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February 20, 2009

Getting Addiction help in Alaska

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If you are looking for drug treatment or alcohol addiction treatment in Alaska we can help. Call us today and we will help you find the treatment solution that is right for you. We offer family care and individual treatment strategies for Alaska residents.

Whether you are looking for help with, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, dual diagnosis or any other behavioral addiction in Alaska we can help. You don’t need to scour the internet for a specific treatment center, as a matter of fact most of the most helpful treatment centers in Alaska don’t even have a website. We can help connect you with a facility in your area. Best of all, this service is free to you.

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Our mission is to get you the treatment you need quickly. When you call we will give you a case manager who will be with you throughout the course of your treatment. This is very helpful as the case manager acts as a liaison between you, your treatment provider and your insurance company. We work with our treatment partners all over the country and we find you a treatment center that will work for your unique situation. We take your treatment needs, ability to pay, and location and come up with a solution that works for you. Best of all, you don’t need to pay us a thing for this service.

Drug Situation: Due to its close proximity to the Pacific Rim and shared border with Canada, Alaska is both a transshipment point for controlled substances to the continental United States and a consumer state. Historically, drug trends documented in the other states are eventually documented in Alaska. This includes the growing threat of methamphetamine, Ecstasy, GHB and other “Predatory Drugs.” Alaska has the highest per capita incidence of alcoholism, rape, and suicide in the United States, partially attributable to controlled substance abuse.

Cocaine: Cocaine is available throughout Alaska. Cocaine is sold in Alaska by the gram, ounce, pound, and kilogram, and prices for cocaine are somewhat higher, which is to be expected considering the distance and difficulty to smuggle cocaine to Alaska. Thousands of vehicles cross the U.S./Canada border each day, making it impossible to search all of them thoroughly. Hiking trails in remote areas along the border also offer opportunities to smuggle drugs across the border on foot in backpacks and via snowmobiles. The smuggling methods are as varied as the traffickers, and are only limited by their imagination, resources, and supplies. In November 2005, Anchorage DO agents and the Alaska Interdiction Task Force intercepted UPS parcels containing approximately 2,888 gross grams of cocaine. The parcels were shipped from Marina Del Rey, CA to Anchorage, AK using false recipient names and mailing addresses. Agents noted that the traffickers used business cards from random businesses for return addresses when shipping the cocaine.

Heroin: In Alaska, heroin use is now reported by state and local police to be almost non-existent. Instead of heroin, with unreliable availability and potency, the addicts abuse OxyContin, a pharmaceutical drug considered reliable and safe. Heroin abuse is increasingly viewed as a health issue and less as a crime issue.

Methamphetamine: Alaska is experiencing an increase in the availability of crystal methamphetamine. Small toxic labs continue to be found throughout the state. The pseudoephedrine reduction method is the common manufacturing method used. Availability seems to be increasing, both from local labs and from methamphetamine mailed or shipped into the state by various methods, mostly from the Western U.S. Alaska, along with other states in the Seattle Division, is experiencing an increase in the availability of crystal methamphetamine.

Predatory Drugs: There is recent evidence of large quantities of GBL being transshipped through Alaska from Thailand to various “lower 48″ states. MDMA (methylene-dioxy-methamphetamine ), also known as Ecstasy, is a growing threat throughout the state. Prior to 1999, there were no reports or direct evidence of large quantities of MDMA in any form. In recent years, MDMA seizures have increased dramatically. Raves continue to occur in Alaska, with the accompanying use of Predatory Drugs found at these events. In late 2003 a female died in Anchorage, AK from an overdose of GHB. LSD remains available in the state, mostly in the university areas.

Marijuana: Marijuana is the most abused and widespread illegal drug in Alaska. Local law enforcement can only estimate the extent of marijuana abuse because less than 5% of the marijuana in Alaska is grown outdoors. This makes detection much more difficult. Recently, BC Bud marijuana from British Columbia, Canada has begun to make its way to Alaska along the Transcontinental Highway. The Anchorage DO reports the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Agents from Elmendorf Air Force Base indicates that marijuana continues to be the most highly abused drug among military members.

Pharmaceutical Diversion: Current investigations indicate that diversion of hydrocodone products (such as VicodinÂ®), and OxyContinÂ® continues to be a problem in Alaska. Primary methods of diversion being reported are “doctor shopping” (going to a number of doctors to obtain prescriptions for a controlled pharmaceutical), forged prescriptions, and the Internet. AdderallÂ® was also identified as being among the most commonly abused and diverted pharmaceuticals in Alaska.

Other Drugs: The diversion of various controlled substances regulated by prescription is growing. Alaska is one of the top five purchasing states for five of the top twelve diverted drugs, to include Fentanyl, D-Amphetamine, Oxycodone, Methadone and Meperidine. Benzodiazepines are also widely abused. Internet purchases of controlled substances, from both domestic and international sites, are on the rise.

DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams: This cooperative program with state and local law enforcement counterparts was conceived in 1995 in response to the overwhelming problem of drug-related violent crime in towns and cities across the nation. Since the inception of the MET Program, 473 deployments have been completed nationwide, resulting in 19,643 arrests. There have been no MET deployments in the State of Alaska.

DEA Regional Enforcement Teams: This program was designed to augment existing DEA division resources by targeting drug organizations operating in the United States where there is a lack of sufficient local drug law enforcement. This Program was conceived in 1999 in response to the threat posed by drug trafficking organizations that have established networks of cells to conduct drug trafficking operations in smaller, non-traditional trafficking locations in the United States. As of January 31, 2005, there have been 27 deployments nationwide, and one deployment in the U.S. Virgin Islands, resulting in 671 arrests. There have been no RET deployments in the State of Alaska.

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