East Riverdale, MD Profile

East Riverdale, MD, population 14,961 , is located in Maryland's Prince George's county, about 7.7 miles from Washington and 10.0 miles from Arlington.

In the 90's the population of East Riverdale has grown by about 5%.

East Riverdale Statistics East Riverdale Gender Information

Males in East Riverdale: 7,588 (51%)
Females in East Riverdale: 7,373 (49%)

As % of Population in East Riverdale in East Riverdale    

Race Diversity in East Riverdale

White: 29%
African American: 50%
Native American: 1%
Asian: 4%
Other/Mixed: 16%

As % of Population in East Riverdale in East Riverdale          

Age Diversity in East Riverdale

Median Age in East Riverdale: 29.2 (Males in East Riverdale: 28.2, Females in East Riverdale: 30.1)

East Riverdale Males Under 20: 18%     East Riverdale Females Under 20: 17% East Riverdale Males 20 to 40: 17%     East Riverdale Females 20 to 40: 16% East Riverdale Males 40 to 60: 11%     East Riverdale Females 40 to 60: 12% East Riverdale Males Over 60: 4%     East Riverdale Females Over 60: 5%

Economics in East Riverdale in East Riverdale

East Riverdale Household Average Size: 3.29 people
East Riverdale Median Household Income: $ 45,547
East Riverdale Median Value of Homes: $ 116,000


East Riverdale Location Information
Elevation: 35 feet above sea level. Land Area: 1.7 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to East Riverdale Riverdale Park 0.5 Miles Edmonston 1.2 Miles University Park 1.2 Miles Hyattsville 1.3 Miles College Park 1.5 Miles Bladensburg 1.7 Miles Woodlawn (Prince George's County) 1.9 Miles North Brentwood 2.0 Miles Landover 2.0 Miles Landover Hills 2.1 Miles Big Cities Nearest East Riverdale (Population 100,000+) Washington 7.7 Miles Arlington 10.0 Miles Alexandria 12.8 Miles Baltimore 28.1 Miles Richmond 101.7 Miles Philadelphia 116.2 Miles Allentown 137.0 Miles Hampton 137.3 Miles Newport News 139.8 Miles Norfolk 150.4 Miles


The listings in East Riverdale, Maryland and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one living in East Riverdale has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in East Riverdale, Maryland; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the East Riverdale Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in East Riverdale, MD. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Rehab Programs, Long-term Drug Rehab Programs, Outpatient Drug Rehab Programs, Inpatient Drug Rehab Centers, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.

The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from East Riverdale, Maryland to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from East Riverdale can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.

Drug detox is the first step in the East Riverdale, MD. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the East Riverdale Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from East Riverdale, MD. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from East Riverdale has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from East Riverdale, Maryland has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from East Riverdale have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.

Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from East Riverdale will then be able to begin a directed, Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from East Riverdale, MD. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.

Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in East Riverdale who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in East Riverdale, Maryland continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center, the individual from East Riverdale will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from East Riverdale, MD. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to East Riverdale, they will become confident in their ability to do so.

Getting Help

Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the East Riverdale, Maryland Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are no listings in East Riverdale, MD. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from East Riverdale, Maryland:

C A Mayo and Associates Inc Mount Rainier, MD 3.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Vesta Inc Substance Abuse Program Lanham, MD 3.1 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation 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
Cheverly Addictions Treatment Clinic Hyattsville, MD 3.5 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Addiction Prevention and Recovery Washington, DC 4.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church Washington, DC 4.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Providence Hospital Washington, DC 4.4 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC 4.4 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Better Way Program Washington, DC 5.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
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 5.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab 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 5.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Washington Adventist Hospital Takoma Park, MD 5.0 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, 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)
Children and Parents Program Capitol Heights, MD 5.1 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol 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: Medicaid
Comprehensive Treatment Services Capitol Heights, MD 5.1 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Renaissance Treatment Center Capitol Heights, MD 5.1 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
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
Andromeda Transcultural Health Center Washington, DC 5.5 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Clean and Sober Streets Washington, DC 6.4 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare
Demeter Northwest of Washington, DC 6.4 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Gospel Rescue Ministries Washington, DC 6.4 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
So Others Might Eat Inc (SOME) Washington, DC 6.4 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Circulo de Andromeda Washington, DC 6.5 miles from East Riverdale
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, 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)

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

Between 2% ? 3% of all high school seniors surveyed state that they will have used heroin at least once by the time they graduate the 12th grade.

It may be helpful to talk to a substance abuse counselor about receiving prescription drug recovery treatment. Some treatment professionals specialize in prescription drug abuse, however every counselor at a quality drug rehab should be able to offer you help concerning an addiction. Counseling can either be done in a group setting or one on one, individually.

Animal research indicates that, like cocaine and other abused drugs, opiates can also activate the brain's reward system.

Among teens aged 12 to 17 who were both smokers and heavy drinkers in the past month in 2005, 70.9 percent used illegal drugs in the past month, higher than the 3.5 percent among teens who did not drink or smoke in the past month.

Methamphetamine has been used medically for narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder. It has also frequently been prescribed in the U.S. for the treatment of obesity.

Among pregnant women aged 15 to 44, combined data for 2007 and 2008 indicated that the rate of past month cigarette use was 16.4 percent. The rate was higher among women in that age group who were not pregnant (27.3 percent).


The following survey was completed by residents of East Riverdale, Maryland as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in East Riverdale, 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 East Riverdale, Maryland.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
86%
2%
12%
Marijuana use in East Riverdale, Maryland.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
14%
77%
9%
Perception of Alcohol in East Riverdale, Maryland.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
12%
86%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
17%
77%
6%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
14%
57%
27%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in East Riverdale, 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
13%
9%
0%
5%
1%
1%
56%
2%
3%
10%
Most common first drug experience in East Riverdale, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
6%
3%
6%
3%
3%
14%
2%
7%
7%
18%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in East Riverdale, Maryland schools.
Have you ever gone to school in East Riverdale, Maryland under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
88%
9%
Have you ever gone to school in East Riverdale, Maryland under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
87%
9%
What is the most common drug used in your school in East Riverdale, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
5%
2%
3%
3%
4%
13%
5%
9%
9%
14%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
6%
64%
21%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
79%
21%
Surveys updated monthly.

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