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South Carolina Addiction Case Study

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South Carolina Detox
Over the past several years marijuana addiction rates have escalated in South Carolina. Statistics from the Treatment Episode Data Set noted that in 2010, close to 55% of all South Carolina drug rehab admissions cited marijuana addiction as their primary reason for seeking treatment. This is a drastic increase from previous years when the percentage of marijuana addiction cases totaled just over 30% in 2006 and nearly 40% in 2008. Likewise, other substances of abuse resulting in South Carolina drug rehab enrollments during 2010 included cocaine and crack addiction (close to 20%), other opiates addiction (close to 20%) and stimulant addiction (around 5%).
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