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1. Call to speak to a professional that can help with an assessment of your drug addiction potential and your alcohol or drug treatment needs..Most sites you are talking to someone with just an opinion and no education or professional degrees so that you can rely on their information.
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(corollary...bad drug treatment kills..this is why we must confront this problem of Colorado's state-funded programs that are routinely ineffective. Force Colorado government to fund programs based on their successes and not their political connections. Call us if you have had a bad drug treatment experience or if you are still suffering from cravings and relapses after legitimately trying to stop your addiction. 877-888-4802.) We know that bad rehab make you feel like a failure... the rehab is a failure, not you!

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Drug Rehab Colorado Needs Your Help!

Colorado Drug Rehab has noticed that many of the parents that we work with are finding that their loved ones are becoming more apathetic about doing anythiong about their alcohol and drug problem. This can be from having so many treatment programs in or society that are not getting effective outcomeso or from other peer influences or from other indicators of which we are unarare.

Please fill out our resonse form and let us know your experiences in this area. We are setting new goals for 2011 and would like to address the most needed areas of concern in terms of helping Coloradans handle their alcohol and drug problems. We have concentrated our efforts at providing links and information to effective rehab, but we may need to concentrate more of our efforts on how to help families and individual with intervention strategies and techniques.

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What's NEW at Colorado Drug Rehab:

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• Our Counselors can provide painless drug detox programs..Read this page if you currently withdrawing from alcohol or other drugs!.....Can I Detox at Home?

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• Check Out the Two New Colorado Rehab Programs you can do without being in a residential treatment or going to drug rehab program (click on these links): Detox at Home and Brief Intensive Therapy for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment

Do We Need To Worry About Bath Salts?

Recently there have been news articles about our youth abusing bath salts. We know that adolescence bring on more concern about cleanliness, but this isn't what they are talking about. There are two drugs, called designer-drugs since they are synthesized in the lab, mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), and are being marketed on the Internet as "research chemicals," "plant food" or "bath salts." These chemical compounds are not Epsom Salts or other types of reputable bath salts, but are only being sold to our children to be used as party drugs. Both of these compounds are synthetic stimulants with reported hallucinogenic properties. They are being sold in retail stores with names such as Cloud 9, Ivory Wave, Ocean, Charge Plus, White Lightning, Scarface, Hurricane Charlie, Red Dove and White Dove. Reference. The drug is being described as many times more potent that Ritalin and cocaine. The results of these drugs have led to accidental deaths and suicides. These drugs are not being limited to children, but are being found at parties of young adults as well.

One of our colleagues had a client that took Bath Salts and had to be flown to a major city's ER because it poisoned his kidneys and he was about to succumb. When asked if he would tell the police who sold him the Bath Salts, he replied that he isn't a snitch and wouldn't tell. Obviously, the drug was affecting more than his kidneys.

 

Colorado Drug Rehab Data:

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 citizens need to be aware of how the beauty of Colorado is being overshowed by the Colorado drug problem. Colorado Drug Rehab has years of data related to the drug rehab and alcohol treatment 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 Colorado 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, intensive outpatient, boot-camp rehab program, therapeutic communities, Christian based rehab, etc, 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 in Colorado can tour a biophysical drug rehab program and get a better understanding of how they differ from other modalities of treatment in Colorado 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.

In the ten years from 1995 to 2005, drug rehab admissions in Colorado have gone from 54,161 to 76,197. Of the 76,197, over 50,000 indicated that they were seeking treatment for alcohol only. This figure is many times over valued since treatment admissions are leary of admiting that they have a drug addiction since they feel that it could hurt them later if it were to be revealed. It is hard to believe that 2/3s of the treatment admissions were for alcoholism alone since it is very difficult to find alcoholics that are not also doing other drugs. 6,856 admissions admitted to having an alcohol problem with a secondary drug problem.

The primary drug market areas in Colorado are in the Front Range counties. Denver, the Colorado's capital and largest city, is a primary regional distribution center for methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and MDMA. Wholesale distributors in Denver, Colorado supply midlevel and retail distributors with these drugs in virtually all cities in Colorado, as well as cities in several other states. Colorado Springs, south of Denver, is a regional distribution center for a variety of illicit drugs, principally methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA. Greeley, 45 minutes north of Denver, is a significant regional distribution center for methamphetamine and cocaine distributed in Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming, and other west central states. Boulder, Colorado, also north of Denver, is a distribution center for marijuana distributed throughout the west central region of the country and is a primary national distribution center for psilocybin. (Courtesy of NDIC)

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, Colorado 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, Colorado 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, Colorado 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."

