Located on the panhandle of northwest Florida, Panama City is a popular tourist destination year round based on its numerous appealing attributes. The largest city between Tallahassee and Pensacola, the area serves not only as an attractive getaway for vacationers, but also as a popular small-town environment in which to settle down and raise a family. Unfortunately, the same issue the majority of seemingly flourishing Southern Florida towns has struggled with for years afflicts Panama City. Trafficking of illicit drugs through these regions greatly contributes to the rising numbers of locals suffering from addiction. Drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana become easily accessed as they are smuggled across the coastline, and residents often become tempted to experiment, unwitting that they may too fall victim to what has become known as a statewide epidemic.

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Ocean Breeze Recovery

2413 East Atlantic Boulevard
Pompano Beach, FL 33062

855-677-9522

Pathway to Hope

600 SE 2nd Ct
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

877-938-2499

Sunrise Detox

2331 NE 53rd St
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

866-919-8642

Cocaine has posed the largest issue as far as illicit drug trafficking goes, with over 1553 cocaine-related arrests in 2011 alone. However, the number of cocaine-related overdoses pales in comparison to the increasing rates of overdose due to prescription drug abuse.

For the past several years, Florida has been known as the prescription drug abuse capital of the world. From January to June 2012, alcohol abuse caused a total of 279 fatalities where as opioid abuse caused a total of 1257. The statistics of narcotic opioids as cause of death as opposed to merely present in the system at time of death in recent years are staggering. In example, oxycodone, by far the most recurrently misused painkiller on the market, was present in 48% of deaths in which the drug was found at all in the system of the deceased, and the cause of 52% of said deaths. In other words, in over half of deaths related to the abuse of oxycodone, fatality was a direct result of opiate abuse alone.

Although illicit drug abuse still poses a threat in Panama City, more attention has recently been given to local struggles with addiction exclusively to prescription painkillers. The government has stepped in and is now monitoring the innumerable neighborhood pain management clinics (or pill mills), which provide addicts with easy access to the opioid of their choice. However, despite regulations, many addicts are willing to go to any length necessary to obtain the painkillers they have so quickly become entirely physically and psychologically dependent upon. Thus, the issue truly needs to be tackled from the roots – the addiction itself is what needs to be treated.

Over the past several years, addiction treatment centers have been established and reinstated across Panama City, available to local residents and to those who have travelled to Southern Florida based on its outstanding recovery-related reputation and their desire to get well. Panama City is home to a wide variety of facilities, ranging from government-funded, affordable-to-everyone clinics to private, luxury treatment centers offering amenities one may expect from an upscale resort and spa. Regardless of individualized need or preference, Panama City is inevitably home to an addiction treatment center that is right for you or your loved one.

Drug rehabs within Panama City