Clewiston
A quaint Florida town known mostly for its unprecedented sport fishing of largemouth bass, Clewiston is also opportunely home to some of Florida’s most up-and-coming addiction treatment facilities. Located in the heart of Southern Florida, Clewiston houses a wide variety of professional recovery-based drug and alcohol treatment centers catering to a diversity of individualized needs. Offering both inpatient and outpatient programs, many of the centers focus on a multitude of issues pertaining to addiction and the skills needed in order to maintain long-term sobriety.
Clewiston, a centrally located town about 60 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and historically known as “Florida’s Sweetest Town”, and has become a tourist destination based on its unprecedented freshwater fishing. On the surface, Clewiston seems an excellent place to settle down and raise a family – however, the underground drug scene is quietly flourishing.
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Due to the rural nature of the community, many designer drugs popular to nearby, densely populated cities are less prevalent than commonly abused substances such as alcohol, marijuana, and prescription medication. Recently however, “harder” drugs such as heroin, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine have infiltrated the community, leading to an increased number of drug-related crime, overdoses, and fatalities.
The rate of drug-induced deaths in Florida is higher than the national average, and the introduction of drugs such as methamphetamine into diminutive populations like that of Clewiston has not only contributed to the sum of casualties, but has increased the statewide seizure of drug labs by 148% over the past several years. In Clewiston specifically, there have been numerous instances of meth lab busts over the years, and the admission rate of those seeking treatment for meth addiction has also been steadily on the rise.
However, alcohol remains the most frequently abused substance in Clewiston, and though the population only very nearly exceeds 7,000, there are over 20 addiction treatment centers available to the public – most of which primarily treat alcoholism. A very close second behind alcoholism is prescription drug addiction, which presently remains the leading issue across the entire state of Florida. Current statistics show that an average of 7 Floridians per day fall victim to a prescription drug overdose, and 1 Floridian passes away every 35 hours due to the abuse of prescription drugs. In Clewiston and surrounding areas, the establishment of pain management clinics, otherwise known as “pill mills”, has been dramatically escalating. It is now just about as uncomplicated to acquire a prescription for a controlled narcotic substance such as Vicodin or Oxycodone as it is to waltz into a local liquor store and pick up a fifth of vodka.
Fortunately, local government has been rising to the occasion, and has implemented serious steps towards combatting distribution and abuse aside from simply increasing the number of drug-related arrests in the area. Establishing and promoting regional treatment facilities has actually proven more effective in cutting the number of drug-induced deaths and reducing the crime rate – and as more Clewiston locals become aware of the excellent help available to them in their immediate vicinity, the more likely it is that fatality and crime rates will continue to decrease, and “Florida’s Sweetest Town” will once again deserve the title it once claimed.
Drug rehabs within Clewiston
Hendry/Glades Mental Health Clinic Inc
Clewiston, FL