Drug Tests in Muskogee, Oklahoma

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Substance Abuse Trends and Statistics for the City of Muskogee

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported that between 2016 and 2018, Muskogee County had the fourth-highest nonfatal drug overdose hospitalization rate in the state.

Almost half of the hospitalizations in the county for drug overdoses were unintentional, and over 40% were due to attempts at self-harm. Between 2014 and 2018, 102 people in Muskogee County lost their lives due to drug overdoses. This gave the county the highest death rate in Oklahoma, according to the state Department of Health.

Prescription drugs led to 63 of the overdose deaths, including 54 from prescription opioids. Opioids that led to fatal overdoses in Muskogee County between 2014 and 2018 included morphine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and methadone.

Methamphetamine overdoses led to 51 deaths in Muskogee County between 2014 and 2018 according to Oklahoma's Department of Health.

Notable Historical Events Related to Drug Abuse in Muskogee

The Dallas office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported that 19 people from eastern Oklahoma were arrested in a major eighteen-month investigation into methamphetamine distribution and sales. Nine of the people who were arrested and charged with drug distribution and other Federal drug felonies were from Muskogee.

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Brian J. Kuester said, "Every year hundreds of Oklahomans die as a result of methamphetamine overdose. Each fatal dose travels great distances as they move from producers to high level distributors to street dealers to users. Drug trafficking organizations are only concerned with pushing product and making profits. Death does not concern them. Justice is the only thing that will put an end to this deadly business."

Local Efforts to Address Drug Problems in Muskogee

The Muskogee Community Anti-Drug Network meets on the third Thursday of every other month at 10:00 a.m. at the Nonprofit Resource Center on North 2nd Street in Muskogee. The Community Anti-Drug Network collaborates with parents, schools, employers, community leaders, and media to help educate and prevent substance abuse.

Monarch, Inc. has provided treatment for people with drug and alcohol problems since 1981. The organization provides counseling at its location at 2400 W. Broadway in Muskogee, as well as another location in Warner, OK. The organization also provides inpatient treatment for women with drug and alcohol use disorders.