Goddard, MD Profile

Goddard, MD, population 5,554 , is located in Maryland's Prince George's county, about 11.8 miles from Washington and 14.2 miles from Arlington.

In the 90's the population of Goddard has grown by about 21%.

Goddard Statistics Goddard Gender Information

Males in Goddard: 2,546 (46%)
Females in Goddard: 3,008 (54%)

As % of Population in Goddard in Goddard    

Race Diversity in Goddard

White: 30%
African American: 53%
Asian: 12%
Other/Mixed: 5%

As % of Population in Goddard in Goddard        

Age Diversity in Goddard

Median Age in Goddard: 35.4 (Males in Goddard: 33.7, Females in Goddard: 36.7)

Goddard Males Under 20: 13%     Goddard Females Under 20: 13% Goddard Males 20 to 40: 14%     Goddard Females 20 to 40: 18% Goddard Males 40 to 60: 12%     Goddard Females 40 to 60: 16% Goddard Males Over 60: 6%     Goddard Females Over 60: 8%

Economics in Goddard in Goddard

Goddard Household Average Size: 2.57 people
Goddard Median Household Income: $ 57,482
Goddard Median Value of Homes: $ 151,100


Goddard Location Information
Land Area: 2.4 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Goddard Greenbelt 1.6 Miles Glenn Dale 1.8 Miles Lanham 2.0 Miles New Carrollton 2.0 Miles Berwyn Heights 3.1 Miles Woodlawn (Prince George's County) 3.4 Miles Springdale 3.7 Miles Landover Hills 3.8 Miles East Riverdale 4.2 Miles Bowie 4.2 Miles Big Cities Nearest Goddard (Population 100,000+) Washington 11.8 Miles Arlington 14.2 Miles Alexandria 16.5 Miles Baltimore 24.5 Miles Richmond 104.6 Miles Philadelphia 112.1 Miles Allentown 133.4 Miles Hampton 138.3 Miles Newport News 141.0 Miles Norfolk 151.4 Miles


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

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



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If you or a loved one in Goddard has been struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction, chances are you feel helpless and do not even know where to begin to look for a viable solution. We know what you are going through and our compassionate staff can help you through every step in the process of finding a Goddard drug or alcohol treatment.

Quality Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers are available in and around Goddard, MD., but you will need help in knowing exactly where to look for treatment. We will help you to know what questions to ask; the most important thing that you should inquire about is the long term success rate of the Goddard Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center. By the time an individual from Goddard, Maryland is ready to get help for their drug or alcohol addiction, they may have already experienced many negative consequences in relation to this toxic lifestyle. Their relatives in Goddard may have finally come to a place where they could no longer watch the addict self destruct because of their drug or alcohol addiction.

The reason it is so important to have assistance in choosing an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility is that there is such a wide array of options in and around Goddard, Maryland. These drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment options in Goddard, Maryland may include Long-term Drug Treatment Facilities, Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Short-term Drug Treatment, Inpatient Drug Treatment Facilities, halfway houses, support group meetings and individual or group drug counseling. Our number one goal is to help you to sort through all of these drug and alcohol rehab options and to help you to find the perfect fit in treatment for you or your loved one in Goddard.

A quality Goddard Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility will address the physical and the psychological aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction. The first step in the Goddard treatment program is the detox; this process will help to rid the body of the toxins that have accumulated during the drug or alcohol addiction. The reason it is so important for an individual from Goddard, Maryland to have professional assistance during this process is because the staff at the Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility can help to alleviate many of the associated withdrawal symptoms.

Withdrawal symptoms occur during detox because the individual from Goddard used drugs or alcohol consistently and the brain has adapted to the presence of the substance; after a period of time, an individual will have to increase the dosages in order to experience the same effects. This occurs as the individual from Goddard develops a tolerance to alcohol or various types of drugs such as marijuana, heroin, or cocaine. Depending on the type of drug an individual from Goddard, Maryland has been addicted to and the length of the addiction, it could be a long time before the body is able to function normally in the absence of the substance.

The way that an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program in Goddard, MD. addresses the psychological aspect of the drug or alcohol addiction is generally through some type of counseling or group sessions; relapse prevention is also addressed during treatment. The main objective in utilizing all of these different elements of treatment is to help the individual to return home to Goddard after completing the Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program and be able to live successfully, while remaining sober.

