Mountain View, California

Introduction to Mountain View, California

The California city of Mountain View, situated between the San Francisco Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains, lies 10 miles north of San Jose and 35 miles south of San Francisco. Neighboring cities include Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Sunnyvale. The city's location within Santa Clara County makes it easily accessible to two international airports: San Jose International Airport (11 miles to the south) and San Francisco International Airport (25 miles to the north).

At the time of its incorporation in 1902, the city was an agricultural boomtown due to its rich soil and lush vineyards. After World War II, the electronic and aerospace industries became predominant in the area, and in the 1960s and 1970s several high-tech businesses migrated to the northern part of Santa Clara Valley, giving rise to the name "Silicon Valley" to describe the region. Mountain View was not immune to this effect, and its location in the heart of Silicon Valley led to a refocusing of the city's industrial base from agriculture to advanced technology, biotechnology and telecommunications.

Arts, Culture, and Attractions in Mountain View

The City of Mountain View is home to some of the finest recreational sites in the Bay Area. Shoreline Park is a 750-acre regional recreation and wildlife area which includes: an extensive waterway for water sport enthusiasts; a wildlife sanctuary featuring many rare migratory birds; a world class eighteen-hole championship-level golf course; a 25,000-person capacity Amphitheatre; a lakeside cafe and a full service restaurant. Followers of the performing arts will enjoy the city's Center for the Performing Arts (adjacent to City Hall), and book lovers can take advantage of Mountain View's state of the art 70,000 square foot library.

Downtown Mountain View is the location of several specialty shops, coffeehouses, bookstores, and sidewalk cafes. It is also the venue for annual events such as the Arts and Wine Festival, the Farmer’s Market, the A La Carte & Art, and the city’s summer concert series. Other cultural sites in Mountain View include the Computer History Museum, the Jehning Family Lock Museum, and the historic Huff House (built in 1929 by the first postmaster of Mountain View).

Nearby San Francisco is home to a wide and varied array of attractions, located less than 45 minutes away. Among these are the Japanese Tea Garden, the San Francisco Zoo, the Embarcadero Center, Chinatown, the Wells Fargo History Museum, the Golden Gate Bridge, Nob Hill, Alcatraz, the Cable Car Museum, and Fisherman's Wharf.

The Bay Area is home to many professional sports teams, playing in nearby San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose. Among these are the following:

  • National Football League (NFL): San Francisco 49'ers and Oakland Raiders
  • Basketball: NBA's Golden State Warriors
  • Major League Baseball: San Francisco Giants (NL) and Oakland Athletics (AL)
  • Minor League Baseball: San Jose Giants (SF Giants farm team)
  • AFL (Arena Football League): San Jose SaberCats
  • National Hockey League (NHL): San Jose Sharks
  • Major League Soccer (MLS): San Jose Earthquakes
  • Major League Lacrosse (MLL): San Francisco Dragons

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Mountain View70,708$80,379
Cupertino50,546$109,455
East Palo Alto29,506$44,342
Los Altos27,693$148,201
Los Altos Hills7,902$181,865
Palo Alto58,598$117,574
Sunnyvale131,760$81,634

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 1%Mountain View Well-Paid Single Men
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)
Top 3%Mountain View Well-Paid Single Women
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Mountain View College Educated Adults
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%Mountain View Racial Diversity
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 10%Mountain View Walking and Biking to Work
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)
Top 11%Mountain View Median Family Income
Public Transportation Use
(vs. State)
Top 19%Mountain View Public Transportation Use


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

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



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If you or a loved one living in Mountain View has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in Mountain View, California; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the Mountain View Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Mountain View, CA. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Rehab Facilities, Long-term Drug Rehab Centers, Outpatient Rehab Centers, Inpatient Drug Treatment Programs, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.

The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from Mountain View, California to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from Mountain View can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.

Drug detox is the first step in the Mountain View, CA. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Mountain View Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from Mountain View, CA. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Mountain View has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from Mountain View, California has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from Mountain View have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.

Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from Mountain View will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from Mountain View, CA. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.

Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Mountain View who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in Mountain View, California continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility, the individual from Mountain View will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from Mountain View, CA. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to Mountain View, they will become confident in their ability to do so.

Getting Help

Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the Mountain View, California Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are 1 local Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Facilities in Mountain View, California. We have also provided 19 additional Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Centers that are closest geographically to Mountain View:

Community Health Awareness Council Mountain View, CA
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Our Common Ground Inc East Palo Alto, CA 4.8 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, 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, Access to Recovery
Williams House 1and 2 East Palo Alto, CA 4.8 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Daytop Village Inc Palo Alto, CA 6.0 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Free at Last Palo Alto, CA 6.0 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Recovery Connections Trt Servs LLC Santa Clara, CA 6.2 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Second Chance Newark Center Newark, CA 7.8 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Carnales Unidos Reformando Adictos Fremont, CA 9.9 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Second Chance Cabrillo Center Fremont, CA 9.9 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Magnolia Womens Recovery Program Newark, CA 9.9 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
Countywide Alcohol and Drug Services San Leandro, CA 9.9 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: Halfway House
BHC Fremont Hospital Fremont, CA 10.1 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Support Systems Homes (SSH) Campbell, CA 10.4 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House
Community Counseling and Fremont, CA 11.1 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Fremont Hospital Fremont, CA 11.1 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Kaiser Milpitas Chem Dependency Servs Milpitas, CA 11.2 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Solidarity Fellowship Inc Fremont, CA 12.0 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Kaiser Milpitas Milpitas, CA 12.0 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
El Centro de Libertad Half Moon Bay, CA 12.2 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Redwood Center Redwood City, CA 12.2 miles from Mountain View
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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

In the United States, illegal opiate use is costs taxpayers in excess of $400 billion annually.

During 2004, 7.2% of federal prisoners reported using methamphetamine in the month prior to offense.

Current illegal drug use differed by employment status in 2006. Among adults aged 18 or older, the rate of drug use was higher for unemployed persons (18.5 percent) than for those who were employed full time (8.8 percent) or part time (9.4 percent). These rates were all similar to the corresponding rates in 2005.

The rate of current illegal drug use among the population aged 12 or older in completely rural counties in 2006 (7.8 percent) was similar to that observed in 2002 (6.7 percent) and 2005 (5.1 percent) but higher than the rate in 2003 (3.1 percent) and 2004 (4.6 percent).

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.

Every person that is taking Ambien, whether through prescription or illegal use, is vulnerable to an Ambien addiction, although not everyone will develop one.


The following survey was completed by residents of Mountain View, California as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Mountain View, 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 Mountain View, California.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
87%
10%
3%
Marijuana use in Mountain View, California.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
84%
16%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
76%
19%
Perception of Alcohol in Mountain View, California.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
5%
92%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
17%
79%
4%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
4%
17%
56%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Mountain View, 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
0%
14%
1%
10%
4%
0%
55%
6%
0%
10%
Most common first drug experience in Mountain View, California?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
4%
2%
8%
3%
3%
11%
5%
8%
4%
23%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Mountain View, California schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Mountain View, California under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
84%
10%
Have you ever gone to school in Mountain View, California under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
13%
77%
10%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Mountain View, California?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
2%
3%
7%
3%
2%
13%
2%
7%
5%
25%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
6%
63%
29%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
75%
25%
Surveys updated monthly.

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