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Drug and Alcohol Treatment in the State of New Jersey

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 January 2010 01:10 Written by Nic Saturday, 30 January 2010 01:09

1030147 81031705 231x300 Drug and Alcohol Treatment in the State of New JerseyIn the state of New Jersey, the youngsters and teenagers fall in the most vulnerable group of drug addiction. In the last several years, there have been many reports of these young boys and girls facing different kinds of troubles owing to their addiction to illegal drugs. But, to counteract the rise in drug addiction among the people in the state, many treatment centers have mushroomed up. These treatment centers of rehabilitation homes of New Jersey promise the most qualified experts be it the trainers or the psychotherapists. This ensures that the drug addicts, who come to these rehab centers to overcome their addiction, get the most proper treatment and at the same time are completely safe and secure within the premises.

For the victims, New Jersey also has several reputed substance abuse treatment camps. These camps are mostly operated by the doctors who specialize in the field of drug and alcohol addiction and recovery. These substance abuse addiction treatment camps in New Jersey organize pre-intervention meetings. These meetings are to judge the victim and his requirements before prescribing him or her any addiction treatment. If the most vulnerable group for drug addiction is the teens and the young adults, then people of almost all age group have tendency to get addicted to alcohol. Thus, the alcohol rehab centers of New Jersey have been set up to cater to the needs of these alcohol addicts who wish to get rid of their addiction.

The therapists, doctors, trainers and nurses of these rehab centers in New Jersey are experts in their field and are most supportive to the patients. There has been a surge in the people of the state getting more and more involved in various kinds of substance addiction because of certain critical problems. The addiction treatment homes have thus come as the real saviors in these moments of great concern. The twelve step drug rehabs of New Jersey are thought to be amongst the most effective centers for treating drug addiction victims who are also suffering from behavioral problems. These twelve step substance abuse treatment homes have opened up in different sections of New Jersey to cater to all types of drug addicts ranging from depressed victims to struggling teenagers. Motivation and behavioral therapies work great for these addiction victims and are hugely followed in the treatment centers across New Jersey. The drug intervention and recovery centers of New Jersey are doing a great job in bringing back the addiction trapped victims back to their normal lives again.

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The Drug Laws and the State

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2010 11:58 Written by Nic Thursday, 21 January 2010 11:58

In the whole nation, New Jersey has the highest proportion of criminal cases related to drugs. The drug offenders of New Jersey count to have the maximum prison population when compared to the prison population of the entire nation. Several cases of drug addiction, crime and legal punishments have been recorded especially amongst the Latinos and African Americans. These drug offenses have become the cause of many a broken family and community in the state of New Jersey. While, the rest of the states have been successful in implementing sentencing alternatives, New Jersey is still a long way to go in seriously addressing these issues. In California, Proposition 36 has been implemented as an alternative to the strict sentences.
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In New Jersey, one of the severe most punishments relating to drug addiction is the loss of the driver’s license. This severe penalty can be for any drug offence no matter how big or small it is. The Drug Policy Alliance of New Jersey campaigned enough to implement a legislation which will allow the judges to judge the case in compelling circumstances like where the accused needs the driving license for work purposes or for medical treatment and if the situation demands he can revoke the driving license of the accused. The rigid drug policies of the state have proved themselves as ineffective. In many cases, they have also proved counterproductive ushering in further negative results. They have wasted a great deal of the tax payer funds relating to this drug addiction.
The Drug Policy Alliance of New Jersey was formed with the main objective of making the state the leader in the reforms of drug policies. The Drug Policy Alliance advocates for utilitarian drug policies which are ideally based on science, compassion, facts, health and last but not the least, human rights. New Jersey’s Drug Policy Alliance has been successfully able to implement a law which has allowed the various municipalities of the state to establish the syringe access programs. The implementation of this new state drug law is being seen as a big victory in the in the fight against the diseases like Hepatitis C and HIV.
The Alliance is now engaged in expanding municipal access through the sale of non-prescription syringes in the local pharmacies of the state. The Drug Policy Alliance of New Jersey also launched a campaign in 2006 for the use of medical marijuana in the state. The Compassionate Use Campaign was launched to advocate for a legislation that would make the seriously ill patients of the state to get medical marijuana with a prescription by a registered medical practitioner.

