Fontana, California

Introduction to Fontana, California

Incorporated in 1952, Fontana, California is a city of over 150,000 people located in San Bernardino County. It is located in a region east of Los Angeles that is known as the "Inland Empire". Fontana is approximately fifty minutes east of Los Angeles. Fontana is centrally located near mountains, beaches, several lakes, and several desert areas.

Fontana is near the city of Los Angeles, which Cranium, Inc. ranked among the thirty "Most Fun U.S. Cities" in a study conducted in 2004.

Fontana has a semi-arid climate. Summers are hot and winters are pleasant. Average daily temperatures in the summer are in the low nineties (degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures in the winter months average in the mid-sixties (degrees Fahrenheit).

Fontana Arts and Entertainment

Fontana, California provides easy access to all of the arts, and entertainment offerings of Los Angeles. In addition, some of Fontana's more notable attractions include:

  • The California Speedway, a racetrack that hosts two NASCAR Nextel Cup events a year and various smaller races
  • The Fontana Days Festival
  • The Fontana Days Half Marathon
  • The Summer Concert Series

The Inland Empire is also near to three major mountain resorts: Mountain High, Big Bear, and Lake Arrowhead.

For the sports enthusiast, nearby Los Angeles is home to the following professional sports franchises: the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League (AFL), Major League Baseball's (MLB) Los Angeles Dodgers, two Major League Soccer (MLS) teams - Club Deportivo Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy, the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Los Angeles Clippers and LA Lakers, the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Fontana128,929$46,957
Colton47,662$37,911
Grand Terrace11,626$61,068
Rancho Cucamonga127,743$66,446
Rialto91,873$42,638
Riverside255,166$47,254
San Bernardino185,401$33,357

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Low Property Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 7%Fontana Low Property Crime
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%Fontana Racial Diversity


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

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



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If you or a loved one in Fonta an is currently struggling with a drug or alcohol abuse problem, you do not have to face this dilemma on your own. Our compassionate staff can help to take the guesswork out of finding the best Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program that will be perfectly suited to your personal needs and preferences. Why should you or anyone in Fontana try to handle this on your own, when professional help is so readily available? We have helped many people in Fontana, California to take the first step towards being free from their drug or alcohol addiction, and they are now living successful lives within their community.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility can help an individual from Fontana, CA. that has suffered with a drug and alcohol addiction to make the changes needed to have the ability to live their life drug-free. Drug or alcohol rehab treatment works by first helping the individual from Fontana, California to recognize the existence of a problem and to overcome the irrational thinking that is so commonly associated with a drug or alcohol addiction. An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program will encourage the individual from Fontana to take full responsibility for their drug or alcohol addiction and will reinforce this knowledge in the recovering addict and help them to see that they are responsible for maintaining their sobriety once they complete the treatment process and return home. This gives the recovering addict from Fontana, California the power over their drug or alcohol addiction and the ability to know they can make their own individual choices.

There are so many types of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in and around Fontana, that may include Outpatient Rehab Programs, Short-term Addiction Recovery Centers, Long-term Drug Rehab Centers, Inpatient Drug Treatment Programs, non-traditional, religious-based, or holistic treatment. A factor that may influence an individual from Fonta an in their choice of treatment options could be due to the fact that they may have already tried a particular Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program and failed. Various other factors can limit an individual to a specific type of drug or alcohol addiction treatment due to specific situations, and other times the individual from Fontana can be open to all of the different available options.

The main objective in all of the different types of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities should be to be able to motivate the individual from Fontana, CA. to achieve a state of long term abstinence. Additionally, a quality Fonta an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center will have to address all of the aspects of an addiction, including behavioral and social symptoms, and the physical and psychological symptoms that are commonly linked to a drug or alcohol addiction.

The physical aspects of a drug or alcohol addiction are addressed in the detox portion of the Fontana, California treatment program; a quality Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility will be able to support the individual during the detoxification process and can help the individual to be more comfortable during this difficult process. Drug withdrawal symptoms will occur because the brain has adapted to the presence of the substance; after a period of time; thus the individual will now have to use more of the drug in order to produce the same effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Fontana, CA. has developed a tolerance to the drugs that they have been taking, whether it is tranquilizers, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol, or a combination of these substances. Withdrawal symptoms associated with some illicit drugs such as heroin can often produce withdrawal symptoms that may be severe and prolonged.

