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Marijuana is the most controversial drug as to the danger for dependency, physical health and mental problem. Don't get mislead! Most of the hard drug users have started their addiction with marijuana.
Drug rehab centers can be really confusing with all the different programs and philosophies in South Carolina. There are different school of thought on marijuana. We will try to teach you what the drug really is. Remember if Marijuana would be so "innocent", you would not be reading this website now. Drug rehabilitation is a process with different phases that will bring the individual to a drug free life.
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Marijuana use in South Carolina
Cannabis is the most readily available and most commonly abused drug in South Carolina, and the number of users is increasing. The rural regions of the state, which have adequate precipitation, provide an environment conducive to the domestic cultivation of cannabis.
Treatment admissions for marijuana abuse have risen steadily from 1997 to 2000 and are larger than the national rate. According to the DAODAS, the amount of marijuana publicly funded treatment center admissions increased from 3,651 in FY1997 to 4,967 in FY2000. The number of cannabis abusers admitted for treatment was higher than crack cocaine abusers for the first time in FY1999. TEDS admission statistics for 1998, based on primary substance of abuse, demonstrated that in South Carolina 90 admissions per 100,000 were for marijuana compared with 81 admissions per 100,000 nationally.
Marijuana is the most prevalent illicit substance of abuse in South Carolina, with Mexico the most common origin location. Traffickers using vehicles, tractor-trailers, commercial air, buses, and trains, as well as commercial package shipping companies import cannabis from Mexico through California. Members of the South Carolina National Guard and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) routinely eradicate small patches of outdoor cannabis. In August 2002, SLED found and destroyed 6,820 plants in Lancaster County that had attained heights of between 6 and 9 feet.
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