Forrest City, Arkansas

Forrest City, Arkansas, in St Francis county, is 43 miles W of Memphis, Tennessee. As of the year 2000 census, 14,774 people lived in Forrest City.

The People and Families of Forrest City

In Forrest City, about 32% of adults are married. Watch out for that stroller! It's hard to swing a rattle in Forrest City without hitting a preschooler. Though it's not a singles bar, single people will feel at home in the city; the city has more single adults than most places of its size.

Approximately 64% of Forrest City is non-white. A diverse population is one of the features of the city.

Forrest City is noted for its large share of males.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Forrest City had a median family income of $27,432.

Political Inclinations

Forrest City residents donated more money ($4,000) to George W. Bush than to the other candidates in the 2004 Presidential race. Across all electoral races, the Democratic party attracted the most donations from the city.

Forrest City Housing

An estimated 51% of living spaces in Forrest City are occupied by their owners, not by renters.

Commuting

In Forrest City, 95% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Forrest City14,774$27,432
Brinkley3,940$27,820
Marianna5,181$20,611
Wynne8,615$35,714

High Points

Forrest City strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Arkansas):

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 5%Forrest City Racial Diversity
Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. Peers)
Top 5%Forrest City Affordability of Property Taxes
Public Transportation Use
(vs. State)
Top 10%Forrest City Public Transportation Use


The listings in Forrest City, Arkansas and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(6) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(17) Outpatient
(4) Teens and Adolescents
(8) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(1) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(7) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(7) American Sign Language
(2) Mental Health Services
(8) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(4) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(7) Females
(3) Residential Beds for Children
(5) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(4) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(3) Halfway House
(4) Males
(3) Spanish Speaking
(6) Clients With Legal Issues
(3) Methadone Maintenance
(4) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(2) Hospital Inpatient
(2) Methadone Detoxification



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Do you live in Forrest City, Arkansas and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Is someone you know or care about battling drug or alcohol addiction and needs help? Drug and alcohol addiction exists everywhere in society today, and when an individual is caught up in addiction it can seem that there is no way out. There is in fact a way out, and it can be found at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Forrest City.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center in Forrest City treats drug addiction and alcoholism by teaching the individual how to overcome problems in life with real solutions, and that drugs and alcohol are not the answer. This can empower the individual, and put them in a position to start winning and achieving their goals. The end result of treatment at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Forrest City would be the individual being able to work their way through life and its obstacles, without the need or desire to use drugs or alcohol.

Due to the varying needs of individuals seeking treatment, there are a number of treatment programs available in Forrest City to care for someone addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. There are Short-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers, Inpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Long-term Drug Rehab Centers, Outpatient Addiction Recovery Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Treatment at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Forrest City will hone in on the two main causes of addiction, physical and psychological. Over time, the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance, lessening the effect of the drug. Physical tolerance develops as a result. The person ends up having to take more and more drugs or alcohol to try and get back to that first initial high that got them hooked.

Upon commencing treatment, an individual will address the physical aspect of addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Forrest City, Arkansas, which will get him through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abrupt cessation of a substance. Withdrawal symptoms can typically last for days, weeks or months depending on the type of substance you're dealing with. Heroin withdrawal for example may take quite some time to get through, and is particularly painful. Detoxification along with psychological counseling will get the individual in the right frame of mind to start addressing the psychological issues that are involved with the addiction to drugs or alcohol. This method greatly increases the individual's chances of a successful recovery and prevents relapse.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in Forrest City, AR. offers a sane environment that is conducive to a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be taught how to properly handle life situations and control their own behavior in response to their environment. When the individual returns home following treatment, he will do so with a new mindset on how to engage with friends, family etc. The influences which may have triggered addiction in the individual will not have the same power over him. As part of treatment the individual will have addressed these psychological stressors as a priority and they will no longer have an effect on him.

Studies have shown that an individual who is addicted to drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain, specifically the way it functions and responds to situations. This is an important reason that professional help at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Forrest City, AR. is the best option to try and beat addiction.

