Calgary, Alberta Drug rehab

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Information on the city of Calgary, Alberta

Calgary is a city in southern Alberta, and has a population of over one million people. Calgary is a very prosperous city, with an average increase of its population of 2.18% per year.

You may find a lot of different drugs within Calgary, however; Crack/Cocaine is probably the most used drug in southern Alberta, combined with increasing use of Marijuana and Crystal Meth.

Drug situation in Calgary, Alberta

As per Calgary Police, the youngest kid was a 8 years old that was using Crack/Cocaine.

"The boy was seen talking to a dealer in downtown Calgary on Friday, police said.

As they moved in to arrest the man, "they approached the small child and found in his pocket what would be known on the street as an 'eight ball,' or just about three grams of Crack Cocaine," said Staff-Sergeant Roger Chaffin."

Crack Addiction is a really addictive Drug. It has been reported that in some instances that one try and the person would be already addicted. It doesn't only take the person's life away but it effects the family and relatives around the addict.

It was found in Calgary that twenty one of the murders in a period of three years were Drug related. Also a big portion of burglaries and arson were also Drug related. From 1992 to 2002, about one in 10 homicides involved activities such as trafficking or the settling of Drug-related accounts. Cocaine was involved in 60% of these Drug-related homicides.

Drug-related incidents account for nearly one in ten court cases. Drug-related cases accounted for 7% of cases processed in youth courts; 5% were for possession and 2% for trafficking.

Peddlers who push pot are just as poisonous as Crack and Heroin dealers and it's time citizens realize those criminals need to be taken off the streets, says a Calgary Police Drug expert.

Police busted a sophisticated grow operation, seizing close to $140,000 worth of plants in the city's northwest last week.

"If this was $100,000 of Ecstasy it would hit the front pages across Western Canada. If it was Cocaine or Heroin it would have a lot of people upset," said Det. Pat Tetley.

"But when you see $100,000 worth of Marijuana, the same stigma is not attached."
Tetley says it should be.

Calgary few number private and government drug rehab centers

Detective Steve Patterson from the Calgary Police Service* was capable to provide Y.A.D.U.C. with helpful information into the drug scene in Calgary. He has served on the police force for 23 years working in the 'major crimes' area, exposing him to the 'real' effects of narcotic use.  He identified cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy and mushrooms as the drugs of greatest concern within our city, with methamphetamines emerging as a popular substance as well.

Even though his work monitoring criminal activity cannot identify particular trends with certainty, he does speculate that the economic success of our city contributes highly to the prevalence of drug use here. Predicting drug use is hard because there are problems in distinguishing 'drug abusers' from so-called 'casual users', who are not the primary focus of the narcotics unit.  Furthermore, there is speculation that figures on substances use is underestimated because of the difficulty in monitoring the activities of this group. The Detective says "Make no mistake; there is no such thing as a 'casual user of narcotics. The beliefs of these individuals, 'I am not hurting anyone else' is false." Taking all of this information into consideration, drug use in Calgary may be even more prevalent than we would like to believe based on the approximations available to us.

The detective warns that narcotic use is not an isolated issue, but one that brings about a number of other negative elements.  Offences like prostitution, murder, auto theft and robbery are frequently linked to even 'casual' drug use.  Detective Patterson has provided this analogy of narcotic use and its effects to send a very important message to young adults:

"Can you picture a beautiful tree in a backyard somewhere?
You are the trunk of this tree.
The family you have and your friends are the roots and earth that keep
you grounded. They nurture you and allow you to flourish. The leaves are
all the individuals that you have touched in the world. The seeds produced
are the future.

Narcotics cut a ring around your trunk and put poison into your system. The
leaves die first. Then the roots die. The outcome is predictable.  Initial
drug use is the choice of the user. My advice is, choose wisely.
Don't start. Don't contribute to the dark side of society." (Patterson, 2003)

Last Updated on Friday, 18 June 2010 16:27