Indian Head, Maryland

Indian Head, Maryland, in Charles county, is 8 miles E of Dale City, Virginia (center to center) and 20 miles S of Washington, District of Columbia. The town is located in the Washington metropolitan area. Indian Head has a population of 3,422.

The People and Families of Indian Head

In Indian Head, about 46% of adults are married. Large households are normal in Indian Head. Be careful driving in the town, since the town is home to many young children. Looking at Indian Head, you'll find a large share of the people are not married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Indian Head had a median family income of $48,375.

Political Inclinations

Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

Indian Head Housing

Owners occupy 72% of the housing units in Indian Head. The average age of the housing in the town is relatively low.

Commuting

In Indian Head, 96% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Indian Head3,422$48,375
Capitol Heights4,138$53,826
District Heights5,958$61,220
La Plata6,551$66,288
Seat Pleasant4,885$45,332

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 10%Indian Head Racial Diversity
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 15%Indian Head Public Transportation Use


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

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



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Are you battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol and live in Indian Head, Maryland? Do you have a friend or family member that is addicted to drugs or alcohol in Indian Head and you don't know where to turn to for help? Addiction to any substance can be a very dark and lonely place, not just for the abuser but for anyone that cares about them. All hope is not lost; there are effective solutions out there. We can help you find a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center in Indian Head that will be appropriate for your treatment needs.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Indian Head is a perfect solution for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. Treatment will be geared towards helping the individual overcome their need to fix problems in their life with drugs and alcohol. Once they can grasp this, they will be able to cope with life situations more appropriately and resolve their problems without substances.

There are a variety of approaches to addiction treatment. Examples offered in Indian Head are Outpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, Long-term Treatment Centers, Short-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Inpatient Treatment Centers, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Indian Head will target both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction. Individuals are treated for physical addiction by undergoing a detoxification program in Indian Head, Maryland to assist with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms which result when an addict discontinues use of a substance they are addicted to. Continued use of a psychoactive substance over time causes the brain to adapt to the presence of the drug, making the desired effect minimal. Physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops in this way. Over time, more and more of the addictive drug is required to get the same effect. Quitting an addictive drug abruptly causes serious withdrawal symptoms, which may take the body weeks or months to return to normal function. Withdrawing from hardcore drugs such as heroin can cause extremely severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, which can last for quite some time.

An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Indian Head will be able to administer a professional detox as well as assistance with psychological issues. These underlying psychological issues are at the root of all drug and alcohol addiction problems. Addressing this head on will decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a fully rehabilitated and contributing member of society. An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Indian Head, MD. has proven to be the most successful method for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program in Indian Head, follows a rigid, comprehensive program to ensure a successful recovery. This program addresses every aspect of addiction and every area where the person could be having trouble.

To ensure a lasting recovery, the individual must gain the knowledge, abilities and "life tools" to change their behavior and reaction to situations. The individual's program will be focused on strategies for returning home to Indian Head, from an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program and even running into prior drug using friends or acquaintances in Indian Head. Upon completion of their program, the individual will be able to deal with the reminders and triggers in Indian Head which may have prompted their drug use, as these same triggers can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors, if not addressed, can make it very hard for an individual to control their response to drug using impulses. Research has shown that an addict shows changes in the way their brain functions after having discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. Because of this, even an individual with the best of intentions may find it extremely hard to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment.

So you can see that a recovering addict has a lot to deal with when deciding to kick the habit. With triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, seeking help at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a no-brainer.

A person that is serious about the decision to get sober should enroll in an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility in Indian Head, MD. Why fail again on your own? Why lose another friend or push a family member even further away? Why beg, cheat, and steal just to get drugs or alcohol, risking legal problems and jail time? You don't have to be depressed and unhappy because of excessive drug or alcohol use. There is help available, even for the most severe addicts.

Getting Help

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

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

Consolidated Substance Abuse Quantico, VA 5.8 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Washington Behavioral Health Woodbridge, VA 10.1 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, 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, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Jude House Inc Bel Alton, MD 12.8 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Charles County Health Department White Plains, MD 13.0 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Charles County Department of Health White Plains, MD 13.9 miles from Indian Head
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, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Washington Pastoral Counseling Service Waldorf, MD 17.4 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
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, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Alcohol and Drug Recovery Waldorf, MD 19.4 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Open Arms Inc Waldorf, MD 19.4 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Alexandria Community Services Board Alexandria, VA 21.3 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Ethos Foundation Alexandria, VA 21.3 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Center for Psychiatric and Manassas, VA 21.3 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Sellati and Co Inc Manassas, VA 21.3 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Lighthouse Counseling Fredericksburg, VA 21.3 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Rappahannock Area Community Serv Board Fredericksburg, VA 21.3 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Fairfax Methadone Treatment Center Annandale, VA 21.4 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Harrison House of Virginia Annandale, VA 21.4 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Living Free Health Services Annandale, VA 21.4 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Rappahannock Area Comm Services Board Bowling Green, VA 21.6 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, 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)
A Womans Place Fredericksburg, VA 21.6 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Serenity Home Inc Substance Abuse ICF Fredericksburg, VA 21.6 miles from Indian Head
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

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

In 2006, past month cigar smoking was equally common among male full time college students aged 18 to 22 (19.0 percent) as among boys in the same age group who were not enrolled full time in college (20.3 percent).

Opium gum production, which is used to create heroin, in Columbia and Mexico accounts for less than 4% of the world?s total production and Colombian production has been cut by 60% since 2001.

Among persons aged 12 or older, boys were nearly twice as likely as girls (16.3 vs. 8.6 percent) to drive under the influence of alcohol in the past year.

In 2006, 59.8 percent of teens aged 12 to 17 reported that they had talked at least once in the past year with at least one of their parents about the dangers of drug, tobacco, or alcohol use, which was the same as in 2005. Among teens who reported having had such conversations with their parents, rates of past month use of illegal drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol (including binge alcohol) were lower than among teens who did not talk about substance abuse. That is, past month use of illegal drugs was reported by 8.6 percent of teens who had talked with their parents about drug, tobacco, or alcohol use compared with 11.3 percent of those who had not. Past month cigarette use was lower among teens who had talked with their parents (9.4 percent) than among those who had not (11.8 percent), and past month binge drinking was lower among teens who had talked with their parents (9.3 percent) than among those who had not (11.8 percent).

Inhalants are not drugs; they are poisons and toxins and should be classified as such.

Slightly more than half of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers of alcohol in the 2008 survey (51.6 percent). This translates to an estimated 129.0 million people, which was similar to the 2007 estimate of 126.8 million people (51.1 percent).


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 Indian Head:

Indian Head Bryan's Road
Potomac Heights Comm. Bldg.
Indian Head, Maryland 20641

AA Meeting Days and Times
Friday, 8:30 PM

Live & Let Live
Potomac Heights Comm. Bldg.
Indian Head, Maryland 20640

AA Meeting Days and Times
Tuesday, 8:30 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Indian Head, Maryland as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Indian Head, 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 Indian Head, Maryland.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Indian Head, Maryland.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
Perception of Alcohol in Indian Head, Maryland.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Indian Head, 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
Most common first drug experience in Indian Head, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Use of drugs and alcohol in Indian Head, Maryland schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Indian Head, Maryland under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Indian Head, Maryland under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Indian Head, Maryland?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
Your Gender?
Female
Male
Surveys updated monthly.

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