Red Oak, Iowa

Red Oak, Iowa, in Montgomery county, is 37 miles SE of Council Bluffs, Iowa (center to center) and 40 miles SE of Omaha, Nebraska. About 6,197 people people live in Red Oak.

The People and Families of Red Oak

In Red Oak, about 54% of adults are married. Single people feel welcome in Red Oak, and many people make their homes without family or roommates living with them.

Kinder? Gentler? Well at least we can say that women form a particularly large portion of the population in the city. Its large mature (over 65) population grounds Red Oak nicely.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Red Oak had a median family income of $37,007.

Political Inclinations

In 2004, George W. Bush garnered more political contributions ($200) in Red Oak than did the other Presidential candidates. The Republican party was the top fund-raiser among political parties in the city.

Red Oak Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in Red Oak, about 69% are lived in by their owners, not renters. The average year in which most residences in the city were built is earlier than in most places.

Commuting

In Red Oak, 92% of commuters drive to work. Commuters in Red Oak enjoy easier drives to work than most people.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Red Oak6,197$37,007
Clarinda5,690$43,654
Shenandoah5,546$39,110

High Points

Red Oak strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Iowa):

CategoryTrophy
Short Commute Times
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Red Oak Short Commute Times
Affordability of Rents
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%Red Oak Affordability of Rents


The listings in Red Oak, Iowa and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or someone that you care about live in Red Oak, Iowa and are seeking help for any type of a drug or alcohol addiction, no matter how long the duration, we will help you to find a quality Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility. We understand what you are going through and we will support you through every step in the process of locating a treatment center that has a proven track record, so that you or your loved one can have the best possible chance of finally being free from you drug or alcohol abuse problem.

The best solution that is available for a drug or alcohol abuse problem is to find an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center that is located in or around Red Oak. The most important goal of any Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Red Oak, IA. should be to help the individual that is in treatment to get to the place where they can steadily maintain a sober lifestyle, which will allow them to avoid the negative consequences that are so often directly related to a drug or alcohol addiction.

There are so many different types of drug and alcohol treatment that is available to individuals that live in Red Oak, that it can be confusing. These treatment options in Red Oak, Iowa may include Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities, Long-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs, Outpatient Addiction Treatment Programs, Short-term Addiction Treatment, sober living, halfway houses, support group meetings and individual or group drug counseling. We are here to help individuals from Red Oak to make sense of all of these different drug or alcohol rehabilitation treatment options.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Red Oak, IA. should focus on the physical and the psychological elements of the drug or alcohol abuse problem. The physical side of the drug or alcohol addiction is treated during the detox portion of the Red Oak, Iowa treatment program; a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility will be able to support the individual during the detoxification process by helping to alleviate some of painful withdrawal symptoms.

Withdrawal symptoms occur because the brain has adapted to presence of the substance; after a period of time, an addict will have to use more of the drug in order to produce the same effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Red Oak, IA. has developed a tolerance to the drugs that they are using such as pain pills, tranquilizers, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol, just to name a few. Withdrawal symptoms that are associated with illicit drugs such as heroin can often produce symptoms that are severe and prolonged. When an individual from Red Oak, Iowa attempts to abruptly discontinue a drug that their body has consistently been provided, serious withdrawal symptoms may occur; it may take a couple of weeks or even several months in some instances for the body to finally be able to return to normal functioning.

A quality Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Red Oak, Iowa will also address the psychological issues related to the addiction. The Red Oak, IA. Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center may use treatment techniques such as counseling and relapse prevention education. The combination of these elements of treatment can help the individual from Red Oak to get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction; this provide them with the best chance of being able to get sober and to remain that way.

The best way for an individual from Red Oak, IA. to overcome a drug or alcohol addiction, is to locate an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program that consistently maintains a high rate of long term success. A quality Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program in Red Oak will offer a comprehensive treatment program that can aid the individual in all of the various aspects of their life.

