COCAINE: THE NATION'S MOST DANGEROUS THREAT

01/19/2010

In a recent report from the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States,cocaine has been labeled the greatest drug threat to the United States. In their annual National Drug Threat Assessment, the DEA stated that, "National law enforcement and drug use surveys show that the adverse impact to the nation's communities, families, and individuals caused by the distribution and abuse of powder and crack cocaine exceeds that caused by all other drugs. This is an alarming statement with regards to the massive spread of cocaine importation and subsequent abuse throughout the United States.
Drug rehabs have been inundated with cries for help from those trapped into cocaine addiction for many years.

The majority of those entering the program have abused cocaine and they did so from just about every city in the U.S. Our program has highly acclaimed rehabilitative services, which are crucial for someone addicted to powerfully gripping drugs like cocaine.

Cocaine addiction can become so strong that an individual becomes literally willing to give up everything else in life for his or her addiction. Families, possessions, careers, faith, self respect, dignity, their freedom and in many cases, their life, it's no wonder to me that cocaine is the greatest threat to this nation since those who become addicted are very devout customers and they constantly need more and more, regardless of the price to be paid.

According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, the data also shows that state and local law enforcement agencies identify powder cocaine or crack as the drug most contributing to violent crimes and property crimes in their areas; 50 percent of violent crimes and 39 percent of property crimes, higher than any other drug, are attributed to the use and abuse of the various forms of cocaine. The agencies ranked cocaine higher than any other drug in nearly every drug threat category.

Becausecocaine is very addictive, particularly in crack form, the high levels ofcocaine abuse led to nearly 250,000 admissions to publicly funded facilities for treatment of cocaine addiction in 2006, the most recent year for which data is available. More treatment admissions in 2006 were related to cocaine abuse and addiction than for any other illicit drug except marijuana.
 

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