The illegal drug threat in Louisiana arises from the common availability and abuse of major drugs like cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine. Also there is home-grown marijuana, methamphetamine and designer drugs which pose a significant threat into the State. Heroin is not that prevalent in the State. The main abusers of drugs like heroin are younger adolescents, lower middle to upper class Caucasian adults.

But illegal abuse of methamphetamine is considered to be the most important drug threat in Louisiana. State officials have experienced that a direct connection between methamphetamine abuse and domestic violence and other crime, child abuse, aggravated assault and even murder.

Approximately 38% of Louisiana high school seniors who are surveyed in 2002 have reported lifetime use of marijuana a report from the Southwest Prevention Center, State of Louisiana Communities has revealed.

Alcoholism and substance abuse is a kind of ailment that progresses through predictable stages. A cooperate program with Louisiana State and drug rehabilitation centres should be conceived. Drug rehab centres, alcohol rehab centres equipped with trained health professionals, often doctors specializing in addiction treatment medicine, make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe the most appropriate treatment for right kind of drug rehabilitation. Alcohol rehab and drug rehab programs vary in the level and quality of family participation opportunities.