Help Your Loved One Overcome Addiction

If you are looking for drug treatment or alcohol addiction treatment in Arizona 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 Arizona residents.

Whether you are looking for help with, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, dual diagnosis or any other behavioral addiction in Arizona 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 Arizona 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.

How we can help with addiction

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.

Arizona Drug Abuse and Treatment Facts

In March 2004 %92 of people in treatment in Arizona were in outpatient treatment. %7 were in residential treatment facilities. Only %47 of facilities accepted private insurance in 2004 and %41 accepted Medicaid. However, half of the treatment facilities in Arizona provide treatment at no cost to people who can not afford treatment.

(source: http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/AZ04.pdf)

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Drug Situation: Arizona is directly north of the Mexican State of Sonora, a major trafficker stronghold. Along the 350 miles of border are three principal ports of entry (Nogales, Douglas, and San Luis) and three secondary ports of entry (Lukeville, Sasabe, and Naco). Most of the border area consists of inhospitable desert and steep mountain ranges, which are sparsely populated, infrequently patrolled by law enforcement, and ideal for drug smuggling. Arizona serves primarily as a drug importation and transshipment state. Drug smuggling and transportation are dominated by major Mexican trafficking organizations. These groups are poly-drug organizations smuggling cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin and precursor chemicals.

Cocaine: The Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas are major transshipment points for cocaine distribution from Arizona throughout the United States. Cocaine is shipped from Colombia by air, land and sea to controlled regions in Mexico, where it is then transported to staging areas near the 350 mile Arizona/Mexico border. Transportation groups aligned with the major Mexican cartels smuggle the cocaine into Arizona typically utilizing commercial trucks, private vehicles, animal caravans and backpackers. Multi-ton quantities of cocaine are smuggled across the border on a regular basis through heavily trafficked Ports of Entry, as well as between these Ports. It is common practice for the cocaine to be sent across the border in 20-30 kilogram loads at a time to minimize the loss if a vehicle is searched by law enforcement. The cocaine is usually wrapped in cellophane and electrical tape or duct tape, and secreted in elaborate compartments built into the vehicles to include these areas: gas tank, dashboard, bumper, firewall, rocker/quarter panels, driveshaft, wheel well, battery, under and within seats, under floor, etc. Traffickers utilize the vast irregular terrain of southern Arizona and lack of adequate border surveillance by law enforcement in this area to their advantage in the movement of cocaine to staging areas.

Heroin: Mexican black tar heroin is the predominant type of heroin found in Arizona. Heroin is smuggled into Arizona primarily through Arizona’s Ports of Entry by pedestrians or within hidden compartments in vehicles. When comparing the availability of heroin throughout Arizona, the Phoenix Metropolitan Area continues to remain the greatest area in the state for heroin availability. Throughout 2004, the price of heroin in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area decreased by approximately 40 percent, which indicated an abundance of available heroin. During the last 2 years, purity levels of retail level heroin have increased approximately 7 percent. A current trend encountered by the Phoenix Division is the increasing presence of heroin in our public schools. Over the past few years, Arizona has been witnessing a steady increase in the abuse of OxyContin. Oxycodone products are opiate agonists, like heroin and methadone. They are commonly prescribed to cancer patients, patients with chronic back pain, and patients recovering from surgery. Of these, OxyContin is heavily abused because it is available in high does and when ingested, it produces an intense high similar to heroin.

Methamphetamine: There are two types of methamphetamine available in Arizona, Mexican-produced and locally produced methamphetamine. Mexican-produced methamphetamine is the most predominant type encountered in the state and is frequently smuggled across the Southwest Border (SWB) where it transits through Arizona. The locally produced methamphetamine originates from independently owned and operated laboratories that are responsible for yielding small quantities for local consumption. Both threat areas impact Arizona’s borders, cities, and suburbs and each pose their own unique challenge to law enforcement and our communities. Arizona serves as a major distribution hub, staging area, and transshipment point for Mexican methamphetamine smuggled across the SWB destined for domestic cities throughout the U.S., specifically Midwest cities. The Arizona nexus to these areas is an indicator that the Mexican methamphetamine SOSs are based in Arizona and responsible for supplying trafficking groups throughout the U.S.

