District Heights, Maryland

District Heights, Maryland, in Prince Georges county, is 8 miles E of Washington, District of Columbia. The people of the city are in the Washington metropolitan area. District Heights has a population of 5,958.

The People and Families of District Heights

In District Heights, about 40% of adults are married. "Full house" describes much of the households in District Heights, with the many large families there. The city has its share of unmarried adults.

The government tells us that District Heights features an unusually large number of women.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, District Heights had a median family income of $61,220.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 Presidential fund-raising sweepstakes, John Kerry came out ahead among District Heights residents, with $200. Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

District Heights Housing

In District Heights, 72% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners, not rented out.

Commuting

In District Heights, 80% of commuters drive to work. Why drive when you can avoid it? People in the city use public transportation more than most people in similar cities.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
District Heights5,958$61,220
Bladensburg7,661$41,394
Capitol Heights4,138$53,826
Cheverly6,433$67,540
Glenarden6,318$45,932
New Carrollton12,589$56,696
Seat Pleasant4,885$45,332

High Points

District Heights strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Maryland):

CategoryTrophy
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%District Heights Public Transportation Use


The listings in District Heights, Maryland and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Do you or someone you care about live in District Heights, Maryland and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Have you failed at trying to help someone with drug or alcohol addiction in District Heights and have lost all hope? Drug and alcohol addiction are an epidemic in our society today. Someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol is just existing, not living. This can be a very sad and depressing existence to say the least. But all is not lost, and there are ways to treat addiction that actually work. The way out can be found at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in District Heights that will suit your treatment needs.

The reason a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in District Heights works for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism is because the individual will learn to overcome problems in life by confronting them, not by numbing them with drugs and alcohol. Once the individual starts confronting and handling life situations, they realize that they can actually cope with their problems and don't feel the need to compound them with drugs or alcohol.

Each individual is different, and there are a variety of treatment programs available in District Heights to cater to individual needs. For example, there are Outpatient Addiction Recovery Facilities, Short-term Addiction Recovery, Long-term Rehabs, Inpatient Rehabs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

The two main aspects of addiction, physical and psychological, are what the individual will be addressing during the course of treatment at an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in District Heights. Individuals will first begin by addressing the aspect of physical addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in District Heights, Maryland, which will help with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that ensue when a person stops using drugs or alcohol. The brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, which lessens the effect of the drug. This is how physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops. This is why someone using drugs has to take more and more of the substance to get the same effect. Abruptly stopping substance use is what causes the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms could last for days, weeks or even months depending on the individual's history of abuse. Hardcore drugs such as heroin have a particularly long and painful withdrawal period.

Right off the bat, a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in District Heights will get the individual started on a professional detoxification accompanied by psychological counseling. At the root of the individual's addiction to drugs or alcohol are these psychological issues. Once addressed, the individual's chances of relapse are decreased markedly.

Due to the structured environment and comprehensive program that an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in District Heights, MD. offers, it truly is the most successful method for treating drug and alcohol addiction. There is no stone left unturned, every area where the individual is having problems in life will be addressed.

As part of treatment in District Heights, MD., the individual will be trained on how to react appropriately to situations in life and how to change his behavior patterns. Staff of a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility in District Heights will work with the individual on how to respond to his environment, friends, family etc. when he returns home upon completion of treatment. It is expected that the individual will be able to appropriately handle the things which may have initially triggered his drug use. If not, these influences may produce psychological stressors which can cause the person to relapse. That is why professional treatment to address these psychological stressors is such an important aspect of the individual's recovery.

After having discontinued use of drugs or alcohol, research has shown that an addict's brain changes the ways it functions and responds to situations. This is yet another reason it is vital to seek professional help at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center in District Heights, MD., instead of trying to stop on one's own. There is so much for an addict to overcome to achieve sobriety. It is no easy task, even with help. Seeking help at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program in District Heights, MD. is an addict's best bet for a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. If you or someone you know is ready for a new life free of drugs and alcohol, find out what treatment options are available at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center in District Heights. No time is better than the present to end the cycle of addiction and all of the destruction that it creates. Help is waiting for you or someone you love today.

