Teen Opiate Rehab Costs
It’s tempting to be overwhelmed by the potential costs of teen opiate rehab. Inpatient programs can easily cost thousands of dollars a month and outpatient programs, though less expensive, are still costly. If you have health insurance coverage for your teen, then opiate rehab costs may be partially or fully covered. If you don’t have health insurance, there is always the option of financing. Interest-free loans with repayment periods of up to 30 years may be available. It’s just a matter of applying for financial assistance.
If you are wavering on enrolling your teen in opiate rehab because you feel like you can’t afford it, perhaps it’s important to point out just how much it will cost you now – and later – to avoid enrolling your teen in an opiate teen rehab program.
The Costs of Teen Opiate Addiction on the Street and by Prescription
Recent research finds the average opiate user takes between 80 and 400 mg of their drug of choice, depending upon its potency, each day. Generally, teens who are newly addicted use lesser amounts, but the fact remains that these prescriptions are not cheap. One study tried to figure out how much an opiate user spends monthly on pills alone. Taking the example of someone using 120 mg a day (which is on the low side of the average), the study found that with current prescription prices, an active user spends about $24 per day plus an average of $500 per month in doctors’ fees. This comes to a total of $14,880 per year.
If a teen is abusing a prescription that is not his own, these costs are passed on to the owner of the prescription – generally his parents.
If your teen is procuring their opiates on the street, the cost increases. Some estimate that opiate painkillers on the street taken at the same rate as the example above comes in at $138 per day for a grand total of $50,370 per year. If your teen isn’t independently wealthy or working 24 hours a day at salaried position, where are they getting that money from? Oftentimes from his parents or criminal activity that will ultimately cost his parents a ton more in legal fees and court costs.
Can I Afford NOT to Pay the Costs of Teen Opiate Rehab?
The above financial costs do not take into account the financial cost of lost time at work and school, getting expelled due to bringing drugs on campus or getting fired for poor job performance due to opiate addiction.
Additionally, there is no way to calculate the costs of lost time and relationships that results from teen opiate addiction. Most teen opiate rehab facilities will cost you less financially than the addiction will in just one year’s time. You can’t afford to let teen opiate addiction persist.
Teen Opiate Rehab at Newport Academy
Give us a call today at Newport Academy and ask us about our financing options. We work with our partner, SerenityLoans, to provide parents with financing assistance they need to pay for their teen’s opiate rehab program. Make today the first step toward a new life for you and your child. Call now.