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Alabama Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery and Treatment Programs and Centers
In Alabama, the main drug threat is the easy accessibility and abuse of illicit drugs, which comes from outside Alabama, plus with homegrown marijuana and the rising peril of locally manufactured methamphetamine, and designer drugs. More conventional drugs (e.g. cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana) include most of the drugs arriving in and being transported through Alabama.
Colombian, Mexican, and Caribbean Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs), regional DTOs, along with local DTOs and occasional traffickers handle the shipment of these drugs. Further, Mexican, Caribbean and regional DTOs have massive distribution networks in Alabama. On a limited scale, outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are supplying methamphetamine through their own distribution network within Alabama.
Locally, the production of methamphetamine is increasing. Alabama’s Law Enforcement agencies cite that cocaine falls closely behind methamphetamine as a substantial threat. Cocaine is easily accessible throughout Alabama. The majority of the cocaine shipped into Alabama comes from the Houston, Texas or Atlanta, Georgia regions. Wholesale distributors ship it into Alabama in powder form, most of which is then changed locally into crack.
Mexican DTOs and (to a smaller degree) African American DTOs are responsible for shipping the cocaine into Alabama. The Mexican DTOs handle shipping much larger bulks of cocaine than the African American DTOs. Alabama’s northern and southern areas are supplied mainly from supply sources in Houston, Texas. The majority of central Alabama’s cocaine comes from Atlanta, Georgia.
In Alabama, over the past year, the presence of heroin has grown. Heroin is accessible in specific areas of Mobile and Birmingham, plus Montgomery and Auburn in smaller amounts. This information has been proven based on the growth in the amount of patients in these regions admitted to clinics for drug treatment, with the number of patients more than doubling in some areas. Heroin is shipped into Alabama through private and commercial vehicles. Presently, there is limited or no data to any the specific organizations that handle Alabama’s heroin distribution.
For two years, methamphetamine has been cited as Alabama’s number one drug threat. The drug’s production in Alabama has seen a significant decline resulting from the restriction of psuedoehpedrine sales. Still, it remains the most substantial threat in Alabama. In 2005, the amount of methamphetamine labs seized was 20 percent fewer than in 2004. “Ice”, a more pure type of methamphetamine has substituted the methamphetamine previously produced in Alabama’s “mom and pop” labs. Almost all of the methamphetamine coming into Alabama is transported by Mexican DTOs from Mexico and Texas and Atlanta, Georgia distribution points. The independent dealers obtain lesser quantities in Atlanta for their own personal use, leaving a small portion for distribution to cover the expense of the drugs.
In Alabama, club drug abuse and distribution among the younger crowd is growing. There have been increases in arrests, overdoses, and seizures of club drugs. Further, there is rising availability and trafficking of Ecstasy, LSD, and Ketamine. MDMA, LSD, GHB, and Ketamine. These drugs are more frequently found on college campuses and at other venues. GHB and MDMA are the club drugs of choice and the end-users are young Caucasians at various economic levels. Still, most of the users are college students and rave-goers.
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