Illicit drug trade into Colorado is coming from Mexico, usually directly through New Mexico, but the I-70 corridor is also major drug trafficking line from the West Coast. Most of the cocaine, crack, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine trade is coming via Mexico, however, there is ample evidence that major west cost cities are providing much of the methamphetamine to Colorado, again through the I-70 corridor coming in from the West and usually stopping in Denver, Colorado.

Everyone is now aware of the border gang problems along El Paso's border and in Arizona, but what isn't talked about is their connecting gangs in Denver and other other major cities in Colorado that are distribution centers for drugs throughout Colorado.

Colorado has a reputation for tourist and young skiers and others that are ripe for many of the drugs being sold by these cartels. Club drugs are a major drug problem in Denver and Boulder Colorado, and even though this has been a drug problem for at least the last ten years, the rehab and treatment requirements to meet the need for Club drug addiction is still very inadequate. Fort Collins, Colorado is still the only city in Colorado that has a biophysical drug treatment rehab center, which is the modality of treatment needed for any of these psychoactive and fat soluble drugs.

As you read through this site, you will find thorough information on all of the drugs of abuse in Colorado and links to help you better understand the problems that are being confronted with the liberal marijuana drug laws in Colorado. If you have read this far into this webstie, you are more interested in the truth about the drug rehab problem and solution in Colorado, in which case, we invite you to read further, but if you are trying to find specific drug or drug rehab data, rather than spending too much time perusing this site, it would be faster to call the Colorado Drug Rehab Helpline and talk to one of our Master Level Drug Counselors who have extensive research and academic backgrounds as well as being licensed and certified counselors.

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 drug or alcohol addiction problem that you are addressing, should you be looking for an Outpatient, In-patient, Residential Treatment Center, Long term or Short term treatment, Christian-based rehab, or biophysical rehaband 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, 2007 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 in Colorado or neighboring states. 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 1-877-888-4802 and speak to a Colorado Drug Rehab NATIONALLY CERTIFIED COUNSELORS 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 or thirty day drug rehab treatment program.

National Survey on Drug Use and Health

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), youth binge and heavy drinking rates were on the increase for 12 to 17 years old, respectively. 41% of young adults aged 18 to 25 had experience binge drinking, while heavy drinking was reported up by 14.5 percent in that age range.

An estimated 7.2 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, 16.7 percent of 18 to 20 year olds, and 26.1 percent of 21 to 25 year olds reported driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Among college students alone, more than 2 million drove after drinking in the past year.

Roughly 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes. Nearly 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape, and another 1.3 million students are injured unintentionally or through acts of assault by other students, as reported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)...CONFRONT THE PROBLEM...WE ALL MUST DO SOMETHING EVERYDAY TO BETTER OUR CONDITIONS....IT'S UP TO YOU, but your are not alone...we are here to HELP! Learn more about alcohol and alcohol addiction as it applies to Colorado at the following links...Alcohol, Facts and Lies, Binge Drinking, and Alcohol and Women.

State Funded Programs

If you are looking for a State-Funded Program, you can call our counselors to get candid description of all Colorado state funded programs or you can contact your Single State Agency for Substance Abuse to get the names of those programs closest to you and to see if you qualify for a free rehab program. The Single State Agency for alcohol and drug rehab in Colorado is The Alcohol and Drug Abuse/Division of the Behavioral Health, which is part of the Colorado department of Human Services. Their website can be found by Clicking HERE, or you can call Colorado Drug Rehab's Helpline at 877-888-4802 and talk to "Mac" who is a past Director of a Single State Agency for alcohol and drug rehab and treatment and he can personally guide you through the maze of how to get into a drug treatment or rehab program that is funded by the State of Colorado.

You must be a resident to the US and Colorado and be able to document that you are without financial resources to pay for your alcohol or drug treatment and rehab to qualify for a State Funded Program. If you are a resident of Colorado, and don't have health insurance for drug rehab or treatment and you are needing a rehab facility, please call us or go to the link above and get help as soon as you can. Unfortunately, the funding for state-funded alcohol and drug treatment and rehab center isn't ample to meet the need of those requesting rehab, so there is always a waiting list to get into one of these rehab centers.

However, if you are withdrawaling from drugs, call us and we will determine whether you need immediate medical attention or not.

