Michigan Alternative Heroin Rehab

At Saint Jude's we emphasize the power of personal choice in determining a Drug Rehab course for an individual.

Traditional rehabs for heroin use in Michigan do not teach alternative methods. That is why the Saint Jude Program is so unique. The choice-based Saint Jude Program, created by the Baldwin Research Institute (BRI), is an example of an successful Drug Rehab Program. Drawing on choice as the key determinant in sobriety, the program educates and builds the person to a point where they realize their inherent ability to choose a course for their life. The Saint Jude Program has been at the forefront of changing the drug and alcohol treatment industry.

In surveys regarding drug abusers in Michigan, The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)discovered, 7,554 or 13.1% or Michigan's 57,453 drug and alcohol abusers admitted themselves into treatment for heroin. Not including the 14,204 state residents who admitted themselves into treatment for either opiates or more than one drug. Studies also show that 231,000 or 2.75% of Michigan's citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment fort illicit drug and alcohol use in the past year. . Surveys indicate that 3.5% of high school seniors polled had tried heroin at least one time in their lives. Heroin is widely available throughout the Detroit area and the more densely populated areas of Michigan. Heroin destined for the Michigan region continues to originate from different parts of the world. Large quantities of heroin are imported from South America, Mexico and Africa. Southeast and southwest Asian heroin are prevalent in the metropolitan Detroit area. However, the domestic monitoring program (DMP) shows that South American heroin is the most abundant type of heroin in the Detroit area. Major heroin traffickers in Michigan are mainly Nigerian, African American and Hispanic. The city of Detroit continues to serve as both a consumption and transshipment point to other communities in Michigan and Ohio.

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