Find the right drug recovery and alcohol addiction treatment centers in California to start your recovery program today. California is touted as being where the rich and famous go to live, party, work and also get sober. California is home to surfing, mountains, beautiful beaches, forests, and so much more. California is hip, fun, and home to some of the greatest cities and towns in the United States. Think San Francisco and Los Angeles or Hollywood. But California also has a drug problem as beautiful and wonderful as it may seem. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2003), around 51% of the California population (aged 12 or older) reported the past month use of alcohol. More than 15% of the people in the age group of 12-17 years and around 56% in the age group of 18-25 years reported using alcohol past month. Among people of the age group 26 years or older, the rate is more than 55%. Powder cocaine is readily obtainable throughout California, crack cocaine is available mainly in the urban areas. Mexican black tar heroin is the most prevalent form of heroin in the state. Mexican brown powder, South American, Southeast Asian, and Southwest Asian heroin are also available.

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The most widely available and most commonly used illicit drug in California is Marijuana. California-produced marijuana is usually preferred because of its availability and high THC contents. High purity Canadian-produced marijuana is also available in some parts of the state. And as for meth? Well meth is readily available from Mexico. MDMA is usually sold and used at nightclubs, raves, schools, colleges, private parties, and open-air markets. LSD is readily available in suburban middle and high schools as well as on college campuses. Hydrocodone and oxycodone are diverted, distributed, and abused throughout the state.