If you are looking for buprenorphine (Suboxone®) treatment and can't afford a private certified physician, it is our understanding that Colorado DOES NOT have any state funded Suboxone® treatment. To learn more about buprenorphine, the chemical name for Suboxone®, go the Colorado Drug Rehab.com's buprenorphine page... Click Here

Why Should I Take the Time to Read Through the Colorado Drug Rehab Web site?

• First of all, someone has to find this site to get this information, and that can be a chore in itself, with so many sites on the web dealing with drug rehab, alcohol rehabs and drug and alcohol detox. But, you are here and you have found the definitive site on alcohol and drug rehab in Colorado, so take the time to continue reading. If you don't have the time.. call 877-888-4802 and ask to speak to one of the professional courselors and they will take whatever time is necessary to answer your questions and find you the most appropriate Colorado drug rehabilition center.

Review of Websites on this subject proves the statement that about 25% of the information on the web is truthful. But even if you find accurate information, is it what you were looking for to help with your individual problem and how do you know what is accurate information?

• Secondly, you can trust the accuracy of this site. The information is compiled by a researcher that has reviewed over 150 drug rehabs and detox centers, on site, held a faculty position at a state medical school, has 30+ years of experience, and KNOWS WHAT WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK!! We are dedicated to helping you or a loved one end addiction forever!

The telephone help that you receie is a FREE SERVICE! Nowhere else on the web can you get information from such a broad researdh base. Most telephone rehab counselors are positive about their programs because it worked for them personally, but that isn't insurance that it will be effective in your case. Colorado Drug Rehabs bases their information on years of research as well as personal experience.

Colorado Drug Rehab - Drugs 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. Find out more about marijuana at: http://www.drug-rehab-colorado.com/Marijuana.php or this government sponsored site: http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html

On June 1, 2001, Colorado passed legislation that allows for the use and possession of small amounts of marijuana for sick and dying patients. This has led Colorado to be one of the leading states in the development and sale of medical marijuana. All but a very few counties in Colorado have dispenseries selling medical marijuana. Parents in Colorado report that their minor children are defending their use of marijuana by claiming that they need it as medication.

The Denver Post reports on 06/04/09: "Coloradans say they are doing less hard drinking than they did in the past few years but say they are more likely to smoke pot", according to a two-year federal assessment to be released today.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found Colorado was the only state to log a decrease in those who think they are at risk to binge- drink since the last study completed in 2006, from 29.8 percent in the previous study to 25.8 percent in the most recent.

Meanwhile, Colorado is one of seven states that noted "significant" increases in teens and adults who say they are more likely to smoke pot at least once a month than those who participated in the last government survey.

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 corridor that transects Colorado from Kansas to Utah, is one of the main drug trafficking thoroughfares 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. Find more specific cocaine information at: http://www.drug-rehab-colorado.com/Cocaine.php or at this government sponsored site: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/cocaine/index.html

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. Find specific information at: http://www.drug-rehab-colorado.com/CrystalMeth.php

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. Find more thorough information at: http://www.drug-rehab-colorado.com/Heroin.php or at this government sponsored site: http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/heroin.html

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. Find extensive information at this government site: http://www.clubdrugs.org/

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 in Colorado. OxyContin is readily available on the streets of most cities in Colorado as well as an epidemic of over-prescribing by physicians. Xanax is very addictive and is another drug of abuse from doctors and on the strees of Colorado. You can read more about the dangers of Xanax at: http://www.drug-rehab-colorado.com/xanax_rehab.php Find thorough data about prescription drug abuse at this government site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prescriptiondrugabuse.html

* 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, such as hyperbaric medicine to heal the damage to the brain tissue.

* Colorado Drug Rehab has been very involved in Colorado's alcohol and drug prevention activities and is happy to have a national source, PushingBack.com, with their RSS feed on our site. Visit on our NEWS page.

Colorado Drug Rehab works with all of the following counties in Colorado:

Adams County, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Denver, Dolores, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lake, La Plata, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Teller, Washington, Weld and Yuma County.

DISCLAIMER: None of the information contained here should be considered medical advice. Alcohol and drug detoxification should be done under medical and/or professional supervision. At the first sign of alcohol or drug withdrawal sysmpoms or discomfort, immediately seek medical advice. Do not attempt to detox from alcohol or some other drugs without proper medical supervision. If you feel that you have a medical emergency, call 911 and seek immediate advice and help.

Colorado Drug News

 

Marijuana Use Continues to Grow in Colorado

As reported earlier, making marijuana legal by prescription has increased the demand for marijuana and has made Colorado a state that leads the nation in marijuana use. Not everyone can get their marijuana in a legal manner and even though making mraijuana legal by prescription was to take crime out of marijuana sales, but that obviously hasn't happened.

