Waldo, Arkansas

Waldo, Arkansas, in Columbia county, is 63 miles NE of Shreveport, Louisiana (center to center) and 206 miles E of Dallas, Texas. The city has a population of 1,594.

The People and Families of Waldo

In Waldo, about 40% of adults are married. Waldo has its share of unmarried adults.

Approximately 60% of Waldo is non-white. You'll see a variety of faces on the diverse streets of Waldo.

The government tells us that the city features an unusually large number of women.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Waldo had a median family income of $24,306.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 Presidential fund-raising sweepstakes, George W. Bush came out ahead among Waldo residents, with $400. Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

Waldo Housing

In Waldo, 65% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners, not rented out. Residential property taxes remain low i the city.

Commuting

In Waldo, 95% of commuters drive to work.

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. Peers)
Top 8%Waldo Affordability of Property Taxes
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 10%Waldo Racial Diversity


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

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



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Do you or someone that you care about live in Waldo, Arkansas and are seeking help for a drug or alcohol addiction? It does not matter what drugs have been used or how long the addiction has been going on, you are not alone, and help is readily available. We truly understand what you are going through and want to support you through ever single step in the process of finding an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program, so that you or your loved one can finally be free of your drug or alcohol addiction. You are not alone in this situation; we are here to hold your hand and guide you every step of the way.

The best possible option for the treatment of a drug or alcohol addiction is to find a quality Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Waldo. The most important goal of any Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility in Waldo, AR. should be to help the individual that is in treatment to get to the place where they will be able to live their life successfully without using drugs and alcohol. By doing this, these individuals can avoid the dreadful consequences that are so often associated with addiction and alcoholism. An individual that is able to remain sober will not have to deal with all of the negative consequences are so often linked to a drug or alcohol addiction problem.

There are so many available treatment approaches that are in close proximity to Waldo, including Short-term Rehab Facilities, Long-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Outpatient Rehab Centers, Inpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, sober living, halfway houses, support group meetings and drug counseling. We are here to help you to figure out what drug rehab treatment approach would best serve you or your loved one in Waldo, Arkansas that is struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction.

A quality Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center in Waldo, should make a point of focusing on both the physical and the psychological aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction. The physical aspect of the drug or alcohol addiction can be treated by the detoxification component of the Waldo, Arkansas Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center; a treatment program will be able to assist the individual by helping to alleviate some of the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that accompany the detox process. The withdrawal symptoms occur because the brain has adapted to the consistent use of the substance; after a period of time, it will take more and more of the substance, in order to produce the same desired effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Waldo has developed a physical tolerance to the drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, opiates, and alcohol, just to name a few. When an individual from Waldo, Arkansas abruptly discontinues any type of substance that their body has become accustomed to having, serious withdrawal symptoms may occur; the body may take several weeks or even months to return to normal functioning, depending on what types of drugs have been abused. If an individual from Waldo has been addicted to a drug such as heroin, the associated withdrawal symptoms may be much more severe.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Waldo also needs to address the various psychological issues that are invariably associated with a drug or alcohol addiction; a comprehensive recovery program will utilize various treatment techniques in order to accomplish this. These components of the Waldo, Arkansas Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program can include individual or group counseling, drug relapse prevention education and some form of aftercare treatment or follow up care. All of these elements of a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center will work in unison to help the individual from Waldo to get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction, so that they can maintain long term sobriety.

The best possible solution for an individual from Waldo, AR. with a severe drug or alcohol addiction, is to locate a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility that statistically has a high rate of long term success. A top notch Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in Waldo will ultimately be equipped to administer a comprehensive treatment program that will help the individual in every single aspect of their daily lives.

In order for an individual from Waldo to experience a successful drug recovery, they have to relearn many of the skills that they will use in their daily lives. They will need to use these skills daily, when they return home to Waldo, Arkansas, where they will encounter some of the reminders and triggers from their drug using days. A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center in Waldo will have educated the recovering addict on how to successfully respond to these familiar triggers that can often produce a high amount of psychological stress.

Many individuals from Waldo, AR. may try to overcome a drug or alcohol addiction without professional help. Because of the ways in which drugs alter the various functions in the brain, an individual from Waldo with the strongest desire to overcome their drug or alcohol addiction on their own will only meet with failure. With all of the above mentioned challenges that are associated with overcoming a drug or alcohol addiction, it is no wonder that so many people from Waldo each year enroll in a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program. There are so many important reasons why an individual should enroll in an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility in Waldo, but the best reason is to be able to once again be close to family and loved ones.

