Carrolltown, Pennsylvania

Carrolltown, Pennsylvania is 68 miles E of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is in Cambria county. The town is part of the Johnstown metro area. The population of Carrolltown is 1,049.

The People and Families of Carrolltown

In Carrolltown, about 59% of adults are married.

It's notable that men are disproportionately common in Carrolltown.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Carrolltown had a median family income of $39,792.

Political Inclinations

The Democratic party attracted the largest share of donations from Carrolltown.

Carrolltown Housing

Of the housing in Carrolltown, approximately 83% is occupied by their owners. The average age of homes in the town is noticeably higher than in other similarly-sized communities.

Commuting

In Carrolltown, 88% of commuters drive to work. Carrolltown offers good access to public transportation.

High Points

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

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Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Carrolltown Public Transportation Use


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

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



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

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

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

There are no listings in Carrolltown, PA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Carrolltown, Pennsylvania:

Cove Forge Renewal Center at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 9.2 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
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)
Discovery House BC Inc Duncansville, PA 18.2 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Pyramid Healthcare Altoona, PA 18.8 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Altoona Regional Mental Health and Altoona, PA 18.9 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Dolminis Altoona, PA 18.9 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Pyramid Healthcare Inc Altoona, PA 18.9 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Alliance Medical Services Inc Johnstown, PA 19.8 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Home Nursing Agency Community Services Altoona, PA 20.9 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
White Deer Run of Altoona Altoona, PA 20.9 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
New Visions Chemical Dependency Prog Johnstown, PA 20.9 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
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
Peniel Ministries Johnstown, PA 21.1 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation 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)
Moore Counseling Services Tyrone, PA 25.4 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Cove Forge Behavorial Health System Williamsburg, PA 27.7 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
The Open Door Inc Blairsville, PA 28.8 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Southwest Behavioral Care Inc Torrance, PA 29.4 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Clearfield Jefferson Clearfield, PA 33.7 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Gateway Institute and Clinic Inc Clearfield, PA 36.1 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Saint Joseph Institute Inc Port Matilda, PA 37.6 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, 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
Monsour Medical Center Jeannette, PA 39.0 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment 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
Armstrong County Council on Kittanning, PA 39.5 miles from Carrolltown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction 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, Medicare, Private health insurance

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

Sometimes seen as a "white-collar" addiction, OxyContin abuse has been on the rise among all ethnic and economic groups.

As with other amphetamines, tolerance to methamphetamine is not completely understood, but known to be sufficiently complex that it cannot be explained by any single mechanism. The extent of tolerance and the rate at which it develops varies widely between individuals, and even within one person it is highly dependent on dosage, duration of use and frequency of administration. Many cases of narcolepsy were treated with methamphetamine for years without escalating doses or any apparent loss of effect.

Street amphetamine is typically about 10% pure.

A majority of teens aged 12 to 17 reported that they disapprove of their peers using substances. In 2008, 89.6 percent of teens "strongly" or "somewhat" disapproved of their peers smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day, which was similar to the rate of 89.7 percent in 2007, but higher than the 87.1 percent in 2002. Also in 2008, 82.7 percent strongly or somewhat disapproved of peers using marijuana or hashish once a month or more, which was similar to the 82.9 percent reported in 2007, but was an increase from the 80.4 percent reported in 2002. In addition, 87.0 percent of teens strongly or somewhat disapproved of peers having one or two drinks of an alcoholic beverage nearly every day in 2008, which was similar to the 86.6 percent reported in 2007, but was higher than the 84.7 percent reported in 2002.

An individual's perception of the risks of substance use has been shown to be related to whether he or she actually uses the substance (e.g., Bachman, Johnston, & O'Malley, 1998). In 2002, the State with the lowest rate of perceived great risk of using marijuana occasionally (once a month) among persons aged 12 or older was Massachusetts. Only about 25 percent of all persons aged 12 or older in Massachusetts thought that occasional use was a great risk. This is striking in that Massachusetts reported only a moderate rate (6.3 percent) of past month use of marijuana in the 12 or older age group. States in the West and Northeast accounted for most of the lowest rates of perceptions of great risk of marijuana use among persons aged 12 or older. In addition to Massachusetts, there were Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Seven of the States having the lowest perceived risks also reported rates in the highest fifth for past month marijuana use for persons aged 12 or older. Similarly, of the 10 States indicating the highest perceived risk of occasional marijuana use among persons aged 12 or older, six had past month marijuana use rates that were in the lowest fifth (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia).

Between 2000 and 2001, the rate of past month illegal drug use increased among both men (from 7.7 to 8.7 percent) and women (from 5.0 to 5.5 percent) aged 12 or older.


The following survey was completed by residents of Carrolltown, Pennsylvania as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Carrolltown, 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 Carrolltown, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
89%
7%
4%
Marijuana use in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
87%
11%
Perception of Alcohol in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
2%
91%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
91%
2%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
9%
68%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Carrolltown, 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
2%
14%
3%
1%
2%
0%
75%
2%
1%
0%
Most common first drug experience in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
6%
3%
8%
3%
4%
15%
3%
9%
5%
20%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
95%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
10%
86%
4%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
3%
2%
3%
2%
3%
14%
5%
7%
6%
23%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
5%
65%
27%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
35%
65%
Surveys updated monthly.

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