subject: Review On Alcohol And Drug Rehab Treatment Centers [print this page] Alcohol and drug abuse is quite rampant in United States with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC officially labeling prescription drug abuse a national epidemic for the year-2011-12. Drug overdose has raised five fold over the last decade and an overdose from prescription drugs now exceed those from cocaine and heroin combined. There are also startling statistics revealed by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in its report that was released in 2010. The report states that 33 per cent of drivers involved in fatal car crashes were under the influence of drugs as per the known test results. This figure is inclusive of both prescription medicines and illicit drugs.
These facts lay emphasis about the impending dual health crisis arising out of drug abuse and issues arising out of drug rehab treatment. There is also an equivalent increase in the alcohol consumption or abuse with almost 50 percent of people aged 12 and above having consumed alcohol in the United States. Majority of the people are able to consume alcohol responsibly. However, the drug information from the American Council for Drug Education ACDE stating that approximately 10 to 15 million people in the United States can be classified as alcoholics. Out of which 4.5 million of those people are adolescents.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that 79,000 deaths per year are the result of excessive alcohol consumption. Alcohol abuse is the rated as the third leading cause of death (life-style related) in the nation and the leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 24 years. Various alcohol and drug rehab treatment centers are spread everywhere in all the states of United States where different alcohol and drug abuse treatment procedures are followed to help the patient or drug addict from coming out of alcohol and drug abuse.
The alcohol and drug rehab treatment procedure consists of both an inpatient as well as outpatient treatment. The average cost of outpatient and inpatient treatment as per the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) costs around $1,422 and $3840 per course respectively. The treatment facilities available in these various drug and rehab centers differs with the patient paying more or less as treatment charges or fee depending upon the facilities being provided in these centers. The prevention and treatment efforts benefits patients undergoing treatment at these centers.