Getting Help

Getting help is easy, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) in order to speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Waldo, Arkansas Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program request form and a counselor will contact you shortly.

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

Southwest Arkansas Counseling Hope, AR 24.9 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Southwest Arkansas Counseling MH Ctr Texarkana, AR 31.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
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
Ouachita Medical Center Camden, AR 32.3 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
South Arkansas Substance Abuse El Dorado, AR 41.5 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
South Arkansas Regional Health Center El Dorado, AR 42.1 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Northeast Texas MH MR Center Atlanta, TX 43.2 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Summerhill Counseling Center Texarkana, TX 45.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Hazel Street Recovery Center Texarkana, TX 48.9 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Hospital Inpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Sabine Valley Center The Beginning Texarkana, TX 48.9 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Cavanaugh Treatment Center Bossier City, LA 61.4 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Residential Beds for Children, Halfway House, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA 62.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Brentwood Shreveport, LA 63.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Buckhalter Recovery Center Shreveport, LA 63.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, 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, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Council of Alcoholism Drug Abuse of Shreveport, LA 63.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
DDTP Shreveport, LA 63.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Caddo and Bossier Center Bossier City, LA 64.3 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Council on Alcoholism Drug Abuse of Bossier City, LA 64.3 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Center for Families Inc Shreveport, LA 64.4 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Professional Counseling Services of Ruston, LA 66.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Ruston Addictive Disorders Clinic Ruston, LA 66.8 miles from Waldo
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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

Driving under the influence of alcohol was associated with age in 2006. An estimated 7.9 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, 19.7 percent of 18 to 20 year olds, and 27.3 percent of 21 to 25 year olds reported driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Beyond age 25, these rates showed a general decline with increasing age.

Data has shown that people high on marijuana show the same lack of coordination on standard "drunk driver" tests as do people who have had to much to drink.

The percentage of teens aged 12 to 17 indicating great risk in smoking marijuana once a month increased from 32.4 percent in 2002 to 34.9 percent in 2003, but the percentage remained unchanged between 2003 and 2008 (33.9 percent). The rate of teens aged 12 to 17 perceiving great risk in smoking marijuana once or twice a week also increased from 51.5 percent in 2002 to 55.0 percent in 2005, but the rate declined between 2005 and 2008 (53.1 percent). Coincident with trends in perceived great risk of marijuana use, the prevalence of past month marijuana use among teens aged 12 to 17 decreased between 2002 (8.2 percent) and 2005 (6.8 percent), then remained stable between 2005 and 2008 (6.7 percent).

Methamphetamine causes direct complications to the dopamine system which is directly associated with reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning.

Use of illegal drugs and alcohol was more common among current cigarette smokers than among nonsmokers in 2006, as in 2002 through 2005. Among persons aged 12 or older, 20.4 percent of past month cigarette smokers reported current use of an illegal drug compared with 4.2 percent of persons who were not current cigarette smokers (Figure 4.7). Past month alcohol use was reported by 66.3 percent of current cigarette smokers compared with 45.8 percent of those who did not use cigarettes in the past month. The association also was found with binge drinking (43.6 percent of current cigarette users vs. 16.1 percent of current nonusers) and heavy drinking (16.0 vs. 3.8 percent, respectively).

Between 2004 and 2005, there was no statistically significant change in the number or percentage of the population receiving substance use treatment within the past year (3.8 million, 1.6 percent in 2004; 3.9 million, 1.6 percent in 2005).


The following survey was completed by residents of Waldo, Arkansas as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Waldo, 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 Waldo, Arkansas.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
81%
9%
10%
Marijuana use in Waldo, Arkansas.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
96%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Waldo, Arkansas.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
21%
79%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
78%
14%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
24%
48%
25%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Waldo, 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
1%
12%
2%
7%
8%
1%
65%
1%
2%
1%
Most common first drug experience in Waldo, Arkansas?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
4%
3%
6%
3%
4%
12%
3%
11%
10%
16%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Waldo, Arkansas schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Waldo, Arkansas under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
84%
11%
Have you ever gone to school in Waldo, Arkansas under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
90%
9%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Waldo, Arkansas?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
5%
3%
7%
3%
3%
14%
2%
8%
6%
19%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
6%
58%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
37%
63%
Surveys updated monthly.

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