On July 11, 2011 law enforcement seized 45,000 pounds of smuggled marijuana worth $36 million from the Los Zetas drug cartel from Mexico. Eighteen drug cartel members were arrested.Colorado Drug Rehab has promoted the idea that legalizing marijuana isn't going to solve the desire for the public to abuse this drug. Resources must be made availble to provide more marijuana prevention activities so that prospective young users can find out the truth about marijuana and what it's use will do to limit your potential. READ HERE

 

Texas Sherrif Talks in Parker, Colorado

The Denver Post reported on October 26, 2010 that Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. from Texas gave a three hour speech to law enforcement officials in Parker about the threat that has come to Colorado and other border states from the drug cartels in Mexico. Sheriff Gonzalez scheduled this talk a week before the death of David Hartley, who has not been seen since his wife, Tiffany Hartley, and reported that he was shot on the Mexican side of Falcon Reservoir during a sightseeing trip.

This news story has been a feature news item since it was first reported by Tiffany whose husband's body has still not been found. The Sheriff said that the federal government is ignoring an explosion of Mexican drug violence that increasingly threatens Americans.
He predicted more trouble ahead and the possibility that terrorists could infiltrate the United States along the 2,000 miles of border stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.

Ms. Hartley said that the same day her husband was shot, a young boy was killed in Brownsville, Texas, in a crime carried out by cartel members. The boy's family won't speak out, however, out of fear, nor will people living in America with relatives in Mexico.

Read more: Texas sheriff highlights border-security problems in face of increasing drug-cartel violence in Mexico - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_16433517

 

Drug Ring Arrested in Colorado

October 20, 2010: In our ongoing interdiction of drugs in Colorado, Colorado Springs Drug Enforcement Agency personnel today disclosed the results of a 22-month investigation that disrupted a operation that shipped large quantities of drugs from Mexico through Colorado Springs.

This is a huge win for our cause in that this case amounted to 35 arrest and seizure of 30 POUNDS of methamphetamines, 3.75 POUNDS of heroin 13 POUNDS of cocaine and $1.4 million in cash. This was announced on Oct. 20 at the 4th Judicial District Attorney's office. Some of these arrest have been made as earlier as June of this year, but announcement of the extent of this drug trafficking was held off until the DEA could complete their investigation and arrest.

The emphasis is on POUNDS of these drugs and the large number of arrest connected to them. Because of the great work of the DEA and local authorities, Colorado is a little more drug free than would have been the case without their heroic efforts. Colorado Drug Rehab congratulates these efforts to protect our communities. Colorado Drug Rehab will expect to have an increase number of calls from addicted public that will no longer be able to find the drugs of their choice because of these interdiction efforts.

Sept. 27, 2010: A multi-agency investigation revealed a drug ring that was transporting and selling methamphetamines from Mexico to Denver and other parts of northern Colorado. The Colorado Attorney General said in a press release: Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that his office has secured an indictment for Gabriel Farias-Chavez (DOB: 3/15/1983) and Ramon Chavez (DOB: 3/5/1980) and the members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring suspected of moving up to 50 pounds worth of the drug per month into the Denver metro area and other parts of the state between March 1, 2010 and July 15, 2010.

As most of us know, meth has devastated many individuals and families in Colorado and when law enforcement began cracking down on home labs, smugglers from Mexico began bringing in crystal meth to meet the demand. This arrest is to be applauded since it will take some of the meth off our streets and free up time for more investigations.

 

Youth in Colorado Have an Alarming Use of Alcohol

Look at the percentage of high school students who rode in a car or other vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol and who drove a car or other vehicle when they had been drinking alcohol.

26% of the high school girls had ridden in a car with someone driving who was drinking. 23% of the males had done the same.

7% of the high school students had driven under the influence of alcohol.

This data is for 2009 from the Center for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Colorado State University Extension has an article on the web that focuses on the high-risk nature of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse and addiction.

It states the following:

• Adolescents can become addicted to substances more quickly than adults.
• Thirty-three percent of teens experience problems at home, school, work or in the community stemming from substance abuse.
• Colorado exceeds the national average in per capita consumption of beer, wine and liquor.
• Often family members are unaware substance abuse is happening in their family.
• Alcohol and other drug addictions are diseases that impact and are maintained by the family system.

Adolescent Substance Abuse in Colorado

One way to determine if a society is doing well is to study those members that are taking their lessons from its leaders and there isn't a better glimpse into this in Colorado than to look at how the youth are doing in Colorado in terms of alcohol and drug abuse and addiction.

