk to return to old habits at challenging times. Graduates of drug rehab need to feel that they are so proud of themselves that they would never sabotage their better interest by taking addicting drugs ever again. Colorado Drug Rehab has the experience to guide you though this search and help you understand how very different drug treatment centers can be. Take the time to learn about the drug problem in Colorado and what types of alcohol and drug treatment centers are available. Some highly recommended and successful drug rehab centers in Colorado are controversial, mostly because they are attacked by drug pushers and ineffective, but profitable treatment programs. You owe it to yourself to find the truth and you will find that the information on this site is factual and true, but there are other web sites that attack effective programs and you will need to get the real truth about the pople that are behind those vicious sites before you make any decisions against something that could save your life in such profound ways. Read this site and talk to our counselors and ask them about the battle to keep effective programs from succeeding... I think you will be surprised to know the truth. Our motivation is to bring the truth to you about drug rehab. Our reward is knowing that you or your loved one is getting the best chance possible to walk away from addiction!
The Colorado Drug Rehab counselors are biased to programs that completely handle addiction, without any justifications that the disease is too strong, or it is a disease of relapse or that it is a disease at all. Over the many years that we have been in this alcohol and drug rehab field, we have learned that addicts get into their addicted condition with understandable innocence and that once they reclaim a straight/drug-free life, they are some of the best people, parents and loving individuals in our society. Therefore, we take our referrals very seriously and we take your calls as an opportunity to help you understand addiction and rehab so that you won't be left in the end with a feeling that life is hopeless and there is nothing that can be done. "He is just like uncle Joe (who was an unhandled drug case, not a bad person, but the family isn't sure because they don't understand addiction.) Colorado Drug Rehab does understand this problem and your call will allow them to help you learn from their many years of experience. Call 1-877-444-1137.
Drug abuse statistics rank Colorado the highest in all categories of drug use/abuse. Here is a short overview of the need for drug rehab in Colorado: According to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse for 1999 and 2000, Colorado is in the highest ranking of all states in terms of all indicators that are assessed. These are items like: "Average Annual Rates of First Use of Marijuana among Youths Aged 12 to 17" or "Percentages Reporting Past Month Use of Any Illicit Drug among Persons Aged 12 or` Older" and other similar categories. Colorado is the only state that is consistently in the highest percentage ranking on 21 of the of the 23 categories that describe the severity of substance abuse, addiction, drug dependency and other similar markers, by states. Colorado Drug Rehab has years of data related to the drug rehab field in Colorado and, over the past twenty years, the use of drugs has increased and the availability to drug treatment has declined.
There were 31,095 drug
rehab and addiction treatment
center admissions in 2003 in Colorado, however, due to the high relapse
rate of many of the drug rehab/addiction treatment centers, most families
are searching for something that works. (Some people have asked Colorado Drug Rehab the difference between "drug rehab" and "addiction treatment". Actually, these terms are interchangeable. Attention should be focused on the real difference in what types of drug rehab or addiction treatment are being provided and whether it is outpatient treatment, short-term residential treatment or long-term residential treatment and what is available in Colorado and elsewhere.) This
is where Colorado Drug Rehab can help. Colorado has a high incidence of addiction to alcohol, cocaine, crystal meth, and crack, but the there is only one drug rehab in Colorado that treat these problems with a success above 70%. With the opening of the new Biophysical drug rehab facility, families in and around Colorado have access to effective treatment. For some it is better to do drug rehab away from their home state, but now families can tour a biophysical program and get a better understanding of how they differ from other modalities of treatment and why this type of drug rehab is successful!
The Drug Problem in Colorado
Colorado statistics show that an estimated 348,000 individuals had an alcohol abuse or dependence problem in the 2005, while an estimated 126,000 individuals had an illicit drug abuse, dependence, or addiction problem. Studies in Colorado also shows that an estimated 334,000 individuals in Colorado needed alcohol rehab treatment but were unable to find an alcohol rehab in 2005 and another estimated 119,000 individuals were in need of drug addiction treatment but could not find a drug rehab available for their particular need, usually the ability to pay for an alcohol or other drug rehab or treatment center.
