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Alcohol Rehab Programs and Centers in Illinois

The most commonly found and used illicit drug in Illinois is marijuana. However, methamphetamine is the primary drug of concern in the central and southern Illinois rural areas. Notably, there is rising evidence that meth is being distributed in the Chicago region.

A substantial issue in Illinois is the diversion of legitimate pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical drugs containing hydrocodone, alprazolam and phentermine remain the most commonly diverted drugs. A significant increase in the amount of incidents reported regarding diverted pseudoephedrine has also been seen. In addition, OxyContin continues to be a highly abused drug.

Per 2004-2005 statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 780,000 Illinois citizens ages 12 or older cited prior month use of an illegal drug. An estimated 4 million Illinois citizens claimed that using marijuana infrequently was a "significant risk". There were more 2004-2005 NSDUH results indicating that 294,000 Illinois citizens admitted to illegal drug dependence or abuse in the prior year.

In Illinois, there were 53,164 full-time law enforcement personnel as of October 31, 2006; 38,179 were officers; and 14,985 were civilians. The majority of Illinois’ law enforcement agencies state that the violent crime related to gang drug trafficking is the gravest criminal threat in Illinois. As these gangs expand their drug markets, violent crime relating to street gangs, although decreasing in some major urban areas, is rising in suburban and rural areas.

A survey from 2006 reflects that 14 percent of male and 16 percent of female students in Illinois had abused pain pills. In 2006, 16.8 percent of 8th graders, 32.8 percent of 10th graders and 43.6 percent of 12th graders in Illinois admitted that they had used marijuana at least once.

Mexican-based drug trafficking organizations regularly transport metric-ton quantities of cocaine from the southwest border into Illinois, mainly to Chicago. Major quantities of meth produced by Mexican-based drug trafficking organizations are shipped into Illinois. Further, meth laboratories operating on a smaller scale have proliferated significantly in many areas of Illinois. Hispanic street gangs and outlaw motorcycle gangs control meth’s retail distribution. In 2006, in Illinois, the Federal agencies seized 2,000 kilograms of marijuana.

In 2006, the DEA and state and local authorities reported 778 meth laboratories incidents in Illinois. In addition, more than 7,000 marijuana plants were seized and destroyed under the DEA's Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program. By the end of 2006, in Illinois, there were 45,106 prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or state correctional authorities. There were also 141,000 adults on probation.

Data on June 30, 2005 reflects that in Illinois, 10 percent of juvenile and 25 percent of adult prisoners were incarcerated for drug violations. In 2006, there were 67,392 drug or alcohol treatment admissions; in 2005 there were 78,590; and in 2004 there were 81,722.

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