According to Colorado State University:

1. Colorado adolescents become addicted to alcohol and drug faster than do adults. This is true of all adolescents, but some of the abuse stats in Colorado are wrothy of your attention.

2. A third of the teens in Colorado experienceproblems at home, school, work or in the community stemming from substance abuse.

3. Colorado exceeds the national averages in individeual consumption of beer, wine and liquor.

4. It has been shown that family members are often unaware of substance abuse problems in their households

Alcoholism has been in the top twelve issued needing attetion in Colorado, but is continually being unaddressed becasue of budget cuts and other types of denial that is not being challenged by the citizens of Colorado. Between 65 and 75 percent of alcohol and drug abusers in Colorado are between the ages of 12 adn 29 years of age.

In the decade from 1977 to 1987, 54 percent of all fatal automobile crashes were the result of alcohol and other drug abusing youth. We couldn't find more recent data on this issue, but our experience in this field tells us that it hasn't changed significantly.

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University Students Use of Marijuana

What do Universities do if a dorm student has a prescription for legal marijuana, but the university has rules against smoking marijuana in the dorm? This is what the University of Colorado and Colorado State University have been grappling with ever since Colorado passed laws that allos someone to obtain marijuana as a medicine. Can you actually, and legally, stop someone from taking their medication in their homes? Not if it is legal. So, the more liberal University of Colorado has permitted those with marijuana legally to use it in their rooms. Do you think that there may be roommates and others that partake?

The more conservative Colorado State University is still looking into this issue and in the mean time, I am sure there are plenty of lawyers that are ready to challenge Colorado States' prohibition.

It appears that Colorado is leading the nation as a test site for the legalization of marijuana in the future.

This was taken from the Pueblo Chieftian from June 10, 2010:

POLICE CHIEFS TALK CRIME

Med pot laws took the forefront at the conference.

Medical marijuana, drug trafficking, access/sharing databases of criminal information were a few topics discussed at the annual Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police convention held in Pueblo this week.

More than 80 municipal law enforcement leaders in Colorado are in town for the five-day conference that concludes today at the Pueblo Convention Center.

Medical marijuana was a contentious issue in the past legislative session.

While CACP meetings cover numerous topics and issues, special attention was paid to medical marijuana this year.

"This ( conference ) is a little bit more involved because of medical marijuana. It's a complicated bill, so we want our members to be informed and have an understanding," Wheat Ridge Chief of Police Dan Brennan, a CACP board member, said Wednesday.

Dispensaries and growers were reined in Monday when Gov. Bill Ritter signed a pair of bills to control the boom in the medical marijuana industry.

The bill, which took effect immediately, sets statewide regulations. But it also granted local governments regulatory powers.

Pueblo police Chief Jim Billings said the association was pleased about the regulations, especially at the local level.

"We ( the CACP ) wanted the ability to have control locally," Billings said, adding the new law allows counties and cities the ability to ban dispensaries.

"There's too much opportunity with the dispensary model for people who don't need medical marijuana for medical purposes, to use it to just get high."

Billings said the training he and police leaders received at the convention on the new medical marijuana laws will be used to train officers.

The conference also featured presentations from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and FBI.

Training classes were closed to the public and media, but Brennan and Billings said the DEA and FBI agents from Washington, D.C., explained programs and gave updates about national and international drug trafficking rings and terrorist organizations operating on American soil.

There were also workshops on improving department leadership and ethics.

The CACP has about 130 members.

What is K2?

K2. Spice. Colorado Chronic. Black Mamba. Fake Weed. Genie. Voodoo. Zohai. FIYA. Blaze. RedXDawn. A dose by any of these names is, well .... no one's quite sure, actually. This stuff isn't regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and there's no standards applied to its production. Anything could be in there.

Think before you use: On March 4, Newsweek ran an article called "Fake-Pot Panic" that mocked "breathless news reports" across the nation about a newish, little-understood, and mostly legal drug that's often known by the brand name K2.

"Maybe you even caught a Missouri detective's panicked prediction that K2 is 'going to end up killing somebody,'" the article chided. "As far as we know, though, it hasn't. Why is it suddenly getting all this attention?"

Three months later, David Rozga, an Iowa 18-year-old, smoked K2, became delusional and anxious, and shot himself to death. Colorado Springs Independent, Thu, 22 Jul 2010

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: These are questions that we have received from our public.

Once I decided to go to treatment, is it necessary that I finish the entire program?

