atlanta Atlanta Recovery Center: Drug Addiction in Atlanta on the Rise

A story investigated by WSB News, in Atlanta, reveals that while Miami may have been the main drug distribution point in the 80’s, the new distribution center for the eastern seaboard is Atlanta, Georgia.

“It may surprise many people that Atlanta is the new drug capital,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of Narconon Drug Rehab, Atlanta Recovery Center. “However, those dealing with drug rehab and drug addiction have seen a shift from supply areas. Atlanta is the hub for the East Coast, unfortunately.” That is why the Atlanta Recovery Center is so important.

The director of Atlanta’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Jack Killoran, agrees. “We are the source of supply for Miami. We’re no longer a consumer area. We are, literally, a supply area…Drug dealing in Atlanta is big business.”

“The Atlanta area is a major hub for the distribution, and for the movement, of large shipments of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine,” says Rodney Benson, Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta office of the DEA. “It’s a staging area, and a transshipment point.”

Atlanta has become the major hub for drug distribution because of the amount of interstate highways converging in the Atlanta Area. Recovery programs in Atlanta are becoming increasingly necessary. “All roads lead to Atlanta,” comments Ms. Rieser. “The factors making Atlanta the hub also include the tightened security at airports, which means drugs are now moving down the highways instead of the airports. Many drug networks are set up in quiet high scale neighborhoods, where no one would be aware of a meth or cocaine warehouse set up in a million-dollar home. Several homes have been raided that don’t store drugs, but bails and bails of cash. Dealers are treating this as big business and using Atlanta as their distribution center.”

If you or someone you know is in Atlanta and struggling with an alcohol or other drug problem, contact Narconon Atlanta Recovery Center today for immediate assistance.  Visit www.AtlantaRecoveryCenter.com or call 1-877-413-3073. Also, check out www.InTheRooms.com for a global recovery community