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Choosing the correct drug rehab in Pawtucket,Rhode Island is often a very confusing and extremely important endeavor. It is important to be well informed in order to choose the correct drug rehab facility in Pawtucket for yourself or a loved one.
Each drug rehab in Pawtucket, Rhode Island has a different approach to the recovery process. Take note of what is important to you, and make decisions based on your personal needs. Keep in mind that in Pawtucket there are a multitude of treatment options to choose from: outpatient treatment, in patient treatment, support groups, drug rehabilitation, alcohol rehab, drug treatment programs, sober living, halfway houses, long term treatment, short term treatment, counseling, and many more. An individual can become thoroughly confused by asking a half-dozen recovering alcoholics or drug addicts in Pawtucket how they conquered their abuse of alcohol or drugs; the answers vary although each of them are convincing and emotional. They will cite such diverse approaches as hospitalization, diet, exercise, counseling, sauna's, religion, hypnosis, amino acids and self-help groups. When it comes to successful treatment, only one thing is certain: practically any approach will work for some of the people, some of the time. To put it another way, successful drug rehabilitation is like a designer suit- it's got to be tailor-made for each individual. A great deal of variation exists in the degree of dependence among drug users. The teenager who smokes marijuana three times a week is not as dependent as the thirty year old who has smoked marijuana six times a day for 15 years and has already relapsed after being in two drug rehabilitation centers. It's obvious that these individuals need different approaches to treatment. Similarly, among cocaine users are some who use it in binge fashion, one or two days a month, and others who use it several times each day. Again, different treatment approaches are required for each case.
For those who do not have a long history of drug addiction, an outpatient treatment program might be the correct decision. This form of treatment may be a viable solution for those who have a brief drug addiction history. These individuals might only need the guidance and counseling available though this method of treatment. On the other hand, those who have experienced an extended period of drug addiction, choosing the correct drug rehab program typically means that they should enter into an in patient drug rehab program not located in Pawtucket. The structure, 24-hour support and change of enviornment made available through this type of drug rehab recovery program can be highly effective for those recovering from a long term drug addiction problem. Most drug rehab professionals in do not recommend any one "best" treatment approach, recognizing the many variations among drug and alcohol abusers. In general, the levels of treatment range from simple and behavioral to complex and medical. The person dependent upon drugs or alcohol may have used the chosen substance for so long that he or she has literally forgotten how to cope with the daily challenges of life; how to have a meaningful, drug-free lifestyle; or how to solve the social or psychological problems that prompted the substance abuse in the first place. In these instances, a very comprehensive approach must be prescribed if the individual is to expect any degree of successful recovery. Once stability is achieved, the "clean" or sober individual can take several steps to enhance recovery and avoid relapse. Among the general recommendations are belonging to a group as a support system, having a religious involvement, practicing good health habits; including proper diet, sleep, and exercise, as well as goal planning and self enhancement projects.
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Google BookmarksPopulation: 1,058,920
Law Enforcement Officers: 2,818
State Prison Population: 3,500
Probation Population: 25,914
Violent Crime Rate
National Ranking: 37 2004 Federal Drug Seizures
Cocaine: 1.6 kgs.
Heroin: 0.1 kgs.
Methamphetamine: 0 kgs.
Marijuana: 18.7 kgs.
Ecstasy: 657 tablets
Methamphetamine Laboratories: 0 (DEA, state, and local)
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Drug Situation: Cocaine is the primary drug of choice in Rhode Island. High
quality cocaine is available in Rhode Island and is generally 60% -90% pure.
Cocaine traffickers in Rhode Island also service customers in Massachusetts,
Maine and New Hampshire and utilize Rhode Island as a transshipment point
for distribution throughout New England.
