Buchanan, Michigan

Buchanan, Michigan is 12 miles NW of South Bend, Indiana (center to center) and 66 miles E of Chicago, Illinois. It is in Berrien county. The city is part of the Benton Harbor metro area. The population of Buchanan is 4,681.

The People and Families of Buchanan

In Buchanan, about 49% of adults are married. There are a lot of singles in Buchanan.

Approximately 14% of Buchanan is non-white. The city is home to people of a variety of races.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Buchanan had a median family income of $43,860.

Political Inclinations

Among Buchanan political contributors, John Kerry was favored among Presidential candidates in 2004, with $2,000. The Democratic party attracted the largest share of donations from the city.

Buchanan Housing

Of the housing in Buchanan, approximately 63% is occupied by their owners. A good bit of the housing in the city is used seasonally or for leisure or vacation purposes. Buchanan offers a good supply of small apartments.

Commuting

In Buchanan, 93% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Buchanan4,681$43,860
Benton Harbor11,182$19,250
Dowagiac6,147$33,443
Niles12,204$38,870
St Joseph8,789$51,328

High Points

Buchanan strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Michigan):

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 18%Buchanan Racial Diversity


The listings in Buchanan, Michigan and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Do you have a problem with drug or alcohol addiction and live in Buchanan, Michigan? Are you concerned about a family member in Buchanan, who has a problem like this? Whatever your situation it's easy to believe that you're alone with this . . . that, somehow, you have to solve the problem all on your own. That is not the case. We care about you - and will help you find an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Buchanan, suited to your specific treatment needs. You don't have to deal with drug addiction or alcoholism on your own!

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Buchanan, is a good option for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. The goal of an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in Buchanan, MI. is to direct the initial treatment plan toward the ability of the individual to stop using drugs and/or alcohol and hence avoid the psychological, legal, financial, social, and physical consequences that are usually associated with drug addiction and alcoholism.

There are many different addiction treatment approaches such as Long-term Rehabs, Outpatient Rehabs, Short-term Addiction Recovery Facilities, Inpatient Rehabs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Buchanan, typically focus on the two-fold nature of drug addiction and alcoholism: physical and psychological addiction. Physical addiction can be treated by a detoxification program in Buchanan, Michigan with treatment procedure to assist with the painful withdrawal symptoms which manifest themselves when a person discontinues the consumption of a drug or drugs that they are addicted to. With habitual use of a psychoactive substance the brain gradually adapts to the presence of the drug so the desired effect becomes minimal. This is how physical tolerance develops to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol to name a few. It also explains why more and more of the drug is needed to get the same effect with habitual use of an addictive drug. The abrupt cessation of an addictive drug can lead to serious withdrawal symptoms where the body may take weeks or months (depending on the drug involved) to return to normal function. The withdrawal symptoms from certain substances, such as heroin, can induce severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, and be quite prolonged.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility in Buchanan, will not only provide the person with a professional detox but also provide an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility for the psychological issues inevitably underlying all drug and alcohol addiction problems, so as to decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a clean and sober life.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center in Buchanan, MI. is more likely to be one of the most successful methods for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities in Buchanan, are designed to deliver a comprehensive treatment curriculum and assist a person in every facet of their life 24 hours a day.

For a person to make a successful recovery, they must acquire new knowledge, abilities and 'life skills'. This new knowledge, abilities and life skills must be directed toward strategies for returning home to Buchanan, from a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program and encountering old drug using acquaintances in Buchanan - as well as ways to handle the many reminders and triggers of their past drug using days in Buchanan. These triggers can produce memories which can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors often hinder the recovering addict, making it very difficult for them to feel as though they have control over their actions concerning drug using impulses. This is because research into the brain of addicts shows changes in the way their brain functions long after they have discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. This is the main reason why even an individual with will power as strong as steel may find it extremely difficult to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment. With so many obstacles such as triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, it is no surprise why so many people attend a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility each year to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

There are many reasons why a person should enroll into a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center in Buchanan. A few of the many reasons are: the inability to control or eliminate their drinking or drug use, alienating their friends and family, legal problems, severe depression and general unhappiness due to excessive drug or alcohol use.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) to speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Buchanan, Michigan Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program request form and you will be contacted by a counselor shortly.

