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New Jersey Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Treatment Centers and Programs
The real New Jersey Devil is not the unidentified creature washed up on its beaches a few years ago, but the specter of drug abuse. Heroin accounted for 41% of all treatment admissions to New Jersey drug and alcohol treatment centers in 2006, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and is still the primary drug of concern in the state. By contrast, alcohol accounted for just 17.5% of all primary admissions. Cocaine, especially crack, is also a concern in New Jersey, as is marijuana, club drugs, and an increasing abuse of prescription drugs, primarily Xanax, Oxycontin, Percocet, and hydrocodone products. Compounding this problem is the concentration of pharmaceutical and chemical companies in New Jersey, which boasts more such firms than any other state. Diversion of prescription pharmaceuticals is a rapidly growing underground industry here. The network of 351 drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation centers in New Jersey admitted just under 55,000 people in 2006, the most recent year for which data is available. The state ranks below the national average for people needing but not receiving treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, marking an aggressive effort by New Jersey to help its citizens obtain admission into New Jersey drug and alcohol treatment programs. Both the high number of rehabilitation centers and the amount of money devoted to the problem of substance abuse (nearly $140 million in 2006) are good news for New Jersey residents.
National Outcome Measures, New Jersey 2008 People seeking treatment for substance abuse in New Jersey will find that the majority of New Jersey rehab facilities provide services on an outpatient basis, which is in line with the fact that most patients are treated through outpatient programs as well. For more severely debilitated individuals or those with stubborn addictions, inpatient care may be required. Sixty-seven treatment centers in New Jersey offer residential care. All prospective patients should carefully evaluate their options within the local area, as not all programs and facilities are the same. For instance, very few New Jersey drug and alcohol treatment facilities offer opioid programs of the type that some drug users may regard as standard treatment for a heroin addiction. Just 37 New Jersey rehab centers offered this type of medication-based maintenance program, and only 57 programs were certified to administer buprenorphine, which is used like methadone to manage withdrawal symptoms. Most facilities prefer to offer some combination of detoxification, intensive counseling and behavior modification, and group support to help addicts “kick the habit.” The long-term recovery process is geared toward getting clean (detoxification), and staying clean (preventing relapse). While it is impossible to predict the outcome for any patient or any treatment modality, all patients should educate themselves on the various approaches and discuss them with their doctor prior to beginning treatment. Whichever approach is chosen, one key to success is early intervention and swift action for any suspected drug or alcohol abuse. With half of all New Jersey 12th graders reporting having tried marijuana, drug dependency—or a trip to a New Jersey drug and alcohol rehab center—may not be as remote a possibility as many parents would like to think.
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