Drug Rehabs are at the Center of the War on Drugs

As part of the war on drugs, which has been largely unsuccessful over the last decade and a half, President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have been directing efforts on rehabilitation and education rather than an actual war with drug cartels. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs have been successful in reducing the demand for illegal drugs in the United States and now in Mexico. The current belief is that making addiction treatment programs available will reduce demand for illegal drugs and weaken the drug cartels.

Mexico, as part of their implementation of this philosophy, has taken the money seized in raids on drug dealers and used it to open over three hundred treatment centers in towns and villages all over Mexico. Mountainside Treatment Center recently published an article exploring the workings of the drug cartels, their financial power and the size of the smuggling operations based in Mexico. Points discussed in this article included the fact that a large portion of methamphetamine in the United States has either been smuggled here by these cartels or, the chemicals to make the drug have been smuggled in to the United States.

Mountainside Treatment Center’s comprehensive addiction treatment program is structured to provide professional multifaceted care in a serene environment and educate their clients by providing knowledge of the root causes of addiction. Entering a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center can initially be a difficult decision. The community based atmosphere at Mountainside helps to make the transition to a healthy new life easier.

Methamphetamine addiction has become an epidemic much like crack cocaine was in the 1980’s and 1990’s. More than 12 million Americans have tried methamphetamine and 1.5 million are regular users, according to federal estimates.

Meth-making operations have been uncovered in all 50 states; Missouri tops the list, with more than 8,000 labs, equipment caches and toxic dumps seized between 2002 and 2004.

Mountainside Drug Rehab Center’s focus and commitment over the years has been on the quality of its drug rehabilitation and alcoholism treatment program. Mountainside's unique drug rehab program includes Individual and Group Counseling; Therapeutic Challenge; Addressing Nicotine Addiction; 12-Step Education and Meetings; Spiritual Enhancement including Guided Meditation, Yoga, Hypnosis, a Native American Stone Peoples Lodge; Family Counseling; Work Therapy; Adventure-Based Counseling; Writing, Art and Music Workshops. Working with their counselors, residents are able to take advantage of a long list of treatment initiatives designed to appeal to individual tastes and preferences. One of the tenets of its individualized drug addiction rehab program is to get people fully engaged in their recoveries.

Mountainside’s licensed and credentialed counselors and clinical staff include two Advanced Nurse Practitioners who are specialists in drug addiction and alcoholism treatment. The highly capable drug addiction treatment team is dedicated to providing compassionate and quality alcohol and drug treatment. In these hard economic times - Mountainside Drug Rehab is there to help. Please contact us at the number below or visit its website at (http://www.drug-rehab-mountainside.com).

If you or someone you know is suffering from drug addiction or alcohol addiction please call to get help now. Mountainside Treatment Center can be reached 24 hours a day at: 1-800-762-5433 or visit us on the web at: http://www.mountainside.com