Brush, Colorado

Brush, Colorado, in Morgan county, is 58 miles E of Greeley, Colorado (center to center) and 73 miles NE of Aurora, Colorado. As of the year 2000 census, 5,117 people lived in Brush.

The People and Families of Brush

In Brush, about 54% of adults are married. Watch out for that stroller! It's hard to swing a rattle in Brush without hitting a preschooler.

If you spend a lot of time in the city, you'll notice that retired and elderly people are a common sight.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Brush had a median family income of $39,094.

Political Inclinations

Across all electoral races, the Republican party attracted the most donations from Brush.

Brush Housing

An estimated 64% of living spaces in Brush are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Living alone is quite feasible in the city, with the choice of small rental properties there.

Commuting

In Brush, 95% of commuters drive to work. Walking to work is pretty rare in Brush. You might spend less time in the car if you live in the city; people report shorter commutes than most.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Brush5,117$39,094
Fort Morgan11,034$36,134

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Short Commute Times
(vs. Peers)
Top 16%Brush Short Commute Times
Low Violent Crime
(vs. State)
Top 17%Brush Low Violent Crime


The listings in Brush, Colorado and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Do you live in Brush, Colorado 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 Brush.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Brush 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 Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Brush 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 Brush to care for someone addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. There are Short-term Rehab Programs, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, Long-term Rehab Facilities, Outpatient Rehab Facilities, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Treatment at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Brush 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 Brush, Colorado, 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 Facility in Brush, CO. 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 a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Brush, CO. 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 Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Brush, CO. 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 an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Brush 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 Brush, Colorado Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in Brush, CO. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Brush, Colorado:

ABC Counseling Center Fort Morgan, CO 15.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
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, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Avery Counseling Fort Morgan, CO 15.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
High Plains Counseling Fort Morgan, CO 15.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
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, Gay and Lesbian, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Platte River Counseling Fort Morgan, CO 16.7 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
South Platte Community Counseling Sterling, CO 37.0 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery 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, Access to Recovery
Centennial Mental Health Center Inc Akron, CO 42.0 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, 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, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Island Grove Regional Trt Center Inc Fort Lupton, CO 61.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
ARC Counseling Center Greeley Greeley, CO 61.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Certified Addiction Treatment for Greeley, CO 61.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Institute for Alcohol Awareness of Greeley, CO 61.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Larimer Cnty Inst for Alcl Awareness Greeley, CO 61.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO 61.1 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Prairie Land Recovery Center Burlington, CO 61.8 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Prairie Land Recovery Counseling Ctr Wray, CO 61.8 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
North Range Behavioral Health Evans, CO 62.3 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: 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, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Peaceful Solutions Brighton, CO 66.4 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol 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, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
AMEND Brighton, CO 66.8 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Centro de Orientation La Piramide Brighton, CO 66.8 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Excel Treatment Program Brighton, CO 66.8 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Patterns for Positive Living Brighton, CO 66.8 miles from Brush
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

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

Patients will become as dependent on Methadone as they were to heroin or other opiates and suffer difficult withdrawal when finally trying to detox off of this medication.

70.4% of the individuals that used inhalant during 2008 were under the age of 18.

This section addresses the need for and receipt of treatment for an illegal drug problem. It includes estimates of the drug abuse "treatment gap," which is defined as those persons who needed treatment for an illegal drug problem in the past year but did not receive treatment. An individual is defined as needing treatment if he or she is dependent on or has abused an illegal drug or received treatment for an illegal drug problem at a "specialty" substance abuse facility in the past 12 months. "Specialty" substance abuse facilities include drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities (inpatient or outpatient), hospitals (inpatient only), and mental health centers.

The majority of methamphetamine in the U.S. is produced in clandestine laboratories, mostly in rural areas throughout the United States.

Among young adults 18 to 22 years old, full-time college students were less likely to be current cigarette smokers than their peers who were not enrolled full time in college. Cigarette use in the past month in 2006 was reported by 28.4 percent of full-time college students, less than the rate of 43.5 percent for those not enrolled full time.

A number of family-oriented interventions have often been used in order to help prevent drug abuse. These interventions include the following: family services, family therapy, in-home family crisis services, and family education programs.


The following survey was completed by residents of Brush, Colorado as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Brush, Colorado. 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 Brush, Colorado.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
92%
5%
3%
Marijuana use in Brush, Colorado.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
88%
12%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
88%
12%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
13%
82%
5%
Perception of Alcohol in Brush, Colorado.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
13%
4%
83%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
96%
4%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
23%
75%
2%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
18%
50%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Brush, Colorado?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
13%
13%
2%
8%
3%
0%
47%
10%
3%
1%
Most common first drug experience in Brush, Colorado?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
4%
2%
4%
3%
3%
12%
5%
7%
6%
26%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Brush, Colorado schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Brush, Colorado under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
85%
7%
Have you ever gone to school in Brush, Colorado under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
89%
5%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Brush, Colorado?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
5%
2%
6%
3%
4%
11%
5%
9%
9%
20%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
4%
15%
59%
22%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
36%
64%
Surveys updated monthly.

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