An effective Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Fontana, California will specifically target the psychological issues that are related to the drug or alcohol abuse. The Fontana, CA. Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility may incorporate treatment techniques such as counseling and relapse prevention courses. The combination of all these, along with helping the former addict to recognize and cope with familiar drug triggers, can help the individual to finally get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction; this will provide the individual from Fontana with the best chance of being able to get sober and to remain that way.

As the individual from Fontana, CA. becomes educated about the addiction process; they will begin to understand that they did not have a chance to stop using drugs or alcohol without receiving professional help. They will learn about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse on the functions of the brain and come to understand that their not being able to stop using drug was not due to weakness, but instead their body's chemical response to the chronic chemical abuse that was encountered.

Reach out for professional help so that you or someone that you care about in Fontana that has a substance abuse problem can finally be free from the prison of addiction.

Getting Help

Getting help is the easy part, as we are right here to guide you through the process; just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can have a free consultation with a registered addiction specialist, or just fill out the Fontana,California Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility request form and we will call you shortly.

There are 2 local Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Centers in Fontana, California. We have also provided 18 additional Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Centers that are closest geographically to Fontana:

Kaiser Permanente Hospital Fontana, CA
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Private health insurance
Merrill Community Services Fontana, CA
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
Social Science Services Inc Bloomington, CA 4.7 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, 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, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Christian Alcohol Awareness Program San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
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, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Inland Valley Recovery Services San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Miracles in Recovery Inc San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
New House Inc San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Beds for Children, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
New House Inc Women With Children San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Beds for Children, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Riverside San Bernardino County Indian San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment 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, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Veterans Alcoholic Rehab Progs (VARP) San Bernardino, CA 10.1 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Carolyn E Wylie Center for Children Riverside, CA 11.2 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
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 11.2 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab 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 11.2 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
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 11.2 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Riverside County Substance Abuse Riverside, CA 11.2 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
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 11.2 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
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)
Colton Clinical Services Colton, CA 11.7 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
MHS Central Valley Colton, CA 11.7 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Ettie Lee Homes Inc Pomona, CA 16.9 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab 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, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
Ideal Care and Health Services Inc Pomona, CA 16.9 miles from Fontana
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Access to Recovery

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

The intense unpredictable mood swing when individuals use methamphetamine are characteristic of being high on the drug, but can be difficult to tolerate by others who do not know what the person is going to do or say next.

The more help that an individual is given in order to conquer their drug or alcohol addiction, the more successful that their results will be. Also, those individuals who attend a drug rehab treatment center for a period that is longer than 3 months will usually have better outcomes than those who opt to stay a shorter amount of time.

There are many different types of Methadone drug recovery programs. It is extremely important to find the right treatment program, so that the individual will have a better success rate of not relapsing.

Among the 17.4 million people aged 12 or older who needed but did not receive treatment for an alcohol use problem in 2008, there were 651,000 (3.7 percent) who felt they needed treatment for their alcohol use problem. The number and the percentage were similar to those reported in 2007 (859,000 persons and 4.8 percent, respectively) and 2002 (761,000 persons and 4.5 percent, respectively). Of these, 512,000 (78.6 percent) did not make an effort to get treatment, and 139,000 (21.4 percent) made an effort but were unable to get treatment in 2008.

Possession of LSD is illegal and an individual could be charged with a felony and up to 6 months in prison for the first offence.

Use of smokeless tobacco in the past month in 2008 among persons aged 12 or older was lowest in large metropolitan areas (2.1 percent). In small metropolitan areas, the rate was 4.0 percent; in nonmetropolitan areas, it was 6.9 percent.


The following survey was completed by residents of Fontana, California as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Fontana, 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 Fontana, California.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
86%
4%
10%
Marijuana use in Fontana, California.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
89%
4%
Perception of Alcohol in Fontana, California.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
2%
98%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
86%
6%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
3%
60%
28%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Fontana, 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
12%
29%
0%
0%
7%
2%
47%
0%
3%
0%
Most common first drug experience in Fontana, California?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
4%
3%
4%
3%
3%
14%
2%
12%
8%
19%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Fontana, California schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Fontana, California under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
91%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Fontana, California under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
83%
10%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Fontana, California?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
3%
2%
5%
3%
3%
11%
2%
8%
6%
31%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
2%
62%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
28%
72%
Surveys updated monthly.

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