Native Americans and Alaska Natives are known to have considerably very high rates of drug abuse and addiction than other races, an a situation which has to be resolved for these people to endure. While the reasons may differ from individual to individual, many of the causes for the higher rates of abuse among Native American and Alaska Natives are cultural ones. First of all, Native American and Alaska Native adolescents appear to have some of the highest rates of drug and alcohol abuse in the nation. The most apparent barriers to helping Native Americans and Alaska Natives for addiction are cultural ones and language. For this reason it is important that Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Guadalupita, New Mexico obtain treatment services in an alcohol and drug rehab facility that is culturally acceptable, and more importantly in a drug rehab that considers the need to supply drug and alcohol rehabilitation in their native tongue.