Marijuana: Marijuana remains widely available in quantities up to multi-hundred pounds packaged for delivery. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement routinely seize hundred pound quantities of marijuana between the Ports of Entry as well as abandoned in remote sites along the border. A large portion of marijuana smuggled into the United States is delivered by individuals known as “mules” who are paid to carry loads on their backs through remote and often rugged wilderness areas. Backpacks are designed from burlap bags used to carry potatoes and sugar, with ropes attached so the bags can be carried over the shoulders. Horses are also used to carry hundred pound loads. Large scale marijuana traffickers utilize tractor-trailers as well as refrigerated utility trailers to transport loads through established U. S. routes. Tucson and Phoenix are commonly used as stash locations until the loads are ready to be sent to their final destination.

Pharmaceutical Diversion: Current investigations indicate that diversion of oxycodone products (such as OxyContin®) and Percocet®), hydrocodone products (such as Vicodin®), and phentermine continues to be a problem in Arizona. Primary methods of diversion being reported are illegal sale and distribution by healthcare professionals and workers, “doctor shopping” (going to a number of doctors to obtain prescriptions for a controlled pharmaceutical), forged prescriptions, employee theft, and the Internet. Benzodiazepines (such as Xanax®), codeine, Dilaudid®, and methadone were also identified as being among the most commonly abused and diverted pharmaceuticals in Arizona.

Prescription Drugs: Methadone clinics estimate that over 50 percent of the new admissions for drug addiction treatment in the Phoenix metropolitan area are attributed to pharmaceutical controlled substances. The Phoenix Division continues to find that Vicodin, Lortab and other hydrocodone products; Percocet; OxyContin and other oxycodone products; benzodiazepines; and codeine products are the most abused pharmaceutical controlled substances in Arizona. The use of Soma in combination with other analgesic controlled substances, Ultram (tramadol) and Nubain, continue to be highly abused prescription-only substances. The primary methods of diversion are prescription fraud through forgeries, bogus call-ins, and doctor-shoppers. The Phoenix Division continues to investigate thefts in-transit to pharmacies and distributors, as well as reports of thefts by employees and robberies of pharmacies. Prescription controlled drugs from Mexico are frequently smuggled into Arizona, and internet shipments of controlled substances from foreign source websites are on-going. Internet websites with prescriptions shipped from U.S. pharmacies are also being investigated by the Phoenix Diversion Group.

Drug Proceeds: During 2005, drug proceeds were seized on the highways throughout Arizona with numerous cash seizures made in other areas of the United States that were linked back to Arizona. Passenger cars and commercial trucks remained the most common method of transporting bulk currency, with concealment techniques that included hidden compartments in gas tanks, engine intake manifolds, fenders and bags or boxes in the trunk area. Seizures from air travel were nearly as numerous as seizures from vehicles. The couriers used concealment techniques that included pants pockets, purses, carry-on luggage, soles of shoes, as well as within folded clothing in checked baggage. Commercial package services such as Federal Express, Airborne Express, etc. were also utilized to move trafficker funds with the currency hidden inside electrical equipment, shrink-wrapped bundles covered with carbon paper and inside packaged books. Money remitters such as Western Union and RIA ENVIA using wire transfers or money orders continued to be employed as a method of sending currency out of the country in smaller increments.

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 22 MET deployments in the State of Arizona: Eloy/Pinal, Bullhead City, Prescott, Lake Havasu City, Sierra Vista, Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Payson, Show Low, Glendale, Tombstone, Maricopa County, Cottonwood, Avondale, Maryvale, Scottsdale, Cochise County, Peoria, Navajo County, Mojave County, and Surprise. In March 2005, the METs prioritized investigations to target and dismantle methamphetamine trafficking organizations and clandestine laboratory operators. The following three MET deployments targeted methamphetamine trafficking organizations: Navajo County, Mojave County, and Surprise.

Special Topics: Law enforcement agencies in the Nogales, Arizona area continue to receive information regarding the use of subterranean tunnels to transfer both narcotics and undocumented migrants from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico into the United States. The tunnels usually tie into the drainage system and at least 21 tunnels have been discovered between 1990 and September 2005. Gaps in the border fences and open areas with no barriers at all are also used by drug traffickers and others who wish to enter the United States illegally. There is widespread use of unguarded crossing points between Sierra Vista and Nogales. The Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation stretches 90 miles across southern Arizona along the Mexican border, encompassing 2,773,357 acres. The proximity to the border and the limited law enforcement personnel working on the reservation, make this area a primary transit point for narcotics being smuggled from Mexico into the United States.

