Sunset, FL Profile

Sunset, FL, population 17,150 , is located in Florida's Miami-Dade county, about 11.0 miles from Miami and 11.5 miles from Hialeah.

In the 90's the population of Sunset has grown by about 8%.

Sunset Statistics Sunset Gender Information

Males in Sunset: 8,191 (48%)
Females in Sunset: 8,959 (52%)

As % of Population in Sunset in Sunset    

Race Diversity in Sunset

White: 91%
African American: 2%
Asian: 2%
Other/Mixed: 5%

As % of Population in Sunset in Sunset        

Age Diversity in Sunset

Median Age in Sunset: 37.6 (Males in Sunset: 35.9, Females in Sunset: 39.3)

Sunset Males Under 20: 14%     Sunset Females Under 20: 12% Sunset Males 20 to 40: 14%     Sunset Females 20 to 40: 14% Sunset Males 40 to 60: 12%     Sunset Females 40 to 60: 15% Sunset Males Over 60: 8%     Sunset Females Over 60: 11%

Economics in Sunset in Sunset

Sunset Household Average Size: 3.1 people
Sunset Median Household Income: $ 58,903
Sunset Median Value of Homes: $ 161,900


Sunset Location Information
Land Area: 3.6 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Sunset Olympia Heights 1.5 Miles Glenvar Heights 1.7 Miles Westwood Lakes 2.1 Miles Kendall 2.9 Miles University Park 3.0 Miles Kendale Lakes 3.4 Miles South Miami 3.7 Miles Westchester 3.7 Miles Pinecrest 3.8 Miles The Crossings 3.9 Miles Big Cities Nearest Sunset (Population 100,000+) Miami 11.0 Miles Hialeah 11.5 Miles Pembroke Pines 22.1 Miles Hollywood 24.6 Miles Ft Lauderdale 31.6 Miles Coral Springs 39.4 Miles Cape Coral 115.5 Miles Tampa 202.3 Miles St Petersburg 202.6 Miles Orlando 205.9 Miles


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

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Sunset, FL.? Do you know of someone in Sunset, FL. 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 a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Sunset comes in, to assist with the seemingly impossible task of treating individuals who have lost hope at ever being sober and happy again.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Sunset 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. A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program in Sunset 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 Sunset, FL., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Sunset are Outpatient Rehab Centers, Short-term Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Rehab Programs, Long-term Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Sunset 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 Sunset, Florida delivered by a qualified Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility 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 Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Sunset, FL. 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Sunset, FL. 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 a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Sunset, FL. 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 Sunset, FL.

Getting Help

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

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

Bayview Center For Mental Health Inc Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)
Biscayne Milieu Health Center Inc Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Gay and Lesbian, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Borinquen Behavioral Health Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
CARE Resource Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: General Health Services, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Catholic Charities of Miami Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Emotional Resource Center Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
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, 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, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Hope Horizon Center Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab 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, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Jessie Trice Community Health Ctr Inc Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Jewish Community Services of South FL Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Miami Dade Community Services Inc Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
South Florida Provider Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Veterans Affairs Miami Medical Center Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Village Miami, FL 5.1 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Advocate Program Doral, FL 5.6 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: 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
Miami Behavioral Health Center Miami, FL 6.6 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab 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, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Total Rehab Services Miami, FL 6.6 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, 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
Regis House Miami, FL 9.0 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
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, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Substance Abuse Control Center Inc Hialeah, FL 9.4 miles from Sunset
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, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Economic Opportunity Family Health Ctr Miami, FL 10.2 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
New Horizons Community MH Center Miami, FL 10.2 miles from Sunset
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid

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

Among adults aged 26 or older, 6.1 percent reported current illegal drug use in 2006. In this age group, 4.2 percent used marijuana, and 2.2 percent used prescription type drugs nonmedically. Less than 1 percent used cocaine (0.8 percent), hallucinogens (0.1 percent), and inhalants (0.2 percent). The only significant change between 2005 and 2006 in the rates of past month use among adults in this age group involved heroin, which increased from 0.03 to 0.14 percent. Lifetime nonmedical use of OxyContin® among adults aged 26 or older increased from 0.9 percent in 2005 to 1.1 percent in 2006, and past year use of stimulants and heroin also increased (stimulants, from 0.6 to 0.9 percent; heroin, from 0.1 to 0.2 percent).

An extensive amount of animal and human research has shown that most inhalants are extremely toxic and that "huffing" can often have fatal consequences.

The most recent national and state surveys such inhalant abuse reaches its peak at some point during the sixth through the ninth grades.

10% of the 2,000,000 people who take heroin every year in the United States actually use the drug habitually (approximately 220,000)

Inhalant abuse can cause drowsiness, lightheadedness and agitation and in some cases a general feeling of disassociation.

Ironically, Methadone, which is most commonly known to be used to control heroin addiction, is frequently encountered on the illegal market. The drug has been associated with a great number of overdose deaths.


The following survey was completed by residents of Sunset, Florida as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Sunset, 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 Sunset, Florida.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
89%
8%
3%
Marijuana use in Sunset, Florida.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
88%
3%
Perception of Alcohol in Sunset, Florida.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
3%
95%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
76%
24%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
96%
2%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
6%
69%
22%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Sunset, 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
4%
27%
1%
0%
0%
0%
54%
4%
1%
9%
Most common first drug experience in Sunset, Florida?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
6%
3%
5%
3%
5%
14%
2%
7%
4%
18%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Sunset, Florida schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Sunset, Florida under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
98%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Sunset, Florida under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
15%
81%
4%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Sunset, Florida?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
5%
3%
7%
2%
5%
15%
3%
8%
6%
18%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
29%
42%
27%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
52%
48%
Surveys updated monthly.

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