Cocaine: Cocaine continues to be readily available throughout Rhode Island. The cocaine is transported from South America through Southwest Border States via commercial airlines and motor vehicles fitted with sophisticated hidden hydraulic compartments. Cocaine is also brought to New England from the Mexican border, hidden within shipments of legitimate goods being transported by tractor-trailer. Much of the cocaine HCl is converted into crack cocaine for sale at the retail level. Cocaine is distributed primarily by Colombian and Dominican traffickers. The majority of the cocaine purchased in Rhode Island is transported in by local suppliers who travel to New York and return to distribute the product.
Heroin: Heroin is widely available in the Rhode Island area and can be purchased in nearly every town and city. Heroin is available in Rhode Island at very high purity levels. Dominican, Colombian and Puerto Rican traffickers continue to dominate the heroin trafficking market in Rhode Island. The Dominican Traffickers network the most among the various ethnic groups, and as such they control the street level distribution of heroin. Heroin is transported by courier to Providence via airplane, train and automobile for distribution. Heroin is sold at the retail level in bags, bundles, browns and bricks. Kilogram quantities of heroin are rarely seen in Rhode Island.
Methamphetamine: Methamphetamine is rarely seen in Rhode Island.
Club Drugs: The state of Rhode Island continues to see an abuse of “club drugs,” such as MDMA and GHB. MDMA is found in various Nightclubs located in Providence, RI and at rave parties throughout the state. Almost all-local Police departments in Rhode Island have reported and increase in Ecstasy, GHB and Ketamine or “K”. The majority of the MDMA seen in Rhode Island comes from Canada, New York and Boston, MA.
Marijuana: The marijuana trend in Rhode Island supports a widespread and readily available market of fairly large amounts of this drug. Prices of marijuana will vary seasonally as the supply fluctuates. The marijuana available in Rhode Island is mostly Mexican, however it is supplemented by limited amounts of other foreign based and domestic marijuana. The majority of the marijuana is imported from the southwest border via parcel carriers and couriers on commercial airlines. Hydroponically produced marijuana is also available in Rhode Island. A majority of the “hydro” marijuana is transported into Rhode Island via tractor trailers and is sold for $3500 - $5000 per pound. Canada is the major source of supply for this type of marijuana in Rhode Island.
Other Drugs: The most popular pharmaceutical substance abused in Rhode Island is OxyContin. Much of the diversion is through fraudulent prescriptions, doctor shopping, pharmacy break-ins, and hospital thefts. OxyContin is being sold for approximately $1.00 per milligram.
DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams: This cooperative program with state and local law enforcement counterparts was conceived in 1995 in response to the overwhelming problem of drug-related violent crime in towns and cities across the nation. There have been 409 deployments completed resulting in 16,763 arrests of violent drug criminals as of February 2004. There have been two MET deployments in the State of Rhode Island since the inception of the program: Pawtucket and Providence.
DEA Regional Enforcement Teams: This program was designed to augment existing DEA division resources by targeting drug organizations operating in the United States where there is a lack of sufficient local drug law enforcement. This Program was conceived in 1999 in response to the threat posed by drug trafficking organizations that have established networks of cells to conduct drug trafficking operations in smaller, non-traditional trafficking locations in the United States. Nationwide, there have been 22 deployments completed resulting in 608 arrests of drug trafficking criminals as of February 2004. There have been no RET deployments in the State of Rhode Island.
Other Enforcement Operations: Drug traffickers operating in Rhode Island exploit every possible avenue to smuggle drugs into Rhode Island. Route 95 links Rhode Island with New York, Bridgeport, and Boston and is essential for the state’s industries and residents as well as drug traffickers and money launderers. More than 5,000 miles of intrastate roads are traveled in Rhode Island. The Providence Resident Office has observed every major highway, airline carrier, postal service and port of entry being exploited in order to infiltrate drugs into the state.
Drug Courts/Treatment Centers: There are currently two drug courts operating in the state of Rhode Island. According to the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, there are currently 58 drug and alcohol treatment centers operating in the state of Rhode Island.
