Drug Rehab Alaska (cont..)
Alaska is non-contiguous with the rest of the US and borders Canada. Its location makes it prime for drug trafficking organizations to ship illicit drugs to be moved to other locations at another time. Alaska’s per capita use of illicit drugs is very high and as a result, crime rates, addiction rates and suicide rates are high. In recent years, as in many other states, the manufacture and abuse of methamphetamine is increasing and poses a great threat to the state. Illegal organizations are believed to be using Alaska to launder money made in the drug trade, as well.
In 2003, approximately 141 individuals were admitted to Alaska drug rehab programs for cocaine abuse and addiction. Crack cocaine and powder cocaine continue to be a significant problem in the state. Drug trafficking organizations from the Dominican and Mexico are responsible for the majority of the cocaine and crack in Alaska. Smuggling much of it in from the contiguous states, some is sold at greatly increased prices in the state while some is prepared for shipment to other locations. Federal authorities seized 13.8 kilograms of cocaine in 2006.
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122 individuals were reportedly admitted to Alaska drug rehab programs for addiction to heroin or other opiates in 2003. Black tar heroin is smuggled into Alaska by Mexican trafficking organizations and accounts for only a small percentage of those admissions (0.2 kilos of heroin were seized by federal authorities in 2006). More of those Alaska drug rehab admissions were due to addiction to other opiates like OxyContin. OxyContin is a prescription medication that, when abused, has effects similar to heroin.
Alaska drug rehab programs are continuing to treat individuals for addiction to methamphetamine which remains a significant problem in the state. New laws that require medications containing ingredients used in the manufacture of methamphetamine be stored behind pharmacy counters have resulted in a drop in the number of local methamphetamine labs. Law enforcement agencies seized 66 meth labs in 2004, 37 in 2005 and 5 in 2006. However, methamphetamine is still widely available in Alaska. It is imported from the rest of the US and even from Asia. In 2006, approximately 6.9 kilos of methamphetamine were seized by federal authorities.
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Admissions to Alaska drug rehab programs for marijuana addiction dropped numbered 363 in 2003. Marijuana is widely available in Alaska and is in demand. Much of the marijuana in Alaska is cultivated indoors and some is smuggled into the state from Canada. In 2006, nearly 223 kilos of marijuana were confiscated in Alaska.
Over 200 admissions to Alaska drug rehab programs can be attributed to prescription drug addiction. Prescription drugs like Vicodin, OxyContin, Lortab, Percocet, and steroids are the most commonly abused and most commonly diverted prescription-only drugs in Alaska. These drugs are obtained a number of ways: through the illegal sale and distribution by those in the healthcare field, by individuals who go from doctor to doctor to get multiple prescriptions, through forged prescriptions, theft by healthcare employees, robbery of pharmacies or other healthcare facilities and increasingly via purchase on the Internet.
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DEA State Fact Sheet
SAMHSA State Level Data
SAMHSA Substance Abuse Tables
Office Of National Drug Control Policy |
