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Drug Rehab, Louisville, Kentucky

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Across the country there are numerous different kinds of alcohol addiction, drug rehab, and treatment programs. Whether you are looking for a drug rehab center for yourself or someone you care about in Louisville, one of the most important things you can do is to become educated on the many different kinds of drug rehab methods that exist.

Here are a few of the many different kinds of drug rehab programs that exist: outpatient counseling, detoxification, short-term inpatient treatment (30-day program) and long-term residential treatment (longer than 60 days). Also, inside the above mentioned programs there are two different types of rehab models. One medical model which substitutes one drug addiction for another during the treatment process, such as methadone maintenance. The other model is one which is entirely drug-free and does not prescribe more drugs to the addict. It is not unusual for many of the drug rehab centers in Louisville, Kentucky to have aftercare or a follow-up program in addition to their initial rehab program.

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Drug Situation: Marijuana, Methamphetamine, diverted pharmaceutical drugs, and Cocaine continue to be the primary drug threats in the city of Louisville. The Eastern Louisville region in particular has been a primary source of marijuana cultivation, especially the Daniel Boone National Forest. In 2003, 522,957 Marijuana plants were eradicated in Louisville, according to the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program. Though Louisville is the site of large-scale Marijuana cultivation, most of the Marijuana produced in the city is exported to markets in other citys, including Illinois, Ohio, New York, California, Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. Methamphetamine is a dramatically increasing threat throughout Louisville. Law enforcement authorities in Louisville see this as an "exploding" trend much the same as Crack cocaine several years ago. Though Methamphetamine manufacturing activity in Louisville consists mostly of small, unsophisticated clandestine laboratories producing limited amounts of Methamphetamine, this activity is expected to expand rapidly in the near future in terms of both the number of labs and their size/sophistication. After Marijuana, Cocaine is the primary drug seized in Louisville. The limited competition in remote areas makes the small communities of Eastern Louisville immensely popular and profitable for Cocaine trafficking organizations from major metropolitan areas. Additionally, urban areas such as Lexington and Louisville are used as transshipment points for Cocaine en route from the southwest border to markets in the Northeastern U.S. Finally, several counties in eastern Louisville lead the nation in terms of grams of narcotic pain medications distributed on a per capita basis. Aside from Marijuana cultivation and trafficking, the trafficking and illicit usage of prescription drugs in the area may be the most significant current drug threat facing the residents of Eastern Louisville.

Cocaine: Cocaine HCl is readily available throughout Louisville, with the greatest availability in the densely populated areas where quantities remain stable. Major traffickers are African American, Hispanic, and Colombian. Cocaine destined for the city of Louisville originates from source areas such as the southwest border of the U.S. and Southern Florida. The price and purity of Cocaine has remained relatively stable in Louisville for the past several years. Gram quantities continue to sell between $100-150, ounce quantities $900-1,200, and kilograms $20,000-28,000. The Cocaine in urban areas is consistently purchased and seized in the 40 to 90 percent purity range.

Heroin: Heroin is extremely rare in the city of Louisville. When encountered, Heroin is usually found in user amounts and sources are in either Cincinnati or Detroit.

Methamphetamine: Methamphetamine continues to be available in Louisville, especially in the rural areas of the city. Louisville Methamphetamine production is a simple process taught among violators and dominated by Caucasians in the lower social and economic class, including former Marijuana cultivators, who are beginning to realize the greater profit margin and diminished threat from law enforcement posed by Methamphetamine production versus Marijuana cultivation. Mexican violators are increasingly replacing local manufacturers as the primary suppliers of Methamphetamine in rural Louisville. As they had done in Tennessee, Mexican organizations first infiltrate the market by offering high-quality Methamphetamine at low prices, amassing a large customer base that comes to prefer the superior product they offer over locally produced "hillbilly meth." Once the customer base is firmly established, they raise prices. This process is currently underway in rural Louisville.

