Port Salerno, FL Profile

Port Salerno, FL, population 10,141 , is located in Florida's Martin county, about 60.5 miles from Coral Springs and 70.8 miles from Ft Lauderdale.

In the 90's the population of Port Salerno has grown by about 30%.

Port Salerno Statistics Port Salerno Gender Information

Males in Port Salerno: 4,882 (48%)
Females in Port Salerno: 5,259 (52%)

As % of Population in Port Salerno in Port Salerno    

Race Diversity in Port Salerno

White: 89%
African American: 7%
Asian: 1%
Other/Mixed: 3%

As % of Population in Port Salerno in Port Salerno        

Age Diversity in Port Salerno

Median Age in Port Salerno: 44.4 (Males in Port Salerno: 43.2, Females in Port Salerno: 45.6)

Port Salerno Males Under 20: 11%     Port Salerno Females Under 20: 11% Port Salerno Males 20 to 40: 11%     Port Salerno Females 20 to 40: 11% Port Salerno Males 40 to 60: 13%     Port Salerno Females 40 to 60: 13% Port Salerno Males Over 60: 14%     Port Salerno Females Over 60: 17%

Economics in Port Salerno in Port Salerno

Port Salerno Household Average Size: 2.25 people
Port Salerno Median Household Income: $ 39,839
Port Salerno Median Value of Homes: $ 92,800


Port Salerno Location Information
Elevation: 14 feet above sea level. Land Area: 3.6 Square Miles. Water Area: 0.4 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Port Salerno Sewall's Point 3.8 Miles Palm City 4.4 Miles Stuart 4.9 Miles Rio 5.7 Miles Ocean Breeze Park 6.5 Miles North River Shores 6.6 Miles Hobe Sound 7.1 Miles Jensen Beach 7.8 Miles Jupiter Island 9.9 Miles Tequesta 13.0 Miles Big Cities Nearest Port Salerno (Population 100,000+) Coral Springs 60.5 Miles Ft Lauderdale 70.8 Miles Hollywood 78.4 Miles Pembroke Pines 78.9 Miles Hialeah 89.1 Miles Miami 94.8 Miles Cape Coral 115.2 Miles Orlando 120.4 Miles Tampa 149.2 Miles St Petersburg 158.2 Miles


The listings in Port Salerno, Florida and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one living in Port Salerno 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 Port Salerno, Florida; 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 Port Salerno Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Port Salerno, FL. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Rehabs, Long-term Drug Rehabilitation Centers, Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Addiction Treatment, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center 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 Port Salerno, Florida 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 Port Salerno 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 Port Salerno, FL. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Port Salerno Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment 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 Port Salerno, FL. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Port Salerno 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 Port Salerno, Florida 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 Port Salerno have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program 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 Port Salerno will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility 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 Port Salerno, FL. 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 Treatment Center process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Port Salerno 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 Port Salerno, Florida 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 an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program, the individual from Port Salerno 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 Port Salerno, FL. 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 Port Salerno, 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 Port Salerno, Florida Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are no listings in Port Salerno, FL. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Port Salerno, Florida:

ADAP Counseling Services Stuart, FL 2.3 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Serenity Counseling Services Stuart, FL 2.3 miles from Port Salerno
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, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Counseling and Evaluation Stuart, FL 4.5 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
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: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Unity Recovery Center Hobe Sound, FL 6.7 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: 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
Next Step Center Inc Stuart, FL 6.9 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
12 Palms Recovery Inc Jensen Beach, FL 9.7 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Recovery Associates Inc Port Saint Lucie, FL 13.5 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Ambrosia Treatment Center Port St. Lucie, FL 15.1 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Beds for Children, Halfway House, 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, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Treasure Coast Counseling Center Inc Port St. Lucie, FL 15.1 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
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, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Drug Abuse Treatment Association Inc Fort Pierce, FL 20.1 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Florida Center for Recovery Inc Fort Pierce, FL 20.1 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
New Horizons of the Treasure Coast Inc Fort Pierce, FL 20.1 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Lee Ballard RN LCSW CAP Palm Beach Gardens, FL 20.3 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
Synergy Group Services Inc Palm Beach Gardens, FL 20.3 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Choices Counseling Center Fort Pierce, FL 20.8 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Counseling and Recovery Center Inc Fort Pierce, FL 20.8 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
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, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Restoration House Fort Pierce, FL 20.8 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Village of CRC Fort Pierce, FL 20.8 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
A New Day North Palm Beach, FL 22.2 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Professional Training Association North Palm Beach, FL 22.2 miles from Port Salerno
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

Matching drug addiction treatment settings and services to each individual's unique problems and needs is critical to their success in terms of returning to productive functioning in society. If an incorrect match is made when selecting a form of drug rehab treatment, it will decrease the individual?s chances of being successful drug recovery.

Among teens aged 12 to 17 in 2001, blacks and Asians were least likely to report past month alcohol use. Only 11.5 percent of Asian teens and 10.6 percent of black teens were current drinkers, while rates were above 15 percent for other racial/ethnic groups. However, the rates for Asian and black teens were significantly higher than the rates reported in 2000 (7.1 and 8.8 percent, for Asians and blacks, respectively).

On the psychological level, the study cites a number of research reports indicating many heroin addicts also suffer from psychiatric disorders, including depression, antisocial personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Amphetamine can cause a life-threatening complication in patients taking MAOI antidepressants.

Teens aged 12 to 17 who had engaged in fighting or other delinquent behaviors were more likely than other teens to have used illegal drugs in the past month. For example, in 2008, past month illegal drug use was reported by 15.9 percent of teens who had gotten into a serious fight at school or work in the past year compared with 7.3 percent of those who had not engaged in fighting, and by 39.8 percent of those who had stolen or tried to steal something worth over $50 in the past year compared with 7.7 percent of those who had not engaged in such theft.

In 2008, an estimated 20.1 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illegal drug users, meaning they had used an illegal drug during the month prior to the survey interview. This estimate represents 8.0 percent of the population aged 12 or older.


The following survey was completed by residents of Port Salerno, Florida as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Port Salerno, Florida. 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 Port Salerno, Florida.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
87%
8%
5%
Marijuana use in Port Salerno, Florida.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
90%
10%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
18%
80%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Port Salerno, Florida.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
15%
84%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
87%
13%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
8%
4%
64%
24%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Port Salerno, Florida?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
7%
2%
1%
2%
1%
3%
58%
14%
3%
9%
Most common first drug experience in Port Salerno, Florida?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
4%
3%
8%
2%
4%
13%
5%
6%
8%
17%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Port Salerno, Florida schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Port Salerno, Florida under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
14%
79%
7%
Have you ever gone to school in Port Salerno, Florida under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
87%
8%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Port Salerno, Florida?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
3%
3%
7%
2%
3%
13%
4%
9%
7%
24%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
5%
17%
57%
21%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
34%
66%
Surveys updated monthly.

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