Blairsville, Pennsylvania

Blairsville, Pennsylvania, in Indiana county, is 38 miles E of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The town contains a population of approximately 3,607.

The People and Families of Blairsville

In Blairsville, about 54% of adults are married. If you enjoy solitude, you might enjoy living in Blairsville, which is home to many people who live alone.

The town boasts a large population of senior citizens with a wealth of life experience.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Blairsville had a median family income of $38,585.

Political Inclinations

Among political parties, the Republican party was tops in raising money in Blairsville.

Crime and Safety

Crime isn't one of the big worries for most people in the town.

Blairsville Housing

Blairsville has, of course, a mix of various types of housing. Recently 63% of the livable housing units were owner-occupied. Housing stock in the town might be described as older since the age of the average home is on the high side. Blairsville, among other things, is known as a good place for singles and couples to rent apartments.

Commuting

In Blairsville, 93% of commuters drive to work. Be careful driving aroung the town -- lots of residents enjoy bicycling and walking there.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Blairsville3,607$38,585
Greensburg15,889$41,112
Indiana14,895$47,192
Jeannette10,654$37,038
Johnstown23,906$28,279
Latrobe8,994$42,168
Vandergrift5,455$35,984

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Low Property Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%Blairsville Low Property Crime
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 15%Blairsville Walking and Biking to Work


The listings in Blairsville, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Are you battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol and live in Blairsville, Pennsylvania? Do you have a friend or family member that is addicted to drugs or alcohol in Blairsville 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Blairsville that will be appropriate for your treatment needs.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Blairsville 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 Blairsville are Outpatient Rehab Centers, Long-term Addiction Treatment Programs, Short-term Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Addiction Treatment Facilities, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Blairsville will target both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction. Individuals are treated for physical addiction by undergoing a detoxification program in Blairsville, Pennsylvania 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 Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Blairsville 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 Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility in Blairsville, PA. 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 Blairsville, 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 Blairsville, from an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program and even running into prior drug using friends or acquaintances in Blairsville. Upon completion of their program, the individual will be able to deal with the reminders and triggers in Blairsville 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 an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab 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 a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Blairsville, PA. 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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are 1 local Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Programs in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. We have also provided 19 additional Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facilities that are closest geographically to Blairsville:

The Open Door Inc Blairsville, PA
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Southwest Behavioral Care Inc Torrance, PA 3.0 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Monsour Medical Center Jeannette, PA 10.3 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
The Open Door Inc Indiana, PA 12.7 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
SPHS Behavioral Health Greensburg, PA 15.5 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Greensburg, PA 15.5 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, 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)
Greenbriar Treatment Center New Kensington, PA 17.8 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Medical Technical Rehab Servs LLC Greensburg, PA 18.0 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Outside in Pathway to Recovery Outpt Greensburg, PA 18.0 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Peniel Ministries Johnstown, PA 19.5 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Cove Forge Renewal Center at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 21.4 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Family ACTS Incorporated Ford City, PA 21.7 miles from Blairsville
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, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
RHJ Medical Center Inc Hunker, PA 21.9 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
New Visions Chemical Dependency Prog Johnstown, PA 21.9 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Alliance Medical Services Inc Johnstown, PA 23.8 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Armstrong County Council on Kittanning, PA 26.5 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Armstrong County Council on Alc and Kittanning, PA 26.9 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Jade Wellness Center Monroeville, PA 27.2 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Beal Counseling and Consulting Somerset, PA 29.8 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Family Services of Western PA Tarentum, PA 31.9 miles from Blairsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance

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

Among pregnant women aged 15 to 44, combined data for 2004 and 2005 indicated that the rate of past month cigarette use was 16.6 percent. The rate was higher among women in that age group who were not pregnant (29.6 percent).

Drug researchers have reported that long-term potentiating, or LTP, has been shown to be blocked in the brains of rats given as little as a single dose of morphine. The impact of even a single dose of the drug proved to be very powerful, with LTP continuing to be up to blocked 24 hours later -- long after the drug was out of the animal's system.

An important factor of drug abuse may be social circumstances, which can include: low self-esteem, emotional problems, and patterns of use in the addict's family, peer pressure, advertising or media influence.

For opiate addicts, the beginning of treatment is detoxification, a controlled and medically supervised withdrawal from opiates. Detox by itself is not a solution, because most addicts will eventually resume taking the drug unless they get further help.

Almost four fifths (77.9 percent) of teens aged 12 to 17 enrolled in school reported in 2005 they had seen or heard drug or alcohol prevention messages at school in the past year, a percentage similar to the 2004 estimate of 78.2 percent. Past month use of an illegal drug was lower for teens exposed to such messages in school (9.2 percent) than for teens not reporting such exposure (13.2 percent).

A common symptom of long-term meth abuse is the chronic sensation of insects crawling on the skin; the term for this condition is known as "fornication".


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 Blairsville:

First United Methodist Church
50 South Walnut Street
"Family First"
Blairsville, Pennsylvania

Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 7:00PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Blairsville, Pennsylvania as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. 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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Blairsville, Pennsylvania.
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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania.
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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania?
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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania?
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 Blairsville, Pennsylvania schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Blairsville, Pennsylvania under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Blairsville, Pennsylvania under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Blairsville, Pennsylvania?
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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