Native Americans and Alaska Natives are known to have significantly higher rates of drug abuse and addiction than other races, an a circumstance which has to be addressed for these cultures to endure. While the reasons may vary from person to person, many of the causes for the higher rates of substance abuse amongst Native American and Alaska Natives are cultural ones. First of all, Native American and Alaska Native adolescents have some of the highest rates of alcohol and drug abuse in the country. The most obvious barriers to helping Native Americans and Alaska Natives for substance abuse are cultural ones and their language. Due to this it is important that Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Dora, NM. obtain substance abuse treatment in an alcohol and drug treatment program that is culturally acceptable, and more importantly in a drug rehab that understand the need to supply drug and alcohol rehab in their language.