Someone who is caught up in the destructive cycle of addiction is up against a lot, the odds may seem against him. But they aren't if he pursues treatment at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Forrest City, AR. Treatment exists so that the addict is given the best chance at a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. There is hope for you or someone you care about. Addiction has a cure, and treatment at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Forrest City is that cure. Don't wait another minute to get the help you deserve.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Forrest City, Arkansas Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in Forrest City, AR. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Forrest City, Arkansas:

Whitehaven Southwest Mental Health Ctr Memphis, TN 41.8 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Baby Love Midtown Mental Health Center Memphis, TN 42.1 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
Grace House Inc Memphis, TN 43.0 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Serenity Recovery Centers Inc Memphis, TN 43.0 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Assoc Catholic Charities of Diocese Memphis, TN 44.6 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Beds for Children, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Memphis Alcohol and Drug Council Inc Memphis, TN 44.6 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Memphis Recovery Centers Inc Memphis, TN 44.6 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Memphis Treatment Center for Memphis, TN 44.6 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Program Memphis, TN 45.1 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Delta Medical Center Memphis, TN 45.1 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Southeast Mental Health Center Inc Memphis, TN 45.1 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Memphis City Schools Mental Health Ctr Memphis, TN 45.8 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Outpatient
Comprehensive Counseling Network Memphis, TN 46.1 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Baby Love Case Management Inc Memphis, TN 47.2 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
La Paloma Treatment Center Memphis, TN 47.2 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Mental Health Resources PLLC Memphis, TN 47.2 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Urban Family Ministries Memphis, TN 47.2 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
VCPHCS VIII LLC Memphis, TN 47.2 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Raleigh Professional Associates Memphis, TN 47.3 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Synergy Treatment Centers Memphis, TN 47.3 miles from Forrest City
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Males, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Among teens aged 12 to 17, the current illegal drug use rate remained stable from 2007 (9.5 percent) to 2008 (9.3 percent). Between 2002 and 2008, youth rates declined significantly for illegal drugs in general (from 11.6 to 9.3 percent) and for marijuana (8.2 to 6.7 percent), cocaine (0.6 to 0.4 percent), prescription-type drugs used nonmedically (4.0 to 2.9 percent), pain relievers (3.2 to 2.3 percent), stimulants (0.8 to 0.5 percent), and methamphetamine (0.3 to 0.1 percent).

According to the North Dakota Attorney General's office, state legislation which controlled sale of over-the-counter cold medications like Sudafed reduced the number of local labs significantly from 190 lab incidents in 2005 to 40 in 2006.

Taking Ecstasy in combination with Ketamine is called "kitty flipping".

Xanax has always been recommended for short term use, but the large majority of the individuals that use it report taking it on a daily basis.

Among adults 18 or older, 2.3 million (1.0 percent) made suicide plans in the past year. The rate was 1.1 percent among women and 0.9 percent among men. Rates of adults who made suicide plans were also highest among 18 to 25 year olds (1.9 percent), followed by 26 to 49 year olds (1.1 percent) and adults 50 years or older (0.7 percent).

There were 9.0 million people aged 12 or older (3.7 percent) who were current users of illegal drugs other than marijuana in 2005. Most (6.4 million, 2.6 percent) used psychotherapeutic drugs nonmedically. Of these, 4.7 million used pain relievers, 1.8 million used tranquilizers, 1.1 million used stimulants (including 512,000 using methamphetamine), and 272,000 used sedatives. Each of these estimates is similar to the corresponding estimate for 2004.


Strong support groups and sober friends are very helpful for recovering Alcoholics after rehab. Alcoholics Anonymous provides meetings that recovering alcoholics can attend to help stay focused on their sobriety. You can find AA meetings at the following locations in Forrest City:

Pyramid Group
Faith Lutheran Church
4525 N. Washington
Forrest City, Arkansas 72335

AA Meeting Days and Times
Friday, 8:00 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Forrest City, Arkansas as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Forrest City, Arkansas. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Forrest City, Arkansas.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
83%
8%
9%
Marijuana use in Forrest City, Arkansas.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
92%
8%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
81%
18%
Perception of Alcohol in Forrest City, Arkansas.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
9%
91%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
97%
3%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
84%
12%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
8%
14%
49%
29%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Forrest City, Arkansas?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
10%
12%
3%
4%
6%
0%
55%
5%
1%
4%
Most common first drug experience in Forrest City, Arkansas?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
2%
2%
6%
3%
3%
14%
3%
9%
6%
24%
8%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Forrest City, Arkansas schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Forrest City, Arkansas under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
90%
10%
Have you ever gone to school in Forrest City, Arkansas under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
82%
6%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Forrest City, Arkansas?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
5%
2%
6%
3%
5%
13%
4%
9%
8%
18%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
2%
67%
21%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
37%
63%
Surveys updated monthly.

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