Answer:

This is a good question since leaving treatment before you have finished the program is almost always a sentence to continued addictive use of alcohol and drugs.

All treatment programs have certain benchmarks or goals that you are required to accomplish while in residence.  All treatment programs know that it is difficult for an addict to give up his drug of choice, be in a new and artificial environment while feeling less than healthy and craving the continued use of his drugs and to not give in to these feelings and blow the program. 

Therefore, these treatment programs use different ploys to keep you involved and enlisted in continuing your treatment.  Very few programs are locked-down facilities since it takes a court order to commit someone to this type of restrictive care.  It is also understood that if someone doesn’t want to be in treatment, they will not willingly participate in the program or get the benefits that come with their participation.

Most programs depend on the clients that have been in the programs for most of its duration to help in keeping the new clients believing that their initial discomfort and anxiety will pass and they will be thankful that they stayed.  This is also the message that is given to the clients by the counselors and other staff. 

Some programs will offer recreational activities, like horseback riding or swimming, as perks to offset the unpleasantness of other therapeutic activities.  Some programs will offer private rooms and other creature-comforts that lessen the resistance to stay in the program and act as a tradeoff for being away from one’s home and loved ones.

No matter what the treatment programs offer in their attempts to help keep their clients for the entire duration of their programming, nothing has been as successful as having therapeutic processes that actually give the addict a feeling that is better than he got from his alcohol or drugs.  Programs that have this highest retention rates are those that have practices that help the client realize what they have been missing while on drugs and actually rehabilitates some of the kindness and love that hasn’t been in the person’s life since they have been loaded on alcohol and drugs.

In other words, if a program has successful therapies that grant the clients a feeling of rebirth and hope, then they won’t want to leave before they finish.  These programs that actually rehabilitate these positive human feelings are not necessarily easy on their patients.  It is usually difficult and somewhat painful to get rid of these negative behaviors, but that pain is easily forgotten when you have the rewards of ridding oneself of hateful, fearful and angry feeling and replacing them with a kind heart, a forgiving attitude and a loving outlook.  When this is being accomplished, the clients recognize that addiction has taken them far from their ideal life and when a program can demonstrate that that idea is still real, then you won’t have to worry about someone leaving early and, if they do leave, they will always remember those rehabilitative experiences and will soon come back to their senses and return to the program to complete. 

What is the typical length of stay at a residential alcohol and drug rehab program?

Answer:

The answer to this question is as varied as is the type of treatment being delivered.  Each different modality of residential has a customary length of stay.  Of course, there isn’t a time limit on outpatient treatment, so these definitions of length are for inpatient or residential treatment.

The majority of residential drug addiction treatments are 28 to 30 days in length.  This length of stay in a 24/7 facility wasn’t determined to fit the recommended treatment regime, but this timeline was determined because most health insurance policies combine mental health and substance abuse treatment and the companies decided that they were going to pay for a maximum of 30 days of care. 

So most of the public thinks of addiction treatment in terms of a 30-day program.  Almost all of the 30-day rehab programs are based on the 12-steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).  In that period of time, these programs will have their clients do the first three steps of the 12-steps while they are in the residential program. After the client is discharged, they are to get an AA or NA sponsor and attend 90 support group meetings in the next 90 days.  Therefore, it can be seen that the length of these stay for these treatment programs is really open-ended since it is usually not recommended that anyone do the remaining nine steps any sooner than within two years.

About 80% of the residential treatment programs use this AA/NA model of treatment, so most residential treatment programs are 30-days in length.

About 5% of the residential treatment programs are based on the Therapeutic Community (TC) model of treatment.  These programs are based on a behavior-modification model and vary in length from one to two years.  Most of the clients at these programs have failed at 30-day 12-step-based treatment or they are mandated by the judicial system to attend a TC of the court’s choice.  For many years the judicial system has been partial to TC treatment, not because of their better outcomes, but because they need to have their clients restrained for longer periods of time than most other programs offer.

A third modality of treatment that constitutes about 10% of the residential treatment programs are Christian-based or Faith-based treatment.  The average stay in residence in these programs varies from program to program, with the majority being approximately six months.  Some are as few as six weeks and others may last up to two years.

Another form of treatment that is one of the only models that actually has a regime of treatment that requires everyone to finish is the biophysical model rehabs.  These programs are open-ended since it is their philosophy that the addicts needs to thoroughly complete certain therapies before they are trusted to be on their own outside the a residential facility.  These program average around six month, but some people may take a few months longer.  However, the quantity of materials makes it impossible to finish any faster than around three months.

