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St. Louis, Missouri, is a large metropolitan city that is home to some 318,416 people. It is perhaps best known for the Mississippi River, and particularly the Gateway Arch, built in honor of Lewis and Clark and their explorations that essentially opened up the country. Today, people can sail the Mississippi River on replica paddle-wheeler boats, viewing the Gateway Arch. St. Louis continues to be a major port, which means it is also very attractive to the illegal trade, and particularly the drug trade. Unfortunately, this also means it has significant substance abuse and addiction problems.
The Drug Problem in St. Louis, MO
St. Louis is truly in the grips of the heroin epidemic. What makes it unique, however, is that while abuse of heroin is growing as it is in the rest of the country, the rate of abuse of prescription opiates is not decreasing but in fact is growing. To make matters worse, there has also been a significant increase in the number of people who abuse methamphetamine.
In terms of heroin, there are some interesting statistics:
The Treatment Approach
St. Louis is facing a considerable problem, mainly that demand for detox and rehab treatment for opioid addiction (heroin and prescription medication) by far exceeds supply, even when adding private rehab facilities into the equation. Unfortunately, this means that many people who are ready to seek treatment are finding it almost impossible to do so.
St. Louis is attempting to address this issue by networking with rehab facilities further afield. What money in the budget that is available for substance abuse treatment tends to go towards early intervention efforts. Unfortunately, there are only a few ways forward in terms of increasing availability of treatment. Hence, the local government wants to focus more strongly on preventing people from developing a substance abuse addiction or dependency in the first place. While this does not address the current need of people who already have an addiction, it is hoped that, working with treatment centers outside of the region, this issue can be resolved, and problems in the future can be largely avoided. Only time will tell how successful St. Louis will be with its approach.
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