An individual from Goddard, Maryland that wants to recover from a drug or alcohol addiction, will need to relearn many of the skills that came naturally to them before they started to abuse drugs or alcohol. By the time many individuals from Goddard get to treatment, they may not even be able to remember the last time that they interacted socially with others while sober; at the Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility, they will learn how to, once again, relate to others without the use of drugs or alcohol. Individuals from Goddard, MD. that attends treatment should be educated in drug relapse prevention techniques; they will learn how to deal with the familiar triggers that they may come into contact with upon returning home. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility will teach the individual from Goddard how to respond to these triggers without using drugs or alcohol.

Because of the way drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain, most people from Goddard, Maryland that try to stop using drugs on their own, will be fighting a losing battle. By the time an individual from Goddard finally succumbs to an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center, they have probably experienced failure in this area numerous times. Many times, this is the reason that the individual from Goddard is able to recognize that they need professional help.

Getting Help

Getting help is the easiest part, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378), so that you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Goddard, Maryland Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center request form and a counselor will contact you shortly. Don't wait, call right now, you will be so glad that you did.

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

Vesta Inc Substance Abuse Program Lanham, MD 0.0 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
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 2.8 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Children and Parents Program Capitol Heights, MD 5.3 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery 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 5.3 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Renaissance Treatment Center Capitol Heights, MD 5.3 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
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
C A Mayo and Associates Inc Mount Rainier, MD 6.1 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Better Way Program Washington, DC 6.5 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
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 6.5 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
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 6.5 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Adolescent and Family Treatment Prog Upper Marlboro, MD 6.7 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Addiction Prevention and Recovery Washington, DC 6.9 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church Washington, DC 6.9 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Providence Hospital Washington, DC 7.5 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol 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 7.5 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
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)
Fields and Fields Treatment Center District Heights, MD 7.5 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Washington Adventist Hospital Takoma Park, MD 8.2 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug 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)
Andromeda Transcultural Health Center Washington, DC 8.7 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
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
Counseling Services Inc Bowie, MD 9.2 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Act II Counseling Services Inc Laurel, MD 9.2 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery 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
Reality Inc Laurel, MD 9.2 miles from Goddard
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

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

In 2006, underage current alcohol use rates were similar in small metropolitan areas (28.9 percent), large metropolitan areas (27.8 percent), and nonmetropolitan areas (29.1 percent). The rate in completely rural nonmetropolitan areas was 28.2 percent.

Heroin overdoses, which can result whether the drug is snorted, smoked, or injected, can cause slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and even death.

Calls to poison control center regarding dangerous incidents concerning the use of bath salts have increased dramatically over the past several years.

Persons aged 65 or older had lower rates of binge drinking (8.2 percent) than adults in other age groups. The rate of heavy drinking among persons aged 65 or older was 2.2 percent.

In the case of an addict in the state of Mississippi, he said he had tried every drug from heroin to crack and was so shaken by the terrifying hallucinations that he wrote to a local newspaper urging people to stay away from the bath salts.

Heroin facts about withdrawal cover a wide range of symptoms that occur after stopping or dramatically lowering ones heroin use. Heroin withdrawal is caused by physical dependence. This means that a person relies on heroin to prevent symptoms of withdrawal. Over time, greater amounts of heroin become necessary to produce the same effect. The time it takes to become physically dependent varies with each individual.


The following survey was completed by residents of Goddard, Maryland as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Goddard, 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 Goddard, Maryland.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
78%
4%
18%
Marijuana use in Goddard, Maryland.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
84%
16%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
78%
17%
Perception of Alcohol in Goddard, Maryland.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
22%
76%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
84%
16%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
76%
12%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
13%
63%
24%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Goddard, 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
4%
1%
1%
4%
2%
2%
80%
0%
0%
6%
Most common first drug experience in Goddard, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
4%
2%
5%
2%
2%
12%
5%
8%
4%
24%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Goddard, Maryland schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Goddard, Maryland under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
80%
11%
Have you ever gone to school in Goddard, Maryland under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
90%
4%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Goddard, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
3%
3%
7%
3%
4%
15%
3%
8%
10%
17%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
23%
48%
29%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
35%
65%
Surveys updated monthly.

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