What difference can family and friend make in helping someone that needs alcohol and other drug treatment?

Answer:

The short answer to this question is to insist that the person needing treatment gets what he needs and gets the best possible program available.  That is the ideal scene, but most families and friends of people that are troubled with their addiction to alcohol and other drugs can do other supportive actions that will help bring health back to the addict.

With addiction, it is also important to know what NOT to do to “help” someone that needs treatment. Someone that is actively in their addiction will do nearly anything to keep the addiction “happy”, “well fed”, and with lots of privacy so that this addiction won’t have anyone trying to end its existence.

This is a metaphor, of course, but it is also spot-on when looking at how an addict, and many times his loved ones, will support what it takes to keep an addict in his addiction.  No one is doing this with an evil intention of continuing to hurt their friend or loved one, but because they believe in their addicted friend and his request and manipulation leaves them in a state where if they say ‘NO” they feel that they are violating the relationship. 

Having a friend or family member that is addicted is a constant Catch-22… you are damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

Anyone that has had a friend or family member that is addicted to alcohol or other drugs can tell you that showing them the obvious destruction that they are doing to themselves only makes things worse.  If you make the addict wrong, he will concentrate on how you are mistaken and how very right he is in his actions.

You must realize that an addict already feels horrible about the way he is drinking or using and he can’t totally understand why he is losing all of his close contacts.  You must remember that his reality isn’t what is really happening, but it is the perception that he is creating in his delusion. 

The best way to get agreement with someone that is addicted is to only comment on his positive and loveable characteristics; not his drug-effected behaviors.  These behaviors are a product of the alcohol and drugs and not who he is at the core of his being.  Do not evaluate what he is doing or invalidate his behaviors, but talk about how you miss his talents, his supportive behaviors and love.  Let him know that these wonderful qualities are who he really is and you aren’t concerned about the other stuff.  In other words, show him unconditional love.

This is the only way that you can get him into real communication so that you can begin to have enough influence so as to make some difference in his thinking when it comes to confronting his addiction… then find a treatment center that provides true rehabilitation. 

Why do most addicts and alcoholics protest adimtting that they have a problem?

Everyone that is addicted to alcohol or other drugs starts using them on a social basis.  In the case of drugs, someone usually introduces them to the idea that doing this drug will enhance your abilities and make you more powerful.  The new user is very curious about the effects of the drug and will, many times, disregard all of the prevention messages that he has previously learned.

If the first use of the drug didn’t fulfill the user’s expectations, he will rationalize some excuse and try it again until he gets the feeling that he was looking for, or drop the first drug and try another.  At the moment that a person begins to indulge in this type of risky behavior, they seem to be determined to find that extraordinary feeling that they were expecting. 

It doesn’t take many repeated uses of most drugs to develop a psychological and physical addiction.  This process usually takes the user by surprise, and they may not realize they have progressed to this point until they try to stop of a few days or weeks without the drugs.

In the case of opiates, use for as little as three to four days will cause a feeling of intense cravings and even some flu-like symptoms of withdrawals.

Cocaine is a more subtle experience with the psychological addiction being stronger than a physical response.  With cocaine, the user can go for periods of time without feeling that he needs the drug, but it is typical for cocaine users to go on binges when cravings overwhelm their desire to quit using.

Alcohol is a much slower process and can take years before a addiction is present, but most recovering alcoholics can look back at their alcohol use and, in retrospect, recognize how they were fooling themselves into thinking that they were choosing to drink from their own free-will. 

Until a drug addict or alcoholic is very sick in their addiction, they hold on to the idea that they can stop when they choose to.  This feeling gives them license to continue in their irresponsible behaviors and gives them a grandiose feeling of being above all of the addiction problems that they see or hear about in their environment.

When the addiction becomes so severe that loved ones and others begin to start talking to them about their alcohol or drug use, they are usually in a high level of denial about how much they are using or the consequences of their actions because of their alcohol and drug use.  You will many times see addicts and alcoholics become more vocal and determined to prove to others that they don’t have a problem when they are actually at their worse.

Alcohol and drugs change one’s perceptions of reality and create a delusionary idea about their abilities.  Many addicts and alcoholics will spend weeks in treatment before they will admit to themselves that they have a serious addiction problem.  Those family members and others that are trying to help someone with an obvious addiction need to recognize that denial is a typical response from anyone with addiction problems.  No addict or alcoholic starts using these drugs with the idea that they are going to become addicts, therefore, it is difficult for them to admit that they have reached that point.

