Corona, California

Introduction to Corona, California

Founded in 1896, Corona is located in Southern California in Riverside County. Corona is a city of over 131,000 people. Corona is approximately fifty minutes southeast of Los Angeles and thirty minutes northeast of Long Beach. It is near the Cleveland National Forest and in a region that is known as the "Inland Empire".

Nearby Los Angeles was ranked in the top thirty "Most Fun U.S. Cities" in a study conducted by Cranium, Inc. in 2004.

Corona weather is characterized by hot summers and warm winters. Summer daily temperatures average in the low nineties, and winter daily temperatures average in the high sixties and low seventies (degrees Fahrenheit)

Corona Arts, and Entertainment

Corona residents have relatively easy access to all of the entertainment offerings of nearby Los Angeles. Some of the more notable entertainment attractions in Corona include:

  • The Fender Center for Music Education, more commonly known as the Fender Museum
  • The Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa
  • The Pole Position Raceway
  • Uncle Bud's Automotive Museum

The Inland Empire is home to a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team, the Inland Empire 66ers. The 66ers are a Class A Advanced affiliate of the Seattle Mariners who play in San Bernardino. Other major sports franchises in the Southern California area near Corona include:

  • The Arena Football League's (AFL) Los Angeles Avengers.
  • Major League Baseball's (MLB) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • Major League Soccer's (MLS) Club Deportivo Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • The National Basketball Association's (NBA) Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers.
  • The National Hockey League's (NHL) Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Los Angeles Kings.
  • The United Soccer League's (USL) Premier Development League Los Angeles Storm, and Southern California Seahorses.
  • The WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Corona124,966$63,505
Chino67,168$59,638
Chino Hills66,787$81,794
Norco24,157$66,204
Ontario158,007$44,031
Riverside255,166$47,254
Yorba Linda58,918$96,132

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 16%Corona Racial Diversity


The listings in Corona, California and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Are you battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol and live in Corona, California? Do you have a friend or family member that is addicted to drugs or alcohol in Coro an and you don't know where to turn to for help? Addiction to any substance can be a very dark and lonely place, not just for the abuser but for anyone that cares about them. All hope is not lost; there are effective solutions out there. We can help you find a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Corona that will be appropriate for your treatment needs.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Coro an is a perfect solution for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. Treatment will be geared towards helping the individual overcome their need to fix problems in their life with drugs and alcohol. Once they can grasp this, they will be able to cope with life situations more appropriately and resolve their problems without substances.

There are a variety of approaches to addiction treatment. Examples offered in Coro an are Outpatient Drug Treatment Facilities, Long-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Short-term Drug Treatment Programs, Inpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Corona will target both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction. Individuals are treated for physical addiction by undergoing a detoxification program in Corona, California to assist with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms which result when an addict discontinues use of a substance they are addicted to. Continued use of a psychoactive substance over time causes the brain to adapt to the presence of the drug, making the desired effect minimal. Physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops in this way. Over time, more and more of the addictive drug is required to get the same effect. Quitting an addictive drug abruptly causes serious withdrawal symptoms, which may take the body weeks or months to return to normal function. Withdrawing from hardcore drugs such as heroin can cause extremely severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, which can last for quite some time.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Corona will be able to administer a professional detox as well as assistance with psychological issues. These underlying psychological issues are at the root of all drug and alcohol addiction problems. Addressing this head on will decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a fully rehabilitated and contributing member of society. A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Corona, CA. has proven to be the most successful method for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in Corona, follows a rigid, comprehensive program to ensure a successful recovery. This program addresses every aspect of addiction and every area where the person could be having trouble.

To ensure a lasting recovery, the individual must gain the knowledge, abilities and "life tools" to change their behavior and reaction to situations. The individual's program will be focused on strategies for returning home to Corona, from a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility and even running into prior drug using friends or acquaintances in Corona. Upon completion of their program, the individual will be able to deal with the reminders and triggers in Corona which may have prompted their drug use, as these same triggers can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors, if not addressed, can make it very hard for an individual to control their response to drug using impulses. Research has shown that an addict shows changes in the way their brain functions after having discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. Because of this, even an individual with the best of intentions may find it extremely hard to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment.

So you can see that a recovering addict has a lot to deal with when deciding to kick the habit. With triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, seeking help at an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a no-brainer.

