The Enormous Cost of Addiction According to Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center

(LegalLaw247.com, March 17, 2012 ) New York, NY -- The State of Oklahoma released a disturbing finding concerning its budget: the costs to the state because of addiction is more than the states entire government budget.

The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors reported that the costs of addiction are $7.2 billion annually for Oklahoma. The state governments budget is approximately one-half billion less than that total. The costs were categorized as direct and indirect costs. Direct costs are classified as spending for doctors, police, prisons and hospital care. Indirect costs are things such as decrease in productivity, goods that arent produced and deaths or illness related to addiction.

While this statistic was specific to Oklahoma, there are probably other states that have the same level of costs for addiction, begins a spokesperson for Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center. States have to step up their approach to preventing substance abuse and alcoholism. This could be accomplished in a variety of ways, such as increased public awareness of the costs of addiction and, most importantly, a broader community based education program. Whatever the approach, states need to assess the cost of addiction and figure out the best way to decrease those costs.

If the life of a family member has become unmanageable due to alcohol abuse or drug abuse, Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center can help people gently, yet effectively, approach them in a loving, caring way through professional intervention services.

Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center has an outstanding success rate through its evidence based treatment and holistic drug rehab program. In addition, its comprehensive professional intervention services can help make the transition easier for an addict and his/her families to enter into rehab treatment.

In addition, Mountainside offers a comprehensive family care program that will give the tools necessary to rebuild the bonds of the family to what they once were. Their unique individualized recovery program is recognized as one of the most comprehensive and individualized in the treatment field.

Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center is a modern drug rehab facility that is skilled in serving a variety of clients with various addictions and in varying stages of addiction. The caring, compassionate team is made up of licensed and certified social workers and counselors who have extensive experience and specialty in the addiction treatment field. In addition, the staff includes a Nurse Practitioner, as well as a Registered Nurse, both of whom also have specializations and experience within the field of addiction treatment and alcohol rehab.

Mountainside also provides services for those individuals who come to them with dual diagnoses and require the services of a Psychiatrist to help conquer the unique challenges that dual diagnosis brings.

For the past 13 years, Mountainside has established itself as an innovator within the addiction treatment field, and the treatment modalities Mountainside utilizes are regarded as among the most cutting-edge approaches in helping individuals to get, and to remain, sober. As a result of their unique, innovative approaches to addiction treatment, Mountainside has become the model for the addiction treatment field.

The program, along with its professional addiction treatment team, have earned national recognition and resulted in Mountainside being invited to Washington by the White House to meet with the White House Drug Czar, John P. Walters, for an in-depth meeting on what makes its program so successful. These accolades did not go unnoticed within the addiction treatment field and resulted in the adoption by many throughout the country of a more holistic approach to drug addiction treatment.

If someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol, or have any questions, please contact Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center for a confidential inquiry at 800-762-5433.

About Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center:

Located near the foothills of the Berkshires northwest Connecticut, Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center provides intermediate treatment, long term treatment, family wellness programs, continuing care and intervention to those who are affected by the addiction to drugs or alcohol.

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