Special Topics: There are currently two drug treatment courts operating in the state of Rhode Island. According to the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, there are currently 58 drug and alcohol treatment centers operating in the state of Rhode Island.
| Rhode Island Formula Funding | Fiscal Year 2004/05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant: | $ 6,658,331 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Community Mental Health Services Block Grant: | $ 1,429,555 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH): | $ 300,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Protection and Advocacy Formula Grant: | $ 406,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Subtotal of Formula Funding: | $ 8,794,586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Discretionary Funding | Fiscal Year 2004/05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Mental Health | $ 360,903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Substance Prevention: | $ 2,516,430 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Substance Abuse Treatment: | $ 3,061,583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Subtotal of Discretionary Funding: | $ 5,938,916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Total Mental Health Funds: | $ 2,497,158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island Total Substance Abuse Funds: | $ 12,236,344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grantee: Institute for the Study and Practice | ||
| Program: CMHS 2004 EARMARKS | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $49,705 | ||
| Project Period: 07/12/2004 - 07/11/2005 | ||
| The Nonviolence Streetworkers Program, utilizing an asset-based harm reduction model, meet people where they are and help them assess their strengths and needs. Nonviolence Streetworkers provide advocacy and support while their clients make incremental change to more peaceful, less violent lifestyles. This project will allow the Streetworkers to work intensively with out-of-school youth, helping them re-enroll in school, find GED, or trade programs. They provide support and crisis intervention for young people in school, helping to alleviate conditions, which might lead to their dropping out. They will also work with families to help them meet their basic needs, including safe and affordable housing, food, and clothing. Nonviolence Streetworkers coordinate with law enforcement to identify problem areas and develop alternative responses to violence in the community. | ||
| Grantee: Parent Support Network of | ||
| Program: CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $70,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| "Agents of Transformation: Building a Family and Consumer Driven Rhode Island System of Care is Parent Support Network of Rhode Island's (PSN) new Statewide Family Network Grant. This grant will support the PSN's ability to work towards the goals of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and Rhode Island's State Plan for Children's Mental Health. | ||
| Grantee: Rhode Island Dept of MHRH | ||
| Program: Emergency Response | ||
| Congressional District: RI-02 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $99,030 | ||
| Project Period: 06/01/2003 - 05/31/2005 | ||
| The Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation (MHMR) and Hospitals, Division of Behavioral Healthcare (DBH) will work to increase the State's capacity for responding to behavioral health service needs in the aftermath of large-scale emergencies. Funding will be utilized for a series of regional planning activities coordinated by the State's eight community mental health centers, involving key stakeholders, including area mental health and substance abuse providers, local emergency management representatives, schools, primary care, faith-based organizations, multicultural representatives, and consumers. Key objectives include the development or improvement of agency emergency plans for mental health and substance abuse providers, development of resource guides for the community in the event of a disaster, and identification of service gaps. The results of regional planning activities will be coordinated with the existing State MHMR Behavioral Health Crisis Management Task Force, which is working with the State Emergency Management Agency to clarify roles and protocols, in the event of an emergency. The project will address training needs of behavioral health and other community-based agencies, and will continue to partially support the State's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Depression module questionnaire, and carry out State and regional emergency drills. | ||
| Grantee: Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | ||
| Program: Drug Free Communities | ||
| Congressional District: | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000 | ||
| Project Period: 10/01/2003 - 09/30/2005 | ||
| The grantee will: (1) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse and; (2) Establish and strengthen community anti-drug coalitions. | ||
| Grantee: State of RI Office of Governor | ||
| Program: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $2,350,965 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2004 - 09/29/2009 | ||
| Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants (SPF SIG)-Rhode Island The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grants are used to advance community-based programs for substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention. The SPF SIG implements a five-step process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build on assets, and prevent problem behaviors. The five steps are: (1) conduct needs assessments; (2) build state and local capacity; (3) develop a comprehensive strategic plan; (4) implement evidence-based prevention policies, programs and practices; and (5) monitor and evaluate program effectiveness, sustaining what has worked well. These grants will allow the programs to provide leadership, technical support and monitoring to ensure that participating communities are successful. The success of the grants will be measured by specific measurable outcomes, among them: abstinence from drug use and alcohol abuse, reduction in substance abuse-related crime, attainment of employment or enrollment in school, increased stability in family and living conditions, increased access to services, and increased social connectedness. Rhode Island's program is a broad public/private initiative designed to enhance infrastructure and will be aimed at preventing the onset and reducing the progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage drinking. Particular attention will be directed toward eighth graders, underage drinking and ethnic minorities. | ||
| Grantee: Miriam Hospital | ||
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $491,877 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| The Goal of this project is to expand and enhance treatment and pretreatment services targeting minority HIV-positive and high-risk substance using individuals in Providence, Rhode Island by creating a multi-service pretreatment drop- in center at a community-based HIV ministry, and by establishing a network linking these individuals to medical care and substance abuse treatment. | ||
| Grantee: Miriam Hospital | ||
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $476,940 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2007 | ||
| To expand access to methadone treatment, disease prevention services and medical and social services after their release from incarceration services. The program expects to enroll a total of 600 formerly incarcerated persons in methadone maintain therapy through out the time of the grant. The program will use outreach to target criminal justice individuals, injection drug users, and methadone maintenance clients from the African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Latinos populations. | ||
| Grantee: Brown University | ||
| Program: Addiction Technical Transfer Center | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $650,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2001 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| ATTCs provide state-of-the-art education and training programs to health care professionals, state and local governments, and community organizations. Utilizing comprehensive curricula addressing all elements of addiction treatment and recovery, ATTCs disseminate research-based knowledge to addictions treatment and public health/mental health personnel, institutional and community corrections professionals, and others. | ||
| Grantee: Rhode Island Family Court | ||
| Program: Adult Juvenile and Family Drug Courts | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $400,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| Consistent with federal and state public policy, the purpose of the Family Treatment Drug Court program is to protect infants and children whose health and welfare may be adversely affected by parental use of drugs and/or alcohol, to strengthen the family unit, to enhance parental capacity to meet the health and developmental needs of their children and to expedite permanency for infants and children in state care. | ||
| Grantee: NRI Community Services | ||
| Program: Strengthening Access and Retention (SAR) | ||
| Congressional District: RI-01 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $192,945 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2006 | ||
| NRI Community Services (NRI) proposes to design, implement and facilitate a twenty- four hour central referral registry, accessed through a confidential toll free access line capable of maintaining program specific information, treatment availability and referral processes. | ||
| Grantee: Rhode Island Dept of MHRH | ||
| Program: State Data Infrastructure | ||
| Congressional District: RI-02 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $100,000 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2002 - 09/29/2005 | ||
| The Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals has been developing data mechanisms to monitor how consumers benefit from using its substance abuse, and how the system as a whole is performing since 1988. The Data Infrastructure Grant will enable us to continue these core efforts, as well as move us closer to full compliance with national guidelines for measurement to allow for both inter- and intra-state comparisons. The Division of Behavioral Health Care will develop mechanisms through which the Basic and Developmental Measures identified by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment will be collected in as comprehensive a manner as possible. In addition we will work towards developing a web-based data collection system that will reduce the burden of reporting data on providers. | ||
| Grantee: MAP Alcohol & Drug Rehab Srvc | ||
| Program: Targeted Capacity - HIV/AIDS | ||
| Congressional District: RI-02 | ||
| FY 2004 Funding: : $499,946 | ||
| Project Period: 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008 | ||
| MAP Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitative Services, Inc. (MAP), Rhode Island's sole minority operated substance abuse treatment program, is applying for a Targeted Capacity Expansion grant for outpatient substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS services. This initiative will sustain and enhance MAP's current successful TCE/HIV treatment and HIV/AIDS risk reduction programs, with their primary focus on minority women and their partners in RI. | ||
