Telluride, Colorado

Telluride, Colorado, in San Miguel county, is 173 miles W of Colorado Springs, Colorado. There are an estimated 2,221 people in the town.

The People and Families of Telluride

In Telluride, about 27% of adults are married. Though there are lots of families, Telluride isn't one of those places where everyone is married. Single people can feel at home there.

Males represent a higher percentage of the population in the town than in most places.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Telluride had a median family income of $66,136. Telluride has more than its share of wealthy families and people. It's worth mentioning that smart, educated people feel at home in the town. A tendency for its residents to work at home is one of the things that define the lifestyle in Telluride. If a good man (or woman) is hard to find, try looking in the town, where there happen to be many singles with good incomes.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 race for President, John Kerry was the top recipient of campaign contributions ($39,500) in Telluride. Party contributions tended to flow to the Democratic team.

Telluride Housing

Approximately 39% of housing in Telluride is owner-occupied. The town sports a large amount of seasonal housing, typically for vacation or part-time use. Telluride contains many homes that have been built in recent years. Living the single life? Just starting out? Well, you can likely find a small apartment rental in the town. Property taxes are a bit high in Telluride, which may indicate the community's investment in its schools and infrastructure.

Commuting

In Telluride, 29% of commuters drive to work. The town is not so congested and car-oriented that lots of people can't get around on foot or by bike. One way to meet people in Telluride is to try the public transportation system. The commute to work is less of a chore in the town than other towns.

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 1%Telluride Walking and Biking to Work
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%Telluride College Educated Adults
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 3%Telluride Well-Paid Single Men
Short Commute Times
(vs. Peers)
Top 3%Telluride Short Commute Times
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 5%Telluride Public Transportation Use
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Telluride Well-Paid Single Women
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)
Top 8%Telluride Median Family Income


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

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Telluride, CO.? Do you know of someone in Telluride, CO. that is going down the dark path of drug or alcohol addiction? It is very easy for someone to fall into the trap of addiction, but an individual soon realizes that it is extremely difficult to kick an addiction. That is where an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center in Telluride comes in, to assist with the seemingly impossible task of treating individuals who have lost hope at ever being sober and happy again.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Telluride treats drug addiction and alcoholism by ingraining in an addict that drugs and alcohol are not the solution to their problems and difficulties in life. It teaches an addict that all of their problems have solutions, solutions that can be found through cognitive reasoning and common sense. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Telluride would put the individual in the frame of mind to overcome life's obstacles by confronting them head on, and obliterates the person's desire to use drugs as a way out.

There are many different types of in-patient and out-patient treatment programs available in Telluride, CO., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Telluride are Outpatient Drug Rehab Programs, Short-term Drug Rehab Programs, Inpatient Rehab Centers, Long-term Drug Rehabs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Telluride have a two-prong approach to treatment, both the physical and psychological causes and effects of drug and alcohol addiction. As the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, the effect that the drug creates within the body is lessened. Due to this physical tolerance, more and more drugs or alcohol must be consumed to get high or even get a buzz.

The physical aspect of addiction is the first thing an addict will address when making the decision to seek treatment for addiction. A detoxification program in Telluride, Colorado delivered by a qualified Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program will navigate the addict through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abruptly coming off of drugs or alcohol. These withdrawal symptoms can last for days, weeks or months; all depending on the drug of choice and individual circumstances. Heroin withdrawal for example will take a considerable amount of time to detox and is a highly painful and uncomfortable process. Detoxification and psychological counseling right from get-go will put the individual on the right path to address issues involved with drug and alcohol abuse. This gives the individual a better chance of having a lasting recovery and prevents relapse.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Telluride, CO. takes the individual out of the environment which may have triggered their addiction, and offers an environment that will ensure a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be given tools to better handle life situations and triggers which may have caused their drug use. When the individual completes treatment and does return home, he will do so with a new ability to handle triggers, which will no longer have an influence over him, his actions and behavior.

People who have abused drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain. Research shows that these changes in the brain effect how an addict responds to situations. Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities are aware of this and know that an addict will need more than high hopes to beat addiction. This is yet another reason why professional treatment at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Telluride, CO. is so important.