Information reproduced from the public domain at http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/arizona.html

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Alpine – Apache County
Apache Junction – Pinal County
Arivaca – Pima County
Arizona City – Pinal County
Ashfork – Yavapai County
Avondale – Maricopa County
Bagdad – Yavapai County – Community Profile (pdf)
Benson – Cochise County
Bisbee – Cochise County
Black Canyon City – Yavapai County
Bouse – La Paz County
Bowie – Cochise County
Buckeye – Maricopa County
Bullhead City – Mohave County
Camp Verde – Yavapai County
Carefree – Maricopa County
Casa Grande – Pinal County
Catalina – Pima County
Cave Creek – Maricopa County
Chandler – Maricopa County
Chino Valley – Yavapai County
Chloride – Mohave County
Clarkdale – Yavapai County
Clifton/Morenci – Greenlee County
Colorado City – Mohave County
Coolidge – Pinal County
Cottonwood – Yavapai County

Dewey-Humboldt – Yavapai County
Dolan Springs – Mohave County
Douglas – Cochise County
Duncan – Greenlee County
Eagar – Apache County
Ehrenberg – La Paz County
El Mirage – Maricopa County
Eloy – Pinal County
Flagstaff – Coconino County
Florence – Pinal County
Fountain Hills – Maricopa County
Fredonia – Coconino County
Gila Bend – Maricopa County
Gilbert – Maricopa County
Glendale – Maricopa County
Globe – Gila County
Goodyear – Maricopa County
Green Valley – Pima County
Greer – Apache County
Guadalupe – Maricopa County
Hayden – Gila County
Heber-Overgaard – Navajo County
Holbrook – Navajo County
Huachuca City – Cochise County
Jerome – Yavapai County
Joseph City – Navajo County
Kearny – Pinal County
Kingman – Mohave County
Lake Havasu City – Mohave County
Lake Montezuma/Rimrock/McGuireville – Yavapai County
Lakeside – Navajo County
Litchfield Park – Maricopa County
Mammoth – Pinal County
Marana – Pima County
Maricopa – Pinal County
Mayer – Yavapai County
McGuireville – Yavapai County
Mesa – Maricopa County
Miami – Gila County
Morenci – Greenlee County
Nogales – Santa Cruz County
Oak Creek Canyon
Oatman – Mohave County
Oracle – Pinal County
Oro Valley – Pima County
Overgaard – Navajo County
Page – Coconino County
Paradise Valley – Maricopa County
Parker – La Paz County
Patagonia – Santa Cruz County
Payson – Gila County
Pearce & Sunsite – Cochise County
Peeples Valley – Yavapai County
Peoria – Maricopa County
Phoenix – Maricopa County
Picacho/Picacho Peak/Red Rock – Pinal County
Pima – Graham County
Pine & Strawberry – Gila County
Pinetop-Lakeside – Navajo County
Prescott – Yavapai County
Prescott Valley – Yavapai County
Quartzsite – La Paz County
Queen Creek – Maricopa County
Red Rock – Pinal County
Rimrock – Yavapai County
Rio Rico – Santa Cruz County
Safford – Graham County
Sahuarita – Pima County
Saint Johns – Apache County
Salome & Wenden – La Paz County
San Luis – Yuma County
San Manuel – Pinal County
Scottsdale – Maricopa County
Sedona – Coconino County
Seligman – Yavapai County
Show Low – Navajo County
Sierra Vista – Cochise County
Snowflake – Navajo County
Somerton – Yuma County
Sonoita – Santa Cruz County
South Tucson – Pima County
Springerville – Apache County
Star Valley – Gila County
Strawberry – Gila County
Sun City – Maricopa County
Sun City West – Maricopa County
Sun Lakes – Maricopa County
Sunsites – Cochise County
Superior – Pinal County
Surprise – Maricopa County
Taylor – Navajo County
Tempe – Maricopa County
Thatcher – Graham County
Tolleson – Maricopa County
Tombstone – Cochise County
Tonopah – Maricopa County
Tuba City – Coconino County
Tubac – Santa Cruz County
Tucson – Pima County
Verde Village – Yavapai County
Wellton – Yuma County
Wenden – La Paz County
Wickenburg – Maricopa County
Willcox – Cochise County
Williams – Coconino County
Winkelman – Gila County
Winslow – Navajo County
Yarnell Peeples Valley – Yavapai County
Young – Gila County
Youngtown – Maricopa County
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