According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, crack cocaine is abused in Charlotte and its suburbs. Heroin is available in these same areas. They also report an increase in LSD use in the Charlotte area.
Data from 2003 states that 65.9% of adult males and 58% of adult females that were arrested tested positive for at least one of the following drugs at the time of their arrest: cocaine, heroin methamphetamine, PCP or marijuana. More than half of adult males and approximately 40% of adult females arrested in 2003 reported having used marijuana in the past year.
In 2003, 16.6% of adult males and 21.8% of adult females arrested in Charlotte reported being in some sort of outpatient substance treatment at some point.
Finding an effective drug rehab center for someone from Charlotte can be a difficult task, but Addiction Help Services can assist you and your family. While there are numerous drug rehabs in Charlotte, they are not all the same and the face of addiction treatment has changed over the years.
Approximately 15% of Mecklenburg County residents surveyed in 2001 report that a close family member has received some sort of substance abuse treatment.
As of September 2004, there were 3 drug courts in Charlotte that had been operating for at least 2 years and 3 drug courts that were recently implemented.
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