A person that is serious about the decision to get sober should enroll in an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Corona, CA. Why fail again on your own? Why lose another friend or push a family member even further away? Why beg, cheat, and steal just to get drugs or alcohol, risking legal problems and jail time? You don't have to be depressed and unhappy because of excessive drug or alcohol use. There is help available, even for the most severe addicts.

Getting Help

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

There are 5 local Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers in Corona, California. We have also provided 15 additional Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities that are closest geographically to Corona:

A Better Community Counseling Program Corona, CA
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
California Recovery Clinics Corona, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Clini Corona, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Riverside County Substance Abuse Prog Corona, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Womens House of Freedom Corona, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Anamika Recovery Center Anaheim Hills, CA 10.1 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, 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, Private health insurance
Wel Mor Psychological Group Inc Anaheim Hills, CA 10.1 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Carolyn E Wylie Center for Children Riverside, CA 10.9 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
My Family Inc Riverside, CA 10.9 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, 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
Riverside Center for Behavioral Riverside, CA 10.9 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Riverside County Drug Court Riverside, CA 10.9 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Riverside County Substance Abuse Riverside, CA 10.9 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
SoCal Health Services Inc Riverside, CA 10.9 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
JJAK Psychotherapy Services Inc Chino Hills, CA 12.1 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Cornerstone of Southern California Tustin, CA 16.2 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Action Consultants Therapy Costa Mesa, CA 16.4 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Breakaway Health Corporation Costa Mesa, CA 16.4 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Gold Coast Counseling Center Inc Costa Mesa, CA 16.4 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Hope Institute Center for Recovery and Costa Mesa, CA 16.4 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
KP Enterprises Inc Costa Mesa, CA 16.4 miles from Corona
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

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

The large amount of oxycodone (10 to 80 mg) in OxyContin renders this drug highly attractive to opioid abusers and doctor-shoppers.

Among people who needed but did not receive illegal drug use treatment and felt they needed treatment (based on 2004 2006 combined data), the six most often reported reasons for not receiving treatment were (a) no health coverage and could not afford cost (35.1 percent), (b) not ready to stop using (31.8 percent), (c) not knowing where to go for treatment (14.7 percent), (d) concern that getting treatment might cause neighbors/community to have negative opinion (13.5 percent), (e) possible negative effect on job (12.8 percent), and (f) being able to handle the problem without treatment (12.4 percent).

In 2008, 78.0 percent of teens aged 12 to 17 reported having seen or heard drug or alcohol prevention messages in the past year from sources outside of school, which was similar to the 77.9 percent reported in 2007, but was lower than the 83.2 percent reported in 2002. The prevalence of past month use of illegal drugs was lower among those who reported having such exposure (8.9 percent) than among those who reported having no such exposure (10.2 percent).

According to studies that have done by Pharmacia, "fatalities have been reported in patients that have overdosed with the combination of one single Xanax and alcohol". The levels of alcohol that were found in some of these individuals were lower than those that had formerly been associated with an alcohol-induced fatality; this is proof that Xanax greatly enhances the potency of alcohol.

Serious mental illness (SMI) among adults is defined in Public Law 102 321 as persons aged 18 or older who currently or at any time in the past year have had a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder (excluding developmental and substance use disorders) of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified within DSM IV that has resulted in functional impairment, which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. In 2008, there were an estimated 9.8 million adults with SMI, representing 4.4 percent of adults.

An important factor of drug abuse may be social circumstances, which can include: low self-esteem, emotional problems, and patterns of use in the addict's family, peer pressure, advertising or media influence.


The following survey was completed by residents of Corona, California as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Corona, California. 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 Corona, California.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
96%
2%
2%
Marijuana use in Corona, California.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
78%
22%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
81%
13%
Perception of Alcohol in Corona, California.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
7%
84%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
89%
7%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
33%
41%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Corona, California?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
5%
13%
1%
10%
5%
0%
49%
11%
1%
5%
Most common first drug experience in Corona, California?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
6%
3%
3%
3%
3%
15%
3%
11%
10%
15%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Corona, California schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Corona, California under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
94%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Corona, California under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
97%
3%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Corona, California?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
2%
3%
5%
3%
4%
11%
5%
8%
8%
20%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
7%
64%
20%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
43%
57%
Surveys updated monthly.

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