Tampa Drug Rehab
Tampa drug rehabThe Tampa Bay area has about a million residents when including places such as the city of Tampa, Clearwater, Largo, Palm Habor, Dunedin, Brandon, Plant City, Seminole and other surrounding areas. This means that there are tens of thousands of individuals battling drug and alcohol addiction and are in need of an effective rehabilitation program.

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Tampa area citizens continue to do their part in the fight against substance abuse. The Drugs Don’t Work program, run through the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, is designed to create a drug-free workplace in local organizations. As of November 22, 2006, there were 4 drug courts in existence in Tampa. Three drug courts have been operating for more than 2 years and 1 was recently implemented. There were no additional drug courts in existence or being planned at that time.

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Tampa Drug Addiction
Tampa drug addiction helpDuring 2005, the Tampa Police Department made 9,193 arrests for drug violations. This is up from 2004, when the Department made 7,515 drug arrests. The Tampa Bay area is the focal point of all methamphetamine distribution and abuse within Florida. Methamphetamine is transported into Florida, in multi-pound increments, by Mexican/California drug trafficking organizations based in California and Texas. Mexican traffickers have become entrenched in Central Florida. The international airport of Tampa and major highway arteries to the Miami area make the acquisition of MDMA an easy task.

Methamphetamine remains a large problem and is the primary drug of concern in Central Florida and its abuse continues to increase throughout central Florida.

Central Florida's rave scene, nightclubs and tourist atmosphere provide a constant market for MDMA and MDMA continues to grow in popularity with high school and college age individuals. Ybor city in Tampa is notorious for high levels of substance abuse in its nightclubs.

During 2005, there were 115 deaths in Tampa in which cocaine was found in the body of the deceased. During 2004, there were 108 deaths involving cocaine in Tampa.

Approximately 20% of Hillsborough County middle school students and 37% of high school students surveyed in 2006 reported using any illicit drug in their lifetime. Approximately 15% of Hillsborough County high school students surveyed in 2006 reported using marijuana within the past 30 days. Approximately 18% of Hillsborough County high school students surveyed in 2006 reported being drunk or high at school.

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