Services
Drug
Abuse:
It Affects us All
Drug and alcohol abuse is not somebody else's
problem. Every one of us probably knows someone who
abuses alcohol or drugs. The problem affects us all—in
our families, with our friends, at our workplaces and in
our communities.
People in every
walk of life and at every level abuse drugs and alcohol.
The United States has been called the most drug-abusing
industrial nation in the world, but illegal drugs are a
growing problem in other industrialized
countries as well. In the United States, 26 million
people used an illegal drug at least once in 1991,
totaling 13 percent of the population over 12 years of
age. More than 23 million people have tried cocaine.
More than one million used crack. There are 10 million
individuals using marijuana at least monthly, two
million cocaine users and more than 10 million
alcoholics.
Drug abuse is a major problem for young adults between
the ages of 18 and 25 in the United States, with 15
percent of this age group using illegal drugs at least
monthly.
Of adolescents aged 12 to 17, one out of 14 uses illegal
drugs at least monthly, four percent regularly use
marijuana, and one and a half percent have tried cocaine within the
past year. Half of all traffic deaths are linked to
alcohol and drug abuse. Two out of three murders, half
of all fire fatalities, and eight of 10 suicides involve
drugs and alcohol. More than 70 percent of individuals
arrested in the 20 largest U.S. cities had been using
illegal drugs.
SERVICES
Individual, Group, & Family
Substance Abuse Counseling
Parenting Classes
Anger Management
Random Urine Analysis Testing
Psychological Assessment /
Referral
Teen and Prenatal Program
Caring, Nurturing Staff
Outpatient Drug Free
|
TESTING FOR DRUGS
OF ABUSE
Substance abuse is a diagnosable and treatable illness,
but helping affected individuals can be both complicated
and delicate. Not all drug-dependent individuals will
seek help on their own. In fact, many drug and alcohol
abusers do not realize they have a problem with chemical
dependency and cannot stop their self-destructive
behavior.
A positive urine screening test result reveals only the
presence of a drug in a urine specimen, not how or when
the drug was taken. Drugs detected in urine are reported
as having been scientifically identified as present in
the individual's body system. A positive drug test
result does not indicate whether an individual is
impaired by drugs but indicates confirmed presence of
the drug.
WORKING TOWARD A SOLUTION
Drug-abusing individuals can be helped if they can be
provided with intervention, education, counseling,
a treatment program and other assistance. Such programs
represent an important step toward preventing and
alleviating the problems drug and alcohol abuse can
create.
THE SOLUTION
Help The People Foundation is one of many
intervention and treatment programs available. We are
unique in that we provide an empathetic and caring
therapeutic approach to each individual client's needs
as well as safe transportation to and from the program.
At Help The People Foundation we implement the
principles and steps of AA and NA. We also provide HIV /
AIDS education and assist each client with any needs
they may have. We hope to serve you soon. |
