Baldwin Park Addiction Treatment Centers

The LA County Department of Public Health reports that trips to the emergency room and hospital stays triggered by use and abuse of opiate drugs increased by 171% and 30% respectively between 2006 and 2013 across the county.¹ For residents of Baldwin Park, California, this means that the opiate epidemic has hit hard, and only a targeted and multipronged effort by families, local government organizations, and local support agencies will be able to make a difference.

The good news is that progress is being made in Los Angeles County. County and state officials have worked to provide¹:

• Increased access to naloxone, a drug that can reverse the respiratory depression of an opioid overdose and save lives.
• An awareness campaign that focuses on increasing education about the risks of using opioid painkillers recreationally and medically.
• Mandatory training for doctors who prescribe medications so they can safely and minimally prescribe painkillers to new patients and identify the signs of drug-seeking behaviors and addiction.
• Statewide prescription drug monitoring databases designed to help identify people who are trying to game the system in order to divert pills to the black market or use them to maintain a personal addiction.

The not-so-great news is that fentanyl-laced street drugs have led to a skyrocketing rate of opioid overdose deaths in Baldwin Park and across the state. If someone you love is at risk of overdose due to an opioid addiction, call today to speak to a treatment advisor and get the information you need to help them enter a comprehensive drug addiction treatment program.

1. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment in Los Angeles County.