Diverted Pharmaceutical Drugs: The illicit use of prescription drugs throughout Louisville is perhaps the most underestimated of its drug problems. During 2003, 19,366 dosage units of diverted pharmaceutical drugs were seized by HIDTA-participating agencies in Louisville. Nevertheless, this seizure rate does not indicate fully the seriousness of the impact of the illicit use and trafficking of prescription drugs in the area. Counties in eastern Louisville lead the nation in terms of grams of narcotic pain medications distributed on a per capita basis. Aside from Marijuana cultivation and trafficking, the trafficking and illicit usage of prescription drugs in the area may be the most significant current drug threat within the Appalachia HIDTA.

Investigative agencies in Louisville target physicians who prescribe medication to abusers who "doctor shop." These physicians often overcharge the Medicare and Medicaid programs as well as private insurance agencies. The "patients" sell the controlled substances on the street for enormous profits, and abuse the substances themselves.

The abuse and trafficking of diverted pharmaceutical drugs profoundly affect nearly all facets of life for residents of Eastern Louisville, including local politics. The large demand for these substances, combined with the vast profit potential offered by illicit drug distribution, has lead to significant political corruption and voting fraud at the county and city levels. "What it takes to get the attention of some voters now is no longer a case of beer or $10 or $15. Now it's a handful of Oxycontin," says Lori Daniel, an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney.

In Louisville, between January 2000 and May 2001, the Louisville city Medical Examiner's (ME's) Office identified the presence of oxycodone in the bodies of 69 individuals who died. Toxic oxycodone levels were reported in 36 of the 69 deaths.

According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1.4 percent of admissions to U.S. drug treatment facilities in 1999 resulted from the abuse of "other Opiates," i.e., narcotic drugs other than heroin. During that same year, 1.8 percent of drug treatment admissions citywide in Louisville resulted from the abuse of these substances. A regional newspaper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, surveyed five eastern Louisville substance abuse treatment centers, which reported a 288 percent increase in the number of narcotics abusers seeking treatment from 1998 through 2001. These figures are substantially greater than the national average.

Diverted pharmaceutical drugs are also becoming the primary cause of DUI arrests in some Eastern Louisville counties. In 2000, three eastern Louisville counties, Clay, Laurel, and Martin, reported more DUI charges resulting from drugs than alcohol.

Oxycontin: Oxycontin has emerged as the most serious pharmaceutical drug threat in Eastern Louisville. A 12-hour time-released variant of the generic opioid oxycodone, Oxycontin is available in strengths ranging from 10 to 80 milligrams, each tablet of which is sold illicitly at a street value of approximately $2.50 per milligram (over ten times the drug's legitimate purchase price). OxyContin is a Schedule II narcotic normally prescribed as an analgesic for cancer and severe arthritis patients. Extremely addictive, it causes confusion, euphoria, light-headedness and sedation. The tablets are often crushed or melted, then snorted or injected, bypassing the time-release mechanism so that the entire dosage enters the bloodstream simultaneously, often with deadly results. OxyContin addiction is the root cause of a range of criminal activity in the Eastern Louisville such as robbery, theft, assault, and various types of prescription fraud. In recent years, Louisville and West Virginia have seen an alarming increase in pharmacy robberies and thefts (see table above). In many cases the perpetrators ignored the cash, interested only in obtaining Oxycontin tablets. The availability of Oxycontin appears to be diminishing in Louisville, as evidenced by the recent rise in the street price from $1.00 to approximately $2.00 per milligram. Investigators in Eastern Louisville note an increasing incidence of Oxycontin being imported into the city from Mexico, where local traffickers obtain (legal) prescriptions from Mexican doctors, then carry the maximum allowable quantity across the border for distribution in the Appalachia HIDTA. Anecdotal information from across the nation, and especially from the citys surrounding Louisville such as Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, suggests that Oxycontin abusers may switch to Heroin and/or Methadone in response to a diminished availability of Oxycontin in a given region. This trend is beginning to manifest itself in Louisville, with regional doctors increasingly prescribing Methadone in lieu of Oxycontin for pain management.

Club Drugs: LSD, MDMA, and GHB are all available in the Lexington area. The availability of MDMA seems to be increasing, while the availability of LSD and GHB have remained static or decreased slightly. The source area for MDMA in the Lexington area has been identified as Florida. The source area for LSD is California, and GHB is manufactured locally. The Lexington RO has a Priority Target Investigation involving two groups who distribute thousands of dosage units of MDMA per month in the Lexington area. The Lexington RO has made several undercover purchases from members of these organizations and has arrested four individuals thus far. Sales have been taking place at rave parties, nightclubs, bars, and hangouts for high school aged individuals.