There are no listings in Buchanan, MI. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Buchanan, Michigan:

Crossroads Counseling South Bend, IN 10.3 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Victory Clinic Services II South Bend, IN 13.4 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Dockside Services Inc South Bend, IN 13.8 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
YWCA of North Central Indiana South Bend, IN 13.8 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Family and Childrens Center South Bend, IN 14.6 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
YWCA of Saint Joseph County South Bend, IN 14.6 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Harbortown Treatment Center PLLC Benton Harbor, MI 18.7 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Dowagiac, MI 22.0 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Swanson Center LaPorte County La Porte, IN 22.6 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
LaPorte County Comprehensive MH Inc Michigan City, IN 24.6 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Saint Anthony Memorial Health Center Michigan City, IN 24.6 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Swanson Center Michigan City, IN 25.5 miles from Buchanan
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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Elkhart General Hospital Elkhart, IN 25.8 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Madison Center Inc Elkhart, IN 26.2 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Recovery Journey Inc Elkhart, IN 26.2 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Cass County Community Mental Health Vandalia, MI 28.0 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Addiction Recovery Centers Inc Elkhart, IN 30.9 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Center for Problem Resolution Inc Elkhart, IN 30.9 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Life Treatment Centers Inc Elkhart, IN 30.9 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Reaching Out Counseling LLC Elkhart, IN 30.9 miles from Buchanan
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

Marijuana was the most commonly used illegal drug (14.6 million past month users). Among persons aged 12 or older, the rate of past month marijuana use was about the same in 2005 (6.0 percent) as in 2004 (6.1 percent), 2003 (6.2 percent), and 2002 (6.2 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.

During 2007, 0.4% of the 10th grade students reported using methamphetamine in the past month. Criminal justice costs related to meth during 2005 across the U.S. were over 4 billion dollars.

Law enforcement reports show that heroin abusers are using OxyContin because the pharmaceutical drug offers reliable strength and dosage levels.

The majority of methamphetamine in the U.S. is produced in clandestine laboratories, mostly in rural areas throughout the United States.

If opiate addicts do not receive regular doses of opiates, they will start going through withdrawal, which is a very painful process.


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 Buchanan:

Old City Class Building
205 East Dewey
Buchanan, Michigan 49107

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 10:00 AM
Sunday, 10:00 AM
Tuesday, 10:00 AM
Wednesday, 10:00 AM
Saturday, 10:00 AM
Thursday, 10:00 AM
Friday, 10:00 AM

Old City Class Building 2
Old City Class Building
205 East Dewey
Buchanan, Michigan 49107

AA Meeting Days and Times
Saturday, 8:00 PM
Friday, 8:00 PM
Thursday, 8:00 PM
Wednesday, 8:00 PM
Tuesday, 8:00 PM
Monday, 8:00 PM
Sunday, 8:00 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Buchanan, Michigan as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Buchanan, Michigan. 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 Buchanan, Michigan.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
85%
12%
3%
Marijuana use in Buchanan, Michigan.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
77%
23%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
15%
82%
3%
Perception of Alcohol in Buchanan, Michigan.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
9%
85%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
82%
13%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
30%
44%
25%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Buchanan, Michigan?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
2%
4%
1%
2%
1%
3%
75%
5%
1%
6%
Most common first drug experience in Buchanan, Michigan?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
6%
3%
4%
3%
5%
12%
3%
8%
9%
21%
8%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Buchanan, Michigan schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Buchanan, Michigan under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
93%
4%
Have you ever gone to school in Buchanan, Michigan under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
93%
7%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Buchanan, Michigan?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
6%
2%
4%
2%
5%
14%
4%
6%
10%
17%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
16%
58%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
19%
81%
Surveys updated monthly.

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