San Diego, CA Drug Rehab Information
There are about 1.3 million people in San Diego, with a few hundred thousand more in the surrounding areas, and many drug rehabs in the area to choose from. How do you know which ones work best? Does price equal success? How much should a successful drug rehab for San Diego cost?

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Approximately 45% of the admissions to treatment (excluding alcohol) in San Diego County during 2004 were for primary methamphetamine abuse. Approximately 19% of San Diego adult male arrestees interviewed during 2003 reported that they have received outpatient treatment at some point in their lives. As of September 29, 2005, there were 3 drug courts in San Diego that had been in existence for more than 2 years.


California Drug Situation Information
California mapDuring 2003, there were 7,430 adult misdemeanor arrests for drug offenses in San Diego. There were also 5,594 adult felony drug arrests during that same year. Approximately 67% of San Diego adult male arrestees and 69% of adult female arrestees tested in 2003 were positive for drugs.

Powder and crack cocaine remain readily available in San Diego. Most of the heroin found in San Diego originates in Mexico and includes brown heroin and black tar heroin. Marijuana continues to be a serious problem in San Diego. The San Diego area prescription drugs of choice are Vicodin, VicodinES, Lortab, and Vicoprofen. Methamphetamine abuse indicators continue to be high in San Diego.

Preliminary unweighted data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) for 2004 show that methamphetamine was reported 797 times in San Diego emergency department (ED) visits involving illicit drugs.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the formation of a multi-disciplinary Methamphetamine Strike Force in 1996.The Meth Strike Force is composed of approximately 70 member organizations and agencies, including local, state, and federal representatives from public health, law enforcement, judiciary, education, treatment, prevention, and intervention agencies.