Those who graduate from Colorado drug rehab centers with the idea that they have a disease that could destroy them at any moment are obviously not as capable to confront the other challenges of life that are necessary to be in control of their lives and be successful. Disease model programs educate their clients in the idea that alcohol and other drug addiction is a "disease of relapse", which is to say that the can expect to have relapses in drug addiction or uncontrollable drug use, and continued struggles staying away from alcohol and other drugs, even though the addict is well aware of the devastating consequences of using again. The fear of what alcohol and drug use will do to the addict, isn't going to keep them from using drugs. Alcoholics and drug addicts have tried and failed to control their use of drugs in the past. Re-labeling the problem as a disease and a "disease of relapse" is a misdirection of the responsibility... it should be the responsibility of the drug rehab center to "cure" the disease and not redefine failure. If a program handles the physical and emotional reasons a person is compelled to take alcohol and other drugs, then a person that was a drug addict can have control of his urges and his life. Drug addiction is too costly to all of us and we should not accept any excuses by a drug rehab center for not handling the problem and making the life changes that are needed to guarantee success upon graduation and for the rest of their lives.
The Rocky Mountain News reported in December, 2007 the following message, which shows that our society is giving up on drug rehab and treatment. Mostly because there are so many ineffective drug rehab and drug treatment centers graduating people whose drug cases are no handled and they are leaving drug treatment with the ideas that they will always be addicted. When society feels it can't help in a humane way, the following is the result:
"People in Denver are more likely to go to prison for drug offenses than residents in almost all other urban areas of the country, according to a study made public today.
About 147 of every 100,000 Denver residents served time for drugs in 2002, according to the study by the nonprofit Justice Policy Institute, which studies alternatives to imprisonment. The 2002 data was the most recent and complete available, the group said.
That placed Denver 12th out of the 198 most populous counties nationwide - higher than New York, Los Angeles and Detroit. The highest were the counties that include Bakersfield, Calif.; Atlantic City, N.J.; and New Orleans.
The study found that black residents across the country - including in Denver and the metro area - go to prison for drugs at a much higher rate than whites, though the group says studies have shown the rate of actual drug use is similar across racial lines."
The Solution
Colorado Drug Rehab is a free service that will help you find a drug rehab for any alcohol or drug addiction problem you or a loved one may be having. It is easy to confuse the different terms used in this field, describing the different types of drug rehab centers, drug rehabilitation centers, and substance abuse treatment programs. For the problem that you are addressing, should you be looking for an Outpatient, In-patient, Residential Treatment Center, Long term or Short term treatment and what modality of treatment is the most effective and what are the cost related to these forms of treatment or rehab?
Colorado Drug Rehab counselors do not subscribe to the disease model which believes that "once an addict, always an addict"! Most drug rehab and drug treatment centers subscribe to the idea that addiction is a chronic and progressive disease; meaning that there is no cure and that a person is continually getting sicker throughout his life, even if he isn't using alcohol or other drugs. With a message like this, it is no wonder so few get well. Our staff has reviewed over 150 drug rehab residential programs, on site, and out of those reviewed, we only refer to 13 programs that have proven successful outcomes. These program have the clinical technology or skills to do the rehabilitation work that creates strong and purposeful graduates, who have the wherewithal to live life free of alcohol and other drugs. When looking for a drug rehabilitation center or drug treatment center in Colorado, it is smart to talk to one of our counselors that has over 30 years experience in drug rehabilitation and drug treatment in Colorado and Southwest.
Biophysical drug treatment programs routinely get over 70% of their graduates free of addiction for the rest of their lives. So, is addiction really a life-long disease, or is it a justification for ineffective treatment modalities? A Biophysical drug treatment program opened in March, 2008 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Colorado Drug Rehab's mission is to refer you to the
best possible drug rehab center that can end addiction and repair broken lives and shattered moral codes. Colorado Drug Rehab will refer you
to drug-free rehab center that employ natural methods to handle addiction. Outcome studies have proven that programs that use pharmaceuticals are the least effective treatment for addiction. Human beings have the ability to confront their problems and make life go right, if given the correct clinical treatment and a belief that they are bigger than their problems.
Call 1-877-444-1137 and speak to a Colorado Drug Rehab certified counselor to assess what programs will best address your addiction or that of your loved one and find a long-term Colorado drug rehab for you or your loved one.
