New Hampshire Heroin Treatment Alternative

New Hampshire Inpatient Alternative Rehab at Saint Jude Retreats

In the Saint Jude Program we teach our guests the need to take responsibility for all their actions, rather than making excuses for poor behavior and choices. Saint Jude Retreats knows that ownership of the problem is the cornerstone to rebuilding their lives. A disease by its very nature is out of a person's control. This is simply not the case with substance abuse. Substance abusers make the choice to abuse heroin. Choice is a behavior, not a disease--if you would like more information, call our friendly family consultants now.

The surveys preformed by The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)concluded, 481 or 12.6% of New Hampshire's 3,803 state residents who admitted themselves into treatment for heroin. These surveys were not including the 1,071 state residents who admitted themselves into treatment for either opiates or more than one drug. Studies also show that 31,000 or 2.8% of New Hampshire's citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment fort illicit drug and alcohol use in the past year. Surveys indicate that 2.0% of high school seniors polled had tried heroin at least one time in their lives. Heroin remains readily available at the retail level and its use is widespread. Heroin sources of supply are located in Lowell, Lawrence and Lynn, MA. The drug's ultimate source center is New York. Dominican traffickers are the primary distributors of high quality heroin in New Hampshire. The state continues to experience increases in heroin availability, particularly along the seacoast, southeast region and western part of the state. Heroin prices on the retail level have remained stable.

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