In recent years, Montana has had some challenges as it concerns drug use and abuse. In 2006, they ranked amongst the highest in the country for past month illicit drug use for those 12 and older, between the ages 12 to 17 and 26 and older. For past month marijuana use, they also ranked quite high for those 12 and older, 12 to 17 and 18 to 25. The same is also true for past year marijuana, past month use of an Illicit Drug other then Marijuana, past years non medical use of Pain Relievers, past month alcohol use and binging and they have the least perception of harm associated with having 5 or more drinks of an alcoholic beverage once or twice a week. Many of these rates cover multiple age groups meaning that the problem ranges from adolescence all the way through adulthood.
Montana drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers have their work cut out for them. There are high rates of admissions for various types of illicit drugs as well as alcohol. This has been true for sometime. The global measure of alcohol and illicit drugs dependence in Montana has been amongst the highest in the United States for a good while. In 2006, they had the highest drug use rates in every age group.
Not only are drugs a problem but so is alcohol. The alcohol dependence rates for the last year are also amongst the highest in the country again for every age group. Past year dependence and or abuse of illegal and illicit drugs also ranks quite high. What it is quite disturbing is that while there are high levels of alcohol and drug use and abuse, there are relatively few Montana, alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers to treat these individuals. In 2006, there were only 56 of them. Thirty-one were nonprofit and private, 5 were for profit and private and 11 were run by the federal government. There were also an additional four that were run by various Tribal governments.
Ninety-fiver percent of the Montana and alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers offer outpatient care. Eight of them provide residential care. Eleven doctors and a total of 17 programs are certified offer Buprenorphine treat for opiate addiction.
A whopping 84% of all of the Montana drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers receive some type of government funding and almost half of those do contract with managed-care organizations to provide care and treatment paid by one’s insurance company.
An N-SSATS one day census found that there were 3047 individuals in rehab on that one given day. Nearly 3,000 of them were enrolled in an outpatient program. Ten percent were under the age of 18.
Methamphetamine use has risen and the number of admissions to Montana drug rehab to treat people addicted to them has increased as well. Between 1992 and 2006, the amount of people seeking treatment for this particular class of drug increased fourfold and went from 7% to 32%. This as evidence that meth has quickly become a very serious problem that will need to be address by the state of Montana and Montana drug and rehabilitation centers.
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