If you only have 14 days to get well, then you really do need to talk to our counselors to see how that can happen and what you can expect from that type of treatment. Colorado Drug Rehab has referrals to the best short-term treatment programs, but please talk to your counselors and get the truth of what you can expect from these program and what you will need to understand and do once you have completed a two-week drug rehab program.
Colorado Drug Rehab - Drug of Abuse*
Marijuana use and abuse among all age groups in Colorado ranks in the highest percentiles of any state. Marijuana is readily available in multi-pound quantities throughout Colorado. The highly potent form of marijuana known as "BC Bud" is also easily obtainable, although significantly more expensive. BC Bud is smuggled into Colorado from British Columbia, Canada, to Washington and Oregon. The sale of this potent and expensive form of Marijuana speaks to the affluence of the youth in Colorado as much as it is an indicator of lax enforcement of possession laws and a poorly developed drug prevention strategy in Colorado. There are many that believe that marijuana use is not a problem and justify it by comparing it to alcohol use. There is some room for comparison, but the effects of long-term marijuana use can cause lethargy and slowing of mental acuity.
Cocaine is a significant drug threat to Colorado. Powdered cocaine is readily available throughout Colorado, and crack cocaine is available in urban population centers, like Denver and Colorado Springs in particular. Mexican criminal groups transport wholesale quantities of powdered cocaine into Colorado in private or rental vehicles and distribute the drug at the wholesale level. Retail distributors in Colorado typically convert powdered cocaine into crack on an as-needed basis and sell the drug at open-air markets or from crack houses. The I-70 corridore that transects Colorado from Kansas to Utah, is one of the main drug trafficing thoroughfairs transporting cocaine from Mexico up to Colorado and then to the East Coast and West Coast.
The percentage of Colorado residents who report having abused cocaine in the past year is higher than the percentage nationwide. According to the 1999 and 2000 NHSDA, 2.5 percent of Colorado residents age 12 and over reported having abused cocaine in the year prior to the survey compared with 1.6 percent nationwide.
Methamphetamine, or Crystal Meth, poses the most serious drug abuse problem in the West Central Region of the US, which includes Colorado, largely because of high addiction rates and the abundance of low-cost ice methamphetamine supplied by Mexican traffickers. According to treatment data, amphetamine-related admissions (including those for methamphetamine) to publicly funded treatment facilities in the West Central Region increased significantly in recent years, which includes Colorado.
Methamphetamine is a primary drug threat to
Colorado. Crystal methamphetamine, also known
as glass in Colorado, is becoming increasingly
available throughout the State and has tested
as high as 90% pure. Purity levels for methamphetamine
vary in Colorado.
Heroin - The most common types of heroin available
in Colorado are Mexican black tar heroin and
brown powdered heroin. New heroin users in Colorado
are often young adults who smoke or snort the
drug rather than inject it. This is due to a
misconception that this practice is safer and
less likely to lead to physical addiction. Cheese heroin (a black tar heroin/diphenhydramine mixture) has been widely developed in the Dallas, Texas area, with 22 deaths in Dallas County since 2005. There are no current reports of widespread cheese heroin abuse outside the Dallas area; however, in March the Boulder County, Colorado, Drug Task Force reported that novice heroin abusers were crushing over-the-counter pain relief tablets containing acetaminophen and diphenhydramine, mixing them into black tar heroin, and snorting the mixture.
Club Drugs, which are mostly synthetic substances,
are increasing in availability and use in Colorado.
LSD, in liquid form, is readily available in the
metropolitan areas of Colorado. During 2001,
34% of those surveyed in Colorado reported lifetime
usage of MDMA (the date-rape drug). 4.5% of those surveyed reported
usage of MDMA within the past 30 days. The average
user age was 17.3, and the average age of first
time use was 15.9 years.
Prescription Drugs - The diversion and abuse
of OxyContin (oxycodone) is a significant problem
in Colorado. Hydrocodone (Vicodin) and Darvocet
are the most commonly abused controlled substances. OxyContin is readily available on the streets as well as an epidemic of over-prescribing by physicians.
* Colorado Drug Rehab has more comprehensive information about the drugs listed above on other pages of this website that are dedicated to the specific drugs. The Crystal Meth site, http://www.drug-rehab-colorado.com/CrystalMeth.php has been valuable to many "Ice" users because of its comprehensive overview and the inclusion of solutions to the crystal meth problem. |