Getting Help

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

There are 1 local Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Programs in District Heights, Maryland. We have also provided 19 additional Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers that are closest geographically to District Heights:

Fields and Fields Treatment Center District Heights, MD
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Children and Parents Program Capitol Heights, MD 2.5 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
Comprehensive Treatment Services Capitol Heights, MD 2.5 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Renaissance Treatment Center Capitol Heights, MD 2.5 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol 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, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Malcolm Grow Medical Center Addiction Andrews AFB, MD 3.0 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Adolescent and Family Treatment Prog Upper Marlboro, MD 3.7 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Better Way Program Washington, DC 4.0 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Cornell Abraxas Washington, DC 4.0 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment 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, Outpatient
Umoja Treatment Center Washington, DC 4.0 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Family and Medical Counseling Service Washington, DC 4.7 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, General Health Services, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Good Hope Institute Washington, DC 4.7 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Cheverly Addictions Treatment Clinic Hyattsville, MD 4.7 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
DOH Addiction Prevention and Recovery Washington, DC 5.7 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Adult Abstinence Program Washington, DC 6.2 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient
Concerned Citizens on Alcohol and Washington, DC 6.2 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Federal City Recovery Services Washington, DC 6.2 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Youth Intervention and Abstinence Washington, DC 6.2 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Addiction Prevention and Recovery Washington, DC 7.3 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church Washington, DC 7.3 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Vesta Inc Substance Abuse Program Lanham, MD 7.5 miles from District Heights
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

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

In 2005, among the 1.6 million adults aged 18 or older on parole or other supervised release from prison during the past year, 26.3 percent were current illegal drug users, higher than the 7.7 percent among adults not on parole or supervised release.

Among persons aged 12 or older, boys were more likely than girls (16.0 vs. 9.0 percent) to drive under the influence of alcohol in the past year.

Three quarters of all heroin brought into the United States comes from South America and Mexico (with South America making up the majority of this amount)

In 2005, 15.5 percent of teens aged 12 to 17 indicated that they had been approached by someone selling drugs in the past month, similar to the 16.3 percent reported in 2004. Teens who reported being approached by someone selling drugs, compared with those who reported no such approaches, were much more likely to have used an illegal drug in their lifetime (61.3 vs. 21.5 percent), in the past year (51.2 vs. 14.1 percent), and in the past month (32.6 vs. 5.8 percent).

Drug addiction is a learned behavior; addiction recovery is unlearning addiction so that being clean is what becomes habitual.

Small clandestine labs use any of hundred of different recipes to manufacture meth. Because the recipe using anhydrous ammonia was developed by the Germans during WWII, it is called the "Nazi" method of meth production.


Strong support groups and sober friends are very helpful for recovering Alcoholics after rehab. Alcoholics Anonymous provides meetings that recovering alcoholics can attend to help stay focused on their sobriety. You can find AA meetings at the following locations in District Heights:

Prospect
Church Rectory
1717 Ritchie Rd.
District Heights, Maryland 20747

AA Meeting Days and Times
Friday, 8:30 PM

Welcome
Forestville Mem. United Meth. Church
3111 Forestville Rd.
District Heights, Maryland 20747

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 8:00 PM
Monday, 8:30 PM
Friday, 8:30 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of District Heights, Maryland as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in District Heights, Maryland. 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 District Heights, Maryland.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
82%
15%
3%
Marijuana use in District Heights, Maryland.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
88%
12%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
80%
12%
Perception of Alcohol in District Heights, Maryland.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
4%
84%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
94%
6%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
86%
5%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
19%
55%
25%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in District Heights, Maryland?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
14%
19%
3%
4%
3%
2%
41%
5%
3%
6%
Most common first drug experience in District Heights, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
4%
2%
5%
3%
4%
13%
3%
9%
6%
21%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in District Heights, Maryland schools.
Have you ever gone to school in District Heights, Maryland under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
94%
3%
Have you ever gone to school in District Heights, Maryland under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
88%
11%
What is the most common drug used in your school in District Heights, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
2%
3%
5%
2%
5%
12%
5%
10%
5%
21%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
27%
51%
20%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
83%
17%
Surveys updated monthly.

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