Albuquerque, NM Profile

Albuquerque, NM, population 448,607 , is located in New Mexico's Bernalillo county, about 230.2 miles from El Paso and 246.8 miles from Pueblo.

In the 90's the population of Albuquerque has grown by about 17%. It is Estimated in recent years the population of Albuquerque has been growing at an annual rate of 1.6 percent.

Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Albuquerque area were higher than New Mexico's average. The same data shows violent crime levels to be higher than the New Mexico average.

Albuquerque Statistics Albuquerque Gender Information

Males in Albuquerque: 217,887 (49%)
Females in Albuquerque: 230,720 (51%)

As % of Population in Albuquerque in Albuquerque    

Race Diversity in Albuquerque

White: 72%
African American: 3%
Native American: 4%
Asian: 2%
Other/Mixed: 19%

As % of Population in Albuquerque in Albuquerque          

Age Diversity in Albuquerque

Median Age in Albuquerque: 34.9 (Males in Albuquerque: 33.6, Females in Albuquerque: 36.1)

Albuquerque Males Under 20: 14%     Albuquerque Females Under 20: 14% Albuquerque Males 20 to 40: 15%     Albuquerque Females 20 to 40: 15% Albuquerque Males 40 to 60: 13%     Albuquerque Females 40 to 60: 14% Albuquerque Males Over 60: 7%     Albuquerque Females Over 60: 9%

Economics in Albuquerque in Albuquerque

Albuquerque Household Average Size: 2.4 people
Albuquerque Median Household Income: $ 38,272
Albuquerque Median Value of Homes: $ 123,700

Law Enforcement in Albuquerque

Reported crimes in the Albuquerque area during 2003:

Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 51
Forcible rape: 263
Robbery: 1,080
Aggravated assault: 3,045
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 947

Burglary: 5,543
Larceny-theft: 19,663
Motor vehicle theft: 4,088
Arson: 65
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 6,249

Albuquerque Location Information
Elevation: 4,955 feet above sea level. Land Area: 132.2 Square Miles. Water Area: 0.6 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Albuquerque South Valley 5.4 Miles Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 5.4 Miles North Valley 6.3 Miles Rio Rancho 10.3 Miles Corrales 10.9 Miles Carnuel 11.1 Miles Isleta Village Proper 12.4 Miles Pueblo of Sandia Village 12.6 Miles Tijeras 14.9 Miles Cedar Crest 15.8 Miles Big Cities Nearest Albuquerque (Population 100,000+) El Paso 230.2 Miles Pueblo 246.8 Miles Amarillo 272.7 Miles Colorado Springs 278.3 Miles Lubbock 293.0 Miles Tucson 315.8 Miles Mesa 317.2 Miles Gilbert 317.3 Miles Scottsdale 319.0 Miles Chandler 321.3 Miles


The listings in Albuquerque, New Mexico and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one living in Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico; 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 Albuquerque Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Albuquerque, NM. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Long-term Treatment Programs, Outpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, Inpatient Treatment Programs, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque, NM. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Albuquerque Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility 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 Albuquerque, NM. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 Albuquerque have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center 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 Albuquerque will then be able to begin a directed, Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program 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 Albuquerque, NM. 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 Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility , the individual from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque, NM. 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 Albuquerque, 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are a total of 23 listings in Albuquerque, New Mexico:

Albuquerque Day Reporting Center Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab 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, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Albuquerque Family Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Albuquerque Healthcare Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Access to Recovery
Bernalillo County Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Crossroads Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Evolution Group Inc Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug 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, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
First Nations Community Healthsource Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, General Health Services, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Hogares Outpatient Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Lighthouse Counseling Inc Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, 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), Access to Recovery
Metamorphosis New Mexico Inc Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Metro Treatment of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
NM Department of Health Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Pathways Inc Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Recovery Services of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Saint Martins Hospitality Center Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Sixth Street Clinic Inc Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
TRS Behavioral Care Inc Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Turquoise Lodge Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, 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)
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
University of New Mexico CASAA Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, 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)
University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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)
Veterans Administration New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center Albuquerque, NM
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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

Violent behavior that is reported to be attributed to drug or alcohol abuse and addiction includes 44% of murders, 21% of suicides and over 50% of the episodes of child abuse in the United States.

The percentage of teens who reported that drugs would be easy to obtain if they wanted some was associated with age, with perceived availability increasing with age. For example, in 2005, 22.0 percent of those aged 12 or 13 said it would be fairly or very easy to obtain marijuana compared with 53.8 percent of those aged 14 or 15 and 75.5 percent of those aged 16 or 17.

Among adults aged 18 or older with past year SMI in 2008, the rate of binge alcohol use (drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion [i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other] on at least 1 day in the past 30 days) was 29.4 percent, which was higher than the 24.6 percent among adults who did not meet the criteria for SMI. Similarly, the rate of heavy alcohol use (drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days) among adults with SMI in the past year (11.6 percent) was higher than the rate reported among adults without SMI in the past year (7.3 percent).

Crystal methamphetamine use can cause an individual who uses it to have psychotic symptoms that have sometimes been known to persist for months or even years after the individual has stopped using the toxic drug.

Because amphetamine?s withdrawal symptoms are magnified in chronic users who abruptly stop taking the drug, it is recommended that the amphetamine user participate in a residential drug treatment program specializing in this type of withdrawal and addiction treatment.

Rates of SMI in 2008 were highest for adults aged 18 to 25 (7.4 percent) and lowest for adults aged 50 or older (2.3 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 Albuquerque:

Foothills
Juan Tabo & Menaul
Menaul
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87101

AA Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 8:00 AM
Friday, 4:30 PM

Friday Night Smokeless
Faith Lutheran Church
10000 Spain Road Northeast
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 8:00 PM

Goodfellas
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
1500 Chelwood Park Ne
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87112

AA Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 7:00 PM

S.o.s. Men's Group
Faith Lutheran Church
10000 Spain Road Northeast
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 7:00 PM

Sick At Six Lol
Wyoming & Lomas
Lomas
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87101

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 6:00 PM

Sunrise Group
Heights Club
8520 Marble Ave Ne
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 6:30 AM
Drug Addiction doesn't just destroy the addict, it destroys everything around them. Families and friends that have been affected by a loved one using drugs and need help can attend Nar-Anon meetings to get help for dealing with someone else's addiction that is close to them. Nar-Anon meetings in Albuquerque:

New Beginnings Church
3601 Montgomery Blvd NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 6:30PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
75%
14%
11%
Marijuana use in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
76%
24%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
90%
10%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
83%
8%
Perception of Alcohol in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
11%
81%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
98%
2%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
92%
5%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
1%
65%
24%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Albuquerque, New Mexico?
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%
5%
2%
0%
3%
2%
67%
10%
3%
4%
Most common first drug experience in Albuquerque, New Mexico?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
6%
3%
3%
3%
2%
13%
5%
11%
4%
18%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Albuquerque, New Mexico schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Albuquerque, New Mexico under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
10%
78%
12%
Have you ever gone to school in Albuquerque, New Mexico under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
91%
5%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Albuquerque, New Mexico?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
3%
2%
5%
2%
3%
13%
5%
11%
6%
20%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
30%
47%
21%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
64%
36%
Surveys updated monthly.

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