There are a lot of reasons to seek treatment today, mainly because most people who try to kick the habit on their own will fail and just start using drugs or alcohol again. Tackling addiction and getting control of your life can be achieved by seeking treatment at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Telluride, CO. It doesn't have to be another failure, sobriety can be achieved with the right technology and the care and support of people who want to see you winning again. Don't think about it, do something about it and get your life or the life of someone you care about on the road to a sober and happy life today. Treatment can begin immediately by finding which option is best for you at one of the many Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Programs in Telluride, CO.

Getting Help

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

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

Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Ctr Telluride, CO
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Colorado Western Slope Counseling Delta, CO 36.5 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Ctr Delta, CO 36.5 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Clarity Counseling PC Dolores, CO 39.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol 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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Community Correction Center Cortez, CO 45.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Cortez Addiction Recovery Services Inc Cortez, CO 45.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, 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, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Pathfinder Clinic Inc Cortez, CO 45.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Preferred Counseling Services Durango, CO 45.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Southwest Colorado Mental Health Ctr Durango, CO 45.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Rio Blanco Counseling Pagosa Springs, CO 45.1 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Options Counseling Delta, CO 51.2 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Towaoc, CO 52.4 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Axis Health System Cortez, CO 56.3 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Southern Ute Tribe Ignacio, CO 61.6 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Southern Ute Alcohol Recovery Center Ignacio, CO 63.4 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Pagosa Recovery Center PC Pagosa Springs, CO 66.7 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Four Winds Recovery Center Inc Farmington, NM 82.3 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Adult Adolescent Alcohol Treatment Grand Junction, CO 82.5 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Alpha Center Psychological Services Grand Junction, CO 82.5 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Behavioral Clinical Services Grand Junction, CO 82.5 miles from Telluride
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

From 2005 to 2006, the rate of past month nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs increased from 2.8 to 3.2 percent among boys aged 12 or older, mirroring an increase in the nonmedical use of pain relievers (from 2.1 to 2.5 percent). The rate of current heroin use also increased among boys (from 0.1 to 0.2 percent). There were no significant changes from 2005 to 2006 in the rate of past month drug use among girls aged 12 or older.

The rate of substance dependence or abuse for boys aged 12 or older in 2007 was about twice as high as the rate for girls (12.5 vs. 5.7 percent). Among teens aged 12 to 17, however, the rate of substance dependence or abuse among boys was the same as the rate among girls (7.7 percent for both).

Among adults with MDE in the past year who saw or talked to a health care professional in the past year for depression, 39.8 percent believed this treatment helped "a lot" or "extremely," and 32.0 percent believed this care helped "not at all" or "a little."

The OxyContin diversion technique most used at the street level is doctor shopping. Individuals, who may or may not have a legitimate ailment, visit numerous doctors, sometimes in several states, to obtain prescriptions and acquire large amounts of OxyContin they abuse or sell to others.

Street terms used for OxyContin are 40 (a 40-milligram tablet), 80 (an 80-milligram tablet), Blue, Hillbilly heroin and Kicker.

In 2006, more than half of the 2.5 million persons aged 12 or older who received specialty substance use treatment in the past year also received treatment at a self help group (1.5 million persons). In addition, among those who received specialty substance use treatment, 377,000 received treatment at a prison or jail and 369,000 received treatment at an emergency room. The number who received treatment at a private doctor's office in 2006 was higher than the number in 2005 (422,000 vs. 254,000, respectively).


The following survey was completed by residents of Telluride, Colorado as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Telluride, 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 Telluride, Colorado.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
87%
9%
4%
Marijuana use in Telluride, Colorado.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
98%
2%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
79%
13%
Perception of Alcohol in Telluride, Colorado.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
10%
89%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
92%
4%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
6%
17%
54%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Telluride, 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
0%
22%
1%
2%
7%
2%
59%
5%
0%
2%
Most common first drug experience in Telluride, Colorado?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
4%
2%
8%
2%
5%
14%
3%
9%
5%
18%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Telluride, Colorado schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Telluride, Colorado under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
84%
10%
Have you ever gone to school in Telluride, Colorado under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
78%
16%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Telluride, Colorado?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
5%
2%
8%
2%
5%
12%
3%
7%
7%
21%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
23%
42%
25%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
89%
11%
Surveys updated monthly.

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