A new study has revealed the US states with the best drug and alcohol addiction treatment facilities, with Florida placing third.
The research, carried out by addiction recovery resource, Addiction Treatment Magazine, used Google data to analyze the number of facilities in each state and calculated a percentage of those with a rating of 4.5 and above.
California ranks in first place, with 90 of its 117 rehab clinics listed on Google having a rating of 4.5 stars and above, equating to 76.92%, which is the most by a significant margin of 10.25%. Overall, the addiction rate amongst all adults in the state’s population is said to be 9%, which is lower than the country’s national average of 14.7%.
Texas follows in second place, with 66.67% of addiction treatment centers rated 4.5 stars or above. This works out at 80 of its 120 clinics and 0.39 per 100,000 people, servicing a state with a reported addiction rate of 12.6% of the population.
Two states share third place, with Florida and Indiana each having 60.83% of their rehab clinics above the rating threshold. They also both have 120 treatment facilities statewide, with 73 of them being rated 4.5 stars or above.
A spokesperson for Addiction Treatment Magazine commented on the findings: “It’s interesting to see the vast differences in quality of facilities from the top of the list to the bottom. The gap between first place California and tenth place Georgia for instance is over 25%, which is quite large considering both are in the upper echelons of the list.”
“With all of the states ranking outside of the top 10 having under 50% of their facilities rated less than the threshold, it would suggest improvement is needed to give those facing addiction the care that is needed.”
