Substance Abuse Problems

Leduc may be a smaller town in Alberta but it still has drug problems. At some point, substance abuse problems were mostly observed in the larger cities. But this has changed and now the smaller towns are also experiencing friends and family members suffering from some form of addiction. Society has gotten to a point where people are offered drugs and medication for every possible ailment. Drug dealers have spread out from coast to coast and when the main distribution sectors of drugs, like marijuana, cocaine or crack even illicit prescription medications like Oxycodone or Fentanyl, are saturated they then expand into the suburbs, and small towns and villages.

Anyone fighting with drug addiction or alcoholism is doing so to find relief from some painful emotional situation or condition. This situation can be as varied as there are addicts. This can be a person experiencing a painful emotion over the loss of some kind or feeling like a social outcast. Whatever it is, drugs or alcohol tend to bring temporary relief, at least until the effects of the drug wear off. The physical or emotional pain returns, more drugs, and higher doses are taken, and it continues until the person is now dependent on the drug just to get up, go to sleep or blend in socially. This is the basic cycle of addiction and the need for drug rehabilitation.