Georgia Drug Rehab

Drug Rehab Georgia (cont..)

Illicit drugs enter the state of Georgia in a variety of ways; via the extensive road system, by air and by water. Atlanta is the largest city in the south and it is a hub for travel in all directions. This makes it is a key location in the drug trade. Mexican drug trafficking organizations from Southwest Border States are largely responsible for bringing illicit drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and heroin to the state. Some other international drug trafficking organizations have been identified as being responsible for smuggling illicit drugs into the state, such as organizations from Southeast Asia, West Africa, South America and the Caribbean. However, most of the illicit drugs in the state still come from Mexican organizations. Some of the drugs will remain in the state to be sold locally and more will be shipped on to other areas of the country, particularly East Coast states. Crack cocaine dealers are now receiving shipments in kilogram amounts.

Between 2002 and 2004, an estimated 23,825 individuals were admitted to Georgia drug rehabs for cocaine abuse. Cocaine is smuggled into Georgia from Texas and California mainly by commercial and private vehicle transport. Once in Georgia, most of it will be made into crack cocaine and sold locally. Some cocaine originating from Columbia is smuggled in by water. This cocaine is typically headed for Atlanta or other areas on the East Coast or it will ultimately be moved on to other parts of the globe. The amount of cocaine confiscated in Georgia has dropped over the last 3 years, but federal authorities still seized over 1,100 kilos of cocaine in 2006.

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There were nearly 2,000 reported admissions to Georgia drug rehab programs for heroin abuse in the years from 2002 to 2004. Heroin makes its way to Georgia chiefly from markets in Chicago, New York or the Southwest Border States but there is an indication that much of the heroin found in the Atlanta area is South American in origin. The accessibility of heroin has remained fairly steady, but recent reports indicate heroin is now available in areas of the state that hadn’t reported it as a problem before and heroin abuse is on the rise. Over 11 kilos of heroin were impounded by federal law enforcement in 2006.

Almost 7,300 individuals were reportedly admitted to Georgia drug rehab centers for amphetamine abuse from 2002-2004. In Georgia, particularly areas in and around Atlanta, the threat posed by methamphetamine has grown steadily in recent years and ICE is becoming more available as well. There has been a decline in methamphetamine manufacture in Georgia; 226 methamphetamine lab seizures in 2003, 131 in 2005 and 117 in 2006. It is believed that laws aimed at controlling the sale of one of the key ingredients in the production of methamphetamine have contributed to that decline. However, despite that decline just over 218 kilos of methamphetamine were seized by federal authorities in 2006.

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Reportedly, over 15,000 individuals entered Georgia drug rehabs for marijuana addiction in from 2002 to 2004. Marijuana is unquestionably the most available and most abused illicit drug in Georgia. Marijuana is both locally grown and smuggled into the state from Mexico or Border States. In 2004, there were almost 24,000 arrests in Georgia for the sale/manufacture or for possession of marijuana. Of those, approximately 3,035 were juveniles. In 2006, federal law enforcement agents seized over 3,600 kilos of marijuana in Georgia.

Law enforcement professionals in Georgia are concerned with other drugs as well; diverted prescription drugs and club drugs. Prescription drugs or club drugs may be responsible for an estimated 3,900 admissions to Georgia drug rehab facilities from 2002 to 2004. Xanax, Valium, Dilaudid, Demerol, Percodan OxyContin and pseudoephedrine are the most popular abused prescription drugs in Georgia. Prescription drugs intended for illegal use are often obtained through theft, fraudulent prescriptions, and the Internet. Drugs like Ecstasy (MMDA), GHB and Ketamine abuse is common with Georgia’s younger citizens, particularly in club settings, college campuses and raves.

Below are the original sources of the information contained on this page.
DEA State Fact Sheet
SAMHSA State Level Data
SAMHSA Substance Abuse Tables
Office Of National Drug Control Policy

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