| According to recent data available with the law | | | | name a few. It is important for an addict to find a |
| enforcement agencies, abuse of Cocaine has been | | | | program that is most suitable. |
| steadily on the rise for the past decade. The cocaine | | | | For cocaine addiction it is best to opt for a residential |
| that comes from Florida, Texas, LA, NY, and Chicago | | | | program after completion of a drug detox program. It |
| is converted to crack and distributed by street gangs. | | | | is important to enroll in a drug detox program for heroin |
| Cocaine trafficking has induced gang wars, street | | | | abuse, as the drug is extremely addictive. The |
| fights, prostitution, crime and thefts. Though the figures | | | | withdrawal symptoms of crystal Methamphetamine |
| claim that heroin addiction has considerably reduced in | | | | are challenging and one needs a good drug detox |
| the city, emergency cases in the hospitals keep | | | | program with a lot of care. Ecstasy and Marijuana |
| reporting a number of medical problems related to | | | | might not be physically addictive but a drug detox |
| heroin abuse. | | | | program apart from therapy is recommended for |
| The abuse of Methamphetamine has increased in the | | | | these as well. |
| past 2 decades. A ban has been imposed on the | | | | At present, there are over 5,000 gang members with |
| precursor chemicals used in the production of | | | | the Minnesota Gang Force Strike Intelligence and over |
| Methamphetamine. Despite this, law enforcement | | | | 160 organized gangs as well. As a response to the |
| agencies keep encountering clandestine laboratories all | | | | overwhelming gang war and violence in the city, North |
| over the state. Marijuana is the second most | | | | Central Division of DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams |
| commonly abused drug among the teenagers of | | | | have been established in the city. 14 Task Force |
| Minnesota. It is largely cultivated and hence it has | | | | Officers, representing 7 enforcement agencies have |
| become increasingly difficult to detect the growers. | | | | also been assigned to DEA in Minnesota. The U.S. |
| Pharmaceutical drugs are also being highly abused in | | | | Department of Justice Byrne grants money to 23 task |
| the city. An increase in the number of pain | | | | forces throughout Minnesota. DEA Regional |
| management clinics has, in certain cases, posed a | | | | Enforcement Teams have also been established to |
| threat to some patients, as they prescribe narcotics | | | | further add to the power of the DEA METs at places |
| for addicts. | | | | where there is insufficient local law enforcement for |
| Several drug rehabilitation programs are being run in | | | | drugs. The Minneapolis Gang Strike Force was |
| Minnesota for adults and adolescents. There are drug | | | | created in 1997 to fight the escalating gang wars and |
| detox programs, inpatient and outpatient programs, | | | | street violence caused due to drugs. The DEA |
| prevention from relapse, one on one counseling, | | | | participates in this force as well to help curb drug |
| behavioral therapies, and therapeutic communities, to | | | | related violence. |