3 Drug Rehab Centers Near Hampstead, Maryland

Published on January 23, 2019

Hampstead has been named one of the safest places to live in Maryland as well as one of the best places to raise children in the state.

Though Hampstead is a safe and supportive community, some people who live there find themselves battling addiction, and local treatment facilities are ready to help.

Substance Abuse In Hampstead And Carroll County

Hampstead may look like a small, safe town, but in reality, it faces the same struggles with drug and alcohol addiction as most communities do. Carroll County has relatively high addiction rates, and many people are lost each year because of this disease.

Here is a closer look at substance abuse statistics in the Hampstead area:

• In 2017, 60 people in Carroll County died due to drug-related causes.
• This was a rate of 35.8 deaths per 100,000 residents.
• Of those 60 deaths, 40 were because of fentanyl and 28 were related to heroin.
• In 2014, 3.75 percent of the Carroll County population admitted to non-medical use of prescription pain relievers.