Locust Grove, Georgia

Locust Grove, Georgia, in Henry county, is 32 miles SE of Atlanta, Georgia. The people of the city are in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Locust Grove has a population of 2,322.

The People and Families of Locust Grove

In Locust Grove, about 56% of adults are married. "Full house" describes much of the households in Locust Grove, with the many large families there. The city is a good place to find playdates for your kids, as the city is full of young ones.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Locust Grove had a median family income of $46,042. Locust Grove is full of successful families and individuals. The city has a large middle class. Locust Grove isn't a place with a large population of people in poverty.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 Presidential fund-raising sweepstakes, George W. Bush came out ahead among Locust Grove residents, with $225. Residents gave more to the Republican party than any of the others.

Locust Grove Housing

In Locust Grove, 82% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners, not rented out. If you prefer houses that are on the new side, the city may be the place for you - the average age of homes here is quite young.

Commuting

In Locust Grove, 99% of commuters drive to work.

High Points

Locust Grove strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Georgia):

CategoryTrophy
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)
Top 11%Locust Grove People in Middle Class or Better
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 14%Locust Grove Racial Diversity
Low Rate of Poverty
(vs. State)
Top 15%Locust Grove Low Rate of Poverty
Median Family Income
(vs. State)
Top 19%Locust Grove Median Family Income


The listings in Locust Grove, Georgia and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Locust Grove, GA.? Do you know of someone in Locust Grove, GA. 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 Rehabilitation Facility in Locust Grove 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 Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center in Locust Grove 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 Locust Grove 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 Locust Grove, GA., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Locust Grove are Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs, Short-term Drug and Alcohol Rehabs, Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs, Long-term Drug and Alcohol Rehabs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Locust Grove 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 Locust Grove, Georgia delivered by a qualified Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment 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 Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center in Locust Grove, GA. 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 Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Locust Grove, GA. 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 Rehab or Drug Treatment Program in Locust Grove, GA. 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 Locust Grove, GA.

Getting Help

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

There are no listings in Locust Grove, GA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Locust Grove, Georgia:

Henry County Counseling Center McDonough, GA 7.0 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: 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, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Person to Person Consulting McDonough, GA 7.2 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Butts County Counseling Center Jackson, GA 7.7 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
South Georgia Treatment Jackson, GA 7.8 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Methadone Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
McIntosh Trail Community Servs Board Griffin, GA 12.1 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
McIntosh Trail MH MR SA Services Griffin, GA 12.4 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Midway Recovery Systems Inc Griffin, GA 12.4 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Clayton Center Community Servs Board Jonesboro, GA 17.3 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Consecrated Care Inc Jonesboro, GA 17.5 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Gran Recovery Center Covington, GA 18.5 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Riverwoods Southern Regional Riverdale, GA 21.6 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Alliance Recovery Center Conyers Conyers, GA 21.6 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Atlanta Intervention Network Inc Conyers, GA 21.6 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
ConRoc Inc Conyers, GA 21.6 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Rockdale Mental Health Center Conyers, GA 21.6 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Treatment Center of Fayette Fayetteville, GA 21.7 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
River Edge Project Connect Forsyth, GA 25.4 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, 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)
GRN Community Service Board Conyers, GA 25.8 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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)
Rockdale House for Men Conyers, GA 25.8 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Odyssey Family Counseling Center Atlanta, GA 26.9 miles from Locust Grove
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)

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

One of the most common methods of illegal heroin use is via intravenous injection (colloquially termed "shooting up"). Recreational users may also administer the drug by snorting, or smoking by inhaling its vapors when heated, i.e. "chasing the dragon."

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 2008 was reported by 27.2 percent of full time college students, less than the rate of 40.6 percent for those not enrolled full time.

Taking Ecstasy in combination with Ketamine is called "kitty flipping".

Among students surveyed as part of the 2008 Monitoring the Future study, 1.4% of eighth graders, 1.2% of tenth graders, and 1.3% of twelfth graders reported lifetime use of heroin

Violent behavior that is reported to be attributed to drug or alcohol abuse and addiction includes 44% of murders, 21% of suicides and over 50% of the episodes of child abuse in the United States.

Generally speaking, the more help an individual is given to overcome a Dilaudid addiction, the more successful their results will be.


The following survey was completed by residents of Locust Grove, Georgia as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Locust Grove, Georgia. 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 Locust Grove, Georgia.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
95%
2%
3%
Marijuana use in Locust Grove, Georgia.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
89%
11%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
89%
11%
Perception of Alcohol in Locust Grove, Georgia.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
3%
85%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
86%
14%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
89%
8%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
5%
10%
56%
29%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Locust Grove, Georgia?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
8%
12%
1%
3%
6%
3%
57%
3%
1%
6%
Most common first drug experience in Locust Grove, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
3%
2%
6%
3%
4%
14%
4%
9%
7%
18%
8%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Locust Grove, Georgia schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Locust Grove, Georgia under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
87%
13%
Have you ever gone to school in Locust Grove, Georgia under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
80%
15%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Locust Grove, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
4%
2%
8%
3%
2%
13%
2%
9%
8%
21%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
20%
47%
24%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
27%
73%
Surveys updated monthly.

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