Alcohol & Drug Rehab Programs in Wyoming
In Wyoming, just over 2% of the population struggles with addiction to illicit drugs. This is only slightly less than the national average of about 3%. Rates of addiction are higher among young people. In Wyoming about 8% of 12 to 17 year olds are dependent on illicit substances. This same age group struggles with addiction just over 9% of the time countrywide. While drug addictions are slightly lower in Wyoming than they are in the rest of the United States, alcoholism is slightly more common. In Wyoming just over 8% of residents are addicted to alcohol, the rate for the country is lower than 7%.
The most frequently abused drug in Wyoming is marijuana. In the state’s treatment facilities marijuana is listed as the primary reason for seeking treatment by about 50% of those enrolled. Various stimulants are listed by recovery patients about 35% of the time as primary drugs abused. The third most often mentioned type of drug is prescription pain-killers. Roughly 14% of respondents said that prescription pain-killers were their primary type of drug. Cocaine and heroin were the fourth and fifth most cited substances by those in recovery at about 6% and 4% respectively.
Treatment Admissions in Wyoming
The vast majority of addictions in the state of Wyoming are left untreated with addicts never receiving the help they need to recover. Only about 13% of the state’s drug addicted residents ever enroll in a rehabilitation program. Rates of enrollment for alcoholics in Wyoming are slightly lower at about 10%. It is imperative that anyone looking to overcome addictions to drugs or alcohol in the state of Wyoming find the immediate help of a recovery program.
Wyoming has 52 different rehabilitation facilities offering recovery programs for people looking to overcome addictions. Most of the locations in the state offer these rehabilitation services in conjunction with other mental health services, but there are 17 facilities that are designated exclusively for those overcoming addictions. In the various recovery programs 18% of participants are in recovery for illicit drug dependency, another 38% are recovering from alcohol addiction, and the remaining 44% of patients are recovering from addictions to both alcohol and illegal drugs at the same time.
Wyoming Behavioral Health Resources
Wyoming Department of Health
122 West 25th Street
Herschler 2 West, Suite B
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone Number: (307)-777-5817
Web Site: https://health.wyo.gov/behavioralhealth/mhsa/
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