Post Falls, Idaho

Post Falls, Idaho, in Kootenai county, is 22 miles E of Spokane, Washington (center to center) and 250 miles E of Seattle, Washington. The city has a population of 17,247.

The People and Families of Post Falls

In Post Falls, about 62% of adults are married. One thing visitors notice about Post Falls is the large number of young children, especially babies and pre-school kids.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Post Falls had a median family income of $42,758. Post Falls is regarded in the state as a city where many of the people are well-off. The city has a large middle class. Post Falls finds a smaller share of its people living in poverty than most places in the state.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 election, George W. Bush was the top Presidential fund-raiser in Post Falls ($1,200). Residents gave more to the Republican party than any of the others.

Post Falls Housing

About 72% of housing units in Post Falls are owner-occupied. Housing in the city tends to be newer construction. People in Post Falls pay more in property taxes per residence than in most communities in the state.

Commuting

In Post Falls, 94% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Post Falls17,247$42,758
Coeur Dalene34,514$39,491
Hayden9,159$40,875
Rathdrum4,816$42,652

High Points

Post Falls strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Idaho):

CategoryTrophy
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)
Top 19%Post Falls People in Middle Class or Better


The listings in Post Falls, Idaho and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Post Falls 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 Post Falls, Idaho delivered by a qualified Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center 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 Post Falls, ID. 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 Program in Post Falls, ID. 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 Rehabilitation Facility in Post Falls, ID. 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 Post Falls, ID.

Getting Help

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

There are no listings in Post Falls, ID. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Post Falls, Idaho:

Rathdrum Counseling Center LLC Rathdrum, ID 8.4 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Chem Depend Inpt North ID Behav Hlth Coeur d Alene, ID 8.9 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Chem Depend Servs Inpt Outpt North ID Coeur d Alene, ID 8.9 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Port of Hope Centers Inc Coeur d Alene, ID 8.9 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Alliance Family Services Inc Coeur d Alene, ID 12.8 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation 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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Chem Depend Servs Inpt Outpatient Coeur d Alene, ID 12.8 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Restored Paths Coeur d Alene, ID 12.8 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
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, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Powder Basin Associates Bonners Ferry, ID 14.1 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Healing Lodge of The Seven Nations Spokane, WA 16.1 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
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
Adept Assessment Center Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Daybreak Youth Services Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Group Health Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Harmony Grove Counseling Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Healing Lodge Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Northeast Washington Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Partners with Families and Children Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
YFA Connections Spokane, WA 19.0 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Deer Park Recovery Deer Park, WA 21.7 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Colonial Clinic Spokane, WA 21.8 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Group Health Cooperative Spokane, WA 21.8 miles from Post Falls
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

In 2006, 57.0 percent of boys aged 12 or older were current drinkers, higher than the rate for girls (45.2 percent). However, among teens aged 12 to 17, the percentage of boys who were current drinkers (16.3 percent) was similar to the rate for girls (17.0 percent).

Among full time college students aged 18 to 22, there were increases from 2007 to 2008 in the current rate of use of hallucinogens (from 1.0 to 2.1 percent). Increases were seen for the specific hallucinogens Ecstasy (from 0.5 to 1.2 percent) and LSD (from 0.3 to 0.6 percent). There were no significant changes in the rates of current use for any drugs among persons aged 18 to 22 who were not full time college students.

In 2001, approximately 957,000 persons aged 12 or older had used Oxycontin nonmedically at least once in their lifetime. This number is higher than estimates from both 1999 (221,000) and 2000 (399,000). The NHSDA was not designed to report past month or past year use of Oxycontin.

Methamphetamine is the primary form of amphetamine seen in the United States. It made up 94 percent of all amphetamine treatment admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 1999.

In the past, very few of the milligrams found in a ?bag? or single dose were likely to be heroin as most of the bag was filled with such additives as milk sugar, powdered milk, or quinine.

Heroin withdrawal produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps (?cold turkey?), kicking movements (?kicking the habit?), and other symptoms.


The following survey was completed by residents of Post Falls, Idaho as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Post Falls, Idaho. 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 February 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Post Falls, Idaho.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
97%
0%
3%
Marijuana use in Post Falls, Idaho.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
84%
9%
Perception of Alcohol in Post Falls, Idaho.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
4%
93%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
97%
3%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
93%
7%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
14%
63%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Post Falls, Idaho?
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%
11%
0%
5%
7%
0%
63%
11%
2%
1%
Most common first drug experience in Post Falls, Idaho?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
2%
2%
3%
3%
3%
12%
2%
6%
7%
29%
8%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Post Falls, Idaho schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Post Falls, Idaho under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
84%
13%
Have you ever gone to school in Post Falls, Idaho under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
91%
5%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Post Falls, Idaho?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
2%
3%
8%
3%
5%
11%
4%
11%
7%
20%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
8%
23%
49%
20%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
30%
70%
Surveys updated monthly.

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