Marijuana: Louisville averages third or fourth in terms of total Marijuana production, after California, Hawaii, and sometimes Tennessee. The Daniel Boone National Forest, which covers more than 690,000 acres of Eastern Louisville, is a favored site for cultivators. The forestlands are remote, sparsely populated, very accessible, and fall within what is known as the "marijuana belt," so-named due to ideal soil and climate conditions for cannabis cultivation. Along with growing conditions, the National Forest, in its timber practices, has opened a canopy for new Marijuana growth in numerous areas where the sunlight penetrates the forest floor. As a result, Marijuana plots in the National Forests are found in various locations from bottomlands, on hillsides, to the tops of mountains, with the regeneration areas being an especially popular spot for growers. Marijuana growers also perceive the vast rural areas of the National Forests as too spacious for law enforcement officials to detect all activities. Aside from ideal locations for Marijuana plots, growers often plant their crops on public lands, such as National Forests, in an effort to draw greater protection from personal and/or financial loss due to asset forfeiture procedures, should they be apprehended. Overall, 206,908 Marijuana plants were eradicated the Daniel Boone National Forest in 2003. The Daniel Boone is abused by the collateral effects of marijuana cultivation, including property damage to natural resources, archeological sites, and wildlife, including endangered species. Marijuana producers have destroyed numerous trees, plants and fauna, as well as gates and fences, to clear cultivation sites and drive vehicles to/from the Marijuana plots. Additionally, during the cultivation of Marijuana, growers frequently use a variety of poisonous chemical fertilizers upon forestlands. In 2003, 515 acres of the Daniel Boone National Forest were classified as "impacted environmentally because of drug activity" by the U.S. Forest Service. As noted above, most of the Marijuana produced in Louisville is destined for markets in other citys. This trend becomes evident when one contrasts Marijuana production rates in Louisville with consumption rates in the city. Far more Marijuana is cultivated in Louisville than the local market consumes. Additionally, anecdotal information from cities such as Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., New York City, etc., suggests that Louisville Marijuana is prized in those markets.

DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams: This cooperative program with city 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. There have been 409 deployments completed resulting in 16,763 arrests of violent drug criminals as of February 2004. There have been three MET deployments in the city of Louisville since the inception of the program: Louisville, Covington, and Hopkinsville.

DEA Regional Enforcement Teams: This program was designed to augment existing DEA division resources by targeting drug organizations operating in the United citys 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 citys. Nationwide, there have been 22 deployments completed resulting in 608 arrests of drug trafficking criminals as of February 2004. There have been no RET deployments in the city of Louisville.

Drug Situation: Throughout the state of Kentucky, diverted pharmaceuticals such as Lorcet, Lortab, and OxyContin continue to be a major drug problem. Kentucky is also experiencing an explosive growth in the number of methamphetamine laboratories. Kentucky is also one of the leading source states for domestically grown marijuana.

Cocaine: Cocaine is readily available in all the larger metropolitan areas. Cocaine abuse is so widespread that it can be obtained at just about any location; bars, nightclubs, restaurants, street sales, and houses.

Heroin: Heroin is extremely rare in the state of Kentucky. When heroin is encountered it is usually found in user amounts.

Meth: In-state methamphetamine production has become a significant issue in Kentucky. Meth usage among teenagers is significantly higher in Kentucky (12.7%) than the national average (9.1%). As with all the other drugs, meth is sold in bars, nightclubs, restaurants, and on the street.

Club Drugs: LSD, MDMA, and GHB are found in Kentucky. The availability of ecstasy seems to be increasing, while the availability of LSD and GHB has remained static or decreased slightly.

Marijuana: Domestically grown marijuana is Kentucky's number one cash crop and much of the marijuana is grown on national forest land. Marijuana is readily available and one of the most abused drugs in the area. It is sold in parking lots, bars, store fronts, homes, and other locations.

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