Drug Rehab for South Dakota
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South Dakota is fortunate to have one of the lowest drug overdose death rates in the country. That does not mean, however, that the state is free from problems with drugs. The biggest threat to the peace and security of communities in South Dakota is methamphetamine.
In Deadwood, South Dakota, for example, the police chief’s annual report noted that 90% of the town’s crime-related one way or another to the sales and use of meth. Chief Kerry Fuller also noted that because marijuana has been legalized in nearby states, the cartels that used to run thousands of pounds of pot have switched their operations to traffic in greater quantities of methamphetamine.
Meth is not ordinarily a drug that causes a high number of overdoses. It’s such a strong stimulant that it can kill a person by triggering a heart attack, kidney failure or other organ damage that results in death. More often, meth damages people by causing rapid addiction that is accompanied by physical, mental and moral decline.
Of course, the state is not free from the effects of painkiller and heroin use and these drugs can and do result in death in far too many cases.
Methamphetamine No Longer Made in Local Labs
At one time, small, remote rural labs were the perfect locations to manufacture methamphetamine. However, this practice was dependent on a supply of precursor chemicals. Gradually, laws changed in each state to cut off the supply of chemicals these criminals needed, like cold medication. As these laws took effect in state after state, foreign drug manufacturers set up large labs in Mexico and California rural areas and began to cook methamphetamine on an industrial scale.
This shift has meant that even though the drug must be moved so far from the border or California, the price can be kept low. This makes this drug very tempting for a person who has to work long hours on a farm or on an oil or gas drilling site. Meth seems to offer endless energy and productivity but the cost of taking this drug is very high. The use of meth is also associated with high levels of property crime and assaults.
Heroin, Fentanyl, and Carfentanil
All three of these dangerous drugs have been found in South Dakota but not in large quantities. South Dakota is a distribution state of these drugs but also a transit state. That means that drugs seized here could be destined for another state. For example, a traffic stop in February 2017 turned up a shipment of more than 90 pounds of methamphetamine destined for Eagan, Minnesota. This seizure was expanded into the discovery of 45 more pounds of meth, seven kilograms of cocaine and more than a half-million dollars in cash.
Getting South Dakotan Lives Back on Track
When a South Dakotan becomes addicted, he (or she) needs help recovering his self-respect and sober living skills. He also needs help quelling the intense cravings created by drug use, especially a harsh synthetic like methamphetamine.
For tens of thousands of people over the last fifty years, this kind of help has been available at Narconon drug rehab centers. These centers have spread around the world, being found in Japan, Taiwan, Italy, Colombia, and Turkey, among other countries. There are also many centers across the United States.
Bringing back the ability to stay sober without a struggle requires helping each person get rid of old, lodged drug toxins. When drugs are broken down by the body so they can be eliminated, traces remain behind, especially in fatty tissues. These residues can remain for years, unmoving, even if a person stops using drugs.
Using a combination of time in a low-heat sauna, an exact regimen of nutritional supplements and moderate exercise, each person can flush these toxins out. As they leave, Narconon clients talk about feeling brighter and being able to think more clearly. Many of them find relief from the kind of cravings that make sobriety a struggle. Being freed from this day-to-day struggle is like being freed from chains.
Restoring Self Control
While a person is addicted, he (or she) loses control of his choices because withdrawal sickness overwhelms his power of choice. He must find more drugs or another drink, even if he wishes with all his heart to stay sober. That is the nature of addiction. His next step is to regain control of his thoughts, decisions, and actions. This control is restored on the objectives, exercises that help each person recover from the pain and trauma of the past. Gradually, the present becomes brighter and more real. As the present becomes more real, the individual recovers his power of choice over everyday matters and more significant choices.
When this is complete, he must recover the life skills that help protect his sobriety long into the future.
The Life Skills of the Narconon Program
Before going home, there are basic principles of living a sober life that must be learned and then put into practice to repair one’s own life. It starts with learning about two different kinds of persons—the antisocial personality and the social personality. This is vital for a person in recovery because he will discover antisocial personalities in his past at those exact moments when he decided to destroy himself using drugs. He must learn how to identify and deal with these individuals so he is not tripped up by them in the future.
He also learns how he lost the ability to respect himself. There were exact ways that he lost his integrity and now he learns the exact way to recover it. The relief that occurs when his self-respect comes flooding back lets him know that he is worth helping and saving. This self-forgiveness is the key to his permitting himself a shot at future happiness.
Finally, he learns the mechanics of resolving life’s barriers and difficulties. Without this skill, he could become so frustrated over setbacks that he might consider finding refuge in drugs or alcohol again in the future.
When he has learned these skills and put them to use in his own life, he is a much stronger individual who knows he has choices and makes the choice to stay sober.
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