Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center in Sarasota County

If you're looking for drug rehab in Florida or need help with prescription drug addiction in Florida's Sarasota County, you're not alone. Prescription drug addiction is a bigger problem in Sarasota than in any other county in the state.

Is someone you care about hooked on cocaine, heroin or other illicit drugs? Do you need help getting them to stop?

How Does Prescription Drug Addiction Happen?

For many people in Sarasota County, prescription drug addiction happens quite by accident. You get the pills from your doctor to relieve pain or emotional upset and you suddenly find you can't do without the drugs.

You try to stop taking them, you know you've been taking them for quite a while – maybe longer than you intended – and you just don't feel right about it.

When you try to stop taking them, when you decide you're just not going to take one today, you find yourself jittery or upset, or sometimes in pain, and decide that just one more won't hurt. That you'll deal with it later.

But, somehow, ‘later' never comes.

Next thing you know, you've been taking them for months – maybe years. And they've just become part of your ‘medication.' Just like the pills you take to lower your cholesterol or your blood pressure.

The problem is the drugs we're talking about highly addictive. They are hurting you, they might shorten your life, and, worse, they might kill you.

Find out today if you have a problem with prescription drug addiction. Find out today so you can do something about it.

Call Drug Rehab Referral today at 877-211-7429

We've seen it all, and we know what to do

Is Your Problem with Illicit Drugs or Alcohol, Not Prescription Drugs?

Alcohol is still Sarasota County Florida's number one substance abuse problem. And kids, young adults and older adults are taking illicit drugs every day. Kids as young as 12 are on them, and they're often getting them at school.

No matter what substance abuse problem you have, we can help you.

What are the odds in Sarasota County, Florida?

• Before 2006, the number one cause of accidental death in Sarasota County was traffic accidents. Now, the number one cause of accidental death is poisoning – and 96% of those deaths are from drug overdoses.

• Based on statistics, there could be as many as 34,000 people in Sarasota County, Florida with a prescription drug addiction problem.
  
  
• The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seniors are three times more likely to take prescription medications than other people and are less likely to follow the instructions on the bottle. They also are prescribed higher doses of some medications -- like tranquilizers and sedatives such as benzodiazepines -- for longer periods. This makes prescription drug addiction more likely.
  
  
• Centers that offer drug rehab in Sarasota County, Florida are seeing a major spike in prescription drug addiction and abuse. The vast majority of the drugs being abused are painkillers such as OxyContin, oxycodone and hydrodone, and benzodiazepine sedatives and tranquilizers like Valium and Xanax.
  
  
• Prescription drug addiction is being fueled by doctor shopping – going from one doctor to another to get drugs by faking symptoms – or by buying them from people who are.
  
  
• The victims of prescription drug addiction in Sarasota County are not on the streets – they are lawyers, teachers and other professionals.
  
  
• One in ten high school students use prescription drugs in Florida. Sarasota County is a center for prescription drug addiction and, the younger they start, the greater the chances of them continuing and eventually needing help through a drug addiction treatment center.
  
  
• One in 5 young adults at college or work in Florida got high on one drug or another last month. That means there's a one in five chance that your son or daughter's college education is going down the drain.
  
  
• In 2006, overdoses involving prescription drug addiction, dependency or abuse killed 1,720 people in Florida - up 40% in three years. In 2007, 2328 deaths that were autopsied by medical examiners involved OxyContin, Vicodin and similar painkillers. Oxycodone killed 1,253 people - a 36% increase over 2006 – and 743 people were killed by depressants like Xanax and Valium. Prescription drug addiction is a serious problem in Sarasota County, Florida.
  
  
• The number of people overdosing in Sarasota County, Florida is higher than in Hillsborough County and in Dade County. This is especially remarkable when you consider that two of the cities in Hillsborough and Dade County – Tampa and Miami – are major hubs of drug activity.
  
  

In addition to the drug problem, Sarasota County, Florida has the highest rate of alcohol consumption in the state.

There's a good chance someone you know has a problem with alcohol and drug addiction or prescription drug addiction. It might even be your son, your daughter, or your spouse. They need to get into an alcohol and drug addiction treatment center.

Do You Need Help Finding Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment?

If you need help figuring out what to do, call Drug Rehab Referral. Most centers that offer drug rehab in Florida have success rates between 2 and 20%. But some are as high as 75%. Also, not all Florida drug rehab facilities are familiar with prescription drug addiction.

Do you think someone in your family might have a problem with prescription drugs and need help?

Do you think you might have a problem and you're afraid to tell anyone about it?