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How is Heroin Smuggled into the State of New Jersey

Last Updated on Friday, 15 January 2010 01:14 Written by Nic Friday, 15 January 2010 01:14

The Colombian and the Dominican Drug Trade Organizations dominate the illegal smuggling of heroin in New Jersey, especially the transport route from South America to New Jersey. The drug is mainly transported via couriers and sent aboard the commercial aircrafts. Occasionally, large quantities of this drug are also shipped from South America into New Jersey by these notorious gangs. At times, other drugs like cocaine and marijuana are also shipped along with the heroin. The South American heroin is smuggled into the state mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and the southwestern states. The West African and Nigerian smugglers transport Southeast Asian heroin whereas the Pakistani, Nigerian, Lebanese and other ethnic criminal gangs smuggle Southwest Asian heroin. The latter mainly transport the drugs in couriers aboard the international flights which land in the Newark Liberty International Airport.1049528 16119014 175x300 How is Heroin Smuggled into the State of New Jersey
The drug is concealed internally. Sometimes the suppliers hide the drug in their clothing and at times conceal them in hidden compartments of their luggage. In the year 2003, the inspectors of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department had seized over 20 kg of heroin in 12 different bags in the Newark Liberty International Airport and had arrested 10 criminals. A significant portion of the drug were hidden in waistbands and sewn collars. In the same year, the ICE also seized a courier on a commercial maritime vessel which was carrying 1,120 gm of the Southeast Asian variety of heroin. The vessel had started from West Africa and was headed to Camden. The wholesale heroin market in New Jersey is actually dominated by the Colombian and Dominican criminal gangs and DTOs.
The Dominican and the African American criminal groups along with the street gangs of New Jersey are involved with the retail level distribution of significant amount of South American heroin in the state. Some of these prominent criminal gangs are Latin Kings, Crips, Bloods, Ñeta and Five Percenters. However, there are also several local independent dealers who are into this retail heroin distribution within the state. To some lesser extent, the Caribbean criminal gangs and Chinese, Puerto Rican, and Colombian heroin abusers or suppliers also sell this drug in retail value. Heroin is primarily sold in the low income housing development zones in the metropolitan areas of New Jersey or the open air drug markets within the state. Mostly these popular distribution centers encompass Camden, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth and Newark. The drug is usually packed in glassine envelopes and sold in bricks, bundles or in bags.

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The Heroin Smugglers of New Jersey

Last Updated on Friday, 8 January 2010 10:38 Written by Nic Friday, 8 January 2010 04:54

In the whole of United States, if there is one place where this illicit drug called heroin is available in its purest form then it is undoubtedly New Jersey. Heroin is sourced from several regions of the world and smuggled into this state. The major sources of heroin supplies coming into New Jersey are from south east and south west Asia, South America and Mexico. The most readily available heroin of the lot is the one sourced from South America. As per the reports of the DEA, all the heroin that were purchased at retail level in the third quarter of 2003 were supplied by South America under the aegis of Newark’s Domestic Monitor Program (DMP). Most of the law enforcement authorities in New Jersey had reported that heroin was readily available while the rest of these agencies identified the drug to be the biggest threat in New Jersey.

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Back in the year 2000, the federal law enforcement officials had seized 91 kg of heroin. In the next two consecutive years, the officials seized 169 kg and 188 kg respectively. The prices for this drug have been relatively stable. However, differences in prices of heroin have been noted in the markets of southern and northern New Jersey. According to the reports revealed by the DEA Newark Division, in the year 2003, heroin sold at $45,000 to $115,000 a kg in the northern part of the state, whereas in the southern part of New Jersey, $80,000 to $120,000 a kg for the same period. The levels of purity in heroin also differ in the southern and northern parts of the state. The DEA Newark Division reported having seized heroin in northern New Jersey which was 78 percent pure. The heroin that they seized in the southern region of the state was averagely pure with 61 percent purity.
The Colombian Drug Trade Organizations and the Dominican criminal gangs dominate the smuggling of heroin from South America to New Jersey. Usually these drug traffickers smuggle the heroin via couriers aboard the commercial aircraft’s. Occasionally, the DTO’s and criminal gangs also ship significant amount of the South American variety into New Jersey. Sometimes they also ship large quantities of marijuana or cocaine along with the heroin on other container vessels. A significant quantity of the South American heroin is trafficked into New Jersey from southwestern states, Pennsylvania and New York via the private and commercial vehicles. The West African and Nigerian criminal gang traffic Southeast Asian heroin and the Pakistani, Lebanese, Nigerian and other ethnic criminal groups traffic Southwest Asian heroin into the state through the Newark Liberty International Airport via couriers.

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