In order for an individual from Red Oak to have the best opportunity to recover from their drug or alcohol addiction, they need to be open to learning new skills. They will need to put these skills to use daily, as they return home to Red Oak where they will eventually come into contact with some of the familiar triggers that were connected to their drug using days. A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program in Red Oak, IA. will teach the recovering addict how to respond to these stress producing triggers without using drugs or alcohol. Very few people in Red Oak can overcome a drug or alcohol addiction without the assistance of professional help. Because of the different ways that these substances affect the functions of the brain, an individual from Red Oak, Iowa is at a huge disadvantage in trying to stop using drugs or alcohol without rehabilitation assistance. The reason that so many individuals from Red Oak choose to go to an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program to overcome their drug or alcohol addiction, is because they have failed over and over again when they tried to quit using on their own. They are often tired of dealing with all of the problems that are associated with their drug or alcohol addiction, including feeling alienated from their loved ones in Red Oak.

Getting Help

Getting help is easy, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) in order to speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Red Oak, Iowa Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility request form and a counselor will contact you shortly. This call could be the first step on your journey to finally becoming free of your drug or alcohol addiction. Don't wait, call right now.

There are no listings in Red Oak, IA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Red Oak, Iowa:

Zion Recovery Atlantic, IA 29.5 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Zion Recovery Services Orient, IA 29.5 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: 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)
Addictions Treatment Program Council Bluffs, IA 31.8 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, 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)
Alegent Health Council Bluffs, IA 31.8 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
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, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Heartland Family Service Council Bluffs, IA 31.8 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, 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, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Alegent Health Psychiatric Associates Bellevue, NE 36.3 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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)
Building Heroes Within Inc Bellevue, NE 36.3 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation 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, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Rainbow of Hope Bellevue, NE 38.0 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Chicano Awareness Center Omaha, NE 40.2 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Stephen Center Inc Omaha, NE 40.2 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition Omaha, NE 40.8 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Siena Francis House Omaha, NE 40.8 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Lydia House Omaha, NE 41.0 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, General Health Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Open Door Mission Ministries Omaha, NE 41.0 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Alcoholics Resocialization Omaha, NE 41.6 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Journeys Program Omaha, NE 41.6 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Nova Therapeutic Community Omaha, NE 41.6 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)
University Drug and Alcohol Program Omaha, NE 41.6 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Santa Monica Inc Omaha, NE 42.3 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Gay and Lesbian, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Blue Valley Behaviorall Health Nebraska City, NE 43.0 miles from Red Oak
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance

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

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

The FDA has currently listed Ambien as a Schedule IV drug; this classification means that the drug is considered to have a relatively low potential for abuse and can lead to limited physical or psychological dependence.

Ativan has been noted to cause birth defects in an unborn baby. Using Ativan if you are pregnant may also cause problems in the pregnancy.

Cocaine looks like a white crystalline powder. It is often sold in aluminum foil, plastic/paper packets, or small vials. The cocaine that is distributed on the street in two main forms: powder cocaine and crack cocaine. Crack is cocaine hydrochloride that has been processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water into a freebase cocaine ? chips, chunks, or rocks. On the illegal market, crack is sold in small, inexpensive dosage units.

Rates and patterns of drug use show substantial variation by age. For example, 3.8 percent of teens aged 12 or 13 reported current illegal drug use in 2001. As in other years, illegal drug use in 2001 tended to increase with age among young persons. It peaked among 18 to 20 year olds (22.4 percent) and declined steadily after that point with increasing age.

Ecstasy is man-made using chemicals and other substances such as caffeine, dextromethorphan (found in some cough syrups), amphetamines, PCP, or cocaine are sometimes added to, or substituted for Ecstasy in tablets.


The following survey was completed by residents of Red Oak, Iowa as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Red Oak, Iowa. 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 Red Oak, Iowa.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
88%
6%
6%
Marijuana use in Red Oak, Iowa.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
94%
6%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
77%
23%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
95%
5%
Perception of Alcohol in Red Oak, Iowa.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
12%
80%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
81%
19%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
94%
6%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
7%
6%
67%
20%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Red Oak, Iowa?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
3%
20%
3%
3%
5%
0%
62%
0%
0%
4%
Most common first drug experience in Red Oak, Iowa?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
5%
3%
6%
2%
5%
11%
4%
11%
7%
22%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Red Oak, Iowa schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Red Oak, Iowa under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
97%
3%
Have you ever gone to school in Red Oak, Iowa under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
93%
7%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Red Oak, Iowa?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
6%
3%
7%
3%
3%
15%
3%
11%
4%
18%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
2%
70%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
91%
9%
Surveys updated monthly.

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