Why Are So Many Rehab Centers Telling Their Clients that" Only One in Ten of You Will Make it"?

This has been the "company" line from all of the 12-step programs. During their initiation period, they will pound in the idea that everyone there has a chronic and progressive addictive disease and that it will not only be with them the rest of their lives, but that it gets worse in time. As if that weren't depressing enough they have also told their clients that most of you won't succeed at getting well.

If you told any other patients of any other types of treatment other than alcohol and drug treatment that the treatment they were about to receive wasn't going to work, no one would ever put up with the idea that this isn't a problem with the treatment and not a description of how bad addictive disease may be.

This message isn't spoken or even implied at effective treatment centers like Biophysical Treatment Programs. These programs don't talk much about addiction and they don't believe that addiction is a disease, certainly not chronic and progressive. These programs actually get results, so they don't have to start their initiation by preparing the patients for the fact that this treatment isn't going to help most of you and the few that do get help will probably fall into the category of knowing the "addiction is a disease of relapse"... another common line from the disease model programs.

It appears as though there are many of my friends that are getting prescriptions for medical marijuana. Has the number of marijuana users increased since it became legal in 2000?

Colorado is one of the states in the United States that has passed a law to allow for medical marijuana %link1% to be prescribed for people that can get a prescription from their physicians.  They then go to a licensed medical marijuana supply store and get their prescriptions filled.  The plan was to give marijuana to those that legitimately need this drug.

In 2000 when this law was passed, there were 5,000 people that registered to receive this medical marijuana.  In 2010, there were 175,000 people in Colorado that were getting medical marijuana.  So what happened?  Was it just the legalization of the medical marijuana that caught the public health officials by surprise? 

Actually, it was the legalization of marijuana in this form that lent to this tremendous increase, but there were other reasons as well.  The Obama Administration stated that they would no longer be arresting people or possession of marijuana that had procured it from legal state sources. There was also a proliferation of these clinics throughout the state and access became much easier.

Colorado is now faced with a real marijuana problem %link2% that it didn’t expect.  Some communities in Colorado are changing their laws so as not to allow these medical marijuana clinics in their area, but that is just causing their citizens to drive to other communities where it is still legal.

Another untoward consequence of this law is the legitimization of marijuana as a medicine rather than a drug.  Many parents of teenagers in Colorado %link3% are complaining that their kids now believe that marijuana is save for them to use since it will help with their headaches and other true medical problems. 

You can also assume that if there are now these thousands of people with prescribed marijuana, it is being diverted to others that are using it like anyone that would buy it on the illicit drug market. 

In a world where we are trying to better the ethics of their children and we are confronting problems in education and productivity, it is hardly beneficial to make a drug that is so disabling so readily available to our children.  It is worth speculating that if the citizens of Colorado were to have another change to reevaluate their decisions on having medical marijuana in their state, would they, today, be so readily willing to allow this law to pass.  Or is it that marijuana should be unrestricted and sold in the same manner as alcohol? 

There is a public health issue in Colorado that needs to be addressed.  The rest of the nation that is continually passing laws similar to theirs needs to reexamine weather or not this is the greatest good for the greatest number of their citizens.  Time will tell, but in the mean time, we have a pressing problem in Colorado that has to be addressed. 

If you feel that you can't be happy without smoking marijuana, then you need to evaluate what this means to your life in the future. Are you going to need marijuana whenever and wherever you travel? Wouldn't it be nicer to wake up on a Saturday morning and be naturally happy? There are drug rehab methods that can remove this need for drugs from your life and allow you to be naturally happy.

Is Darvono or Darvocet more dangerous than most opiates?

Propoxyphene, the chemical name for the drug sold as Darvon and Davocet is by far more dangerous than other opiate painkillers. The Ralph Nader-affiliated Health Research Grouphas in the past demanded a federal ban on use of Darvon, calling it "the deadliest prescription drug in the United States," the group argued that propoxyphene figures into thousands of deaths and medical emergencies each year -- many of them accidental overdoses.

In 1989, John Matuszak, a NFL superstar died from complications in an overdose of Darvon. It has been established that it is a very dangerous drug since it causes the opiate side effects within the first hour and before the patient can get adequate help. In spite of these obvious shortcomings, the drug is also been found to be no more effective in handling pain than two asprins. People with addiction problems must be very careful to avoid this drug because of its synergistic affects with other analygesics that lead to symptoms of overdosing rapidly. If you have Darvon or Darvocet in your home, it is best that you dispose of this drug. There are amny law firms that are handling civil law suits related to the damage that has been cause by this drug.

 

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