Palmyra, Pennsylvania

Palmyra, Pennsylvania is 24 miles NW of Lancaster, Pennsylvania (center to center) and 69 miles N of Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Lebanon county. The town is part of the Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle metro area. The population of Palmyra is 7,096.

The People and Families of Palmyra

In Palmyra, about 55% of adults are married. Adults in Palmyra are more likely than in most places to live alone.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Palmyra had a median family income of $49,091. A large stable middle class is one of the strengths of Palmyra. There aren't a lot of poor people in the town.

Political Inclinations

Among Palmyra political contributors, John Kerry was favored among Presidential candidates in 2004, with $13,150. The Democratic party attracted the largest share of donations from the town.

Palmyra Housing

Of the housing in Palmyra, approximately 58% is occupied by their owners. The average age of homes in the town is noticeably higher than in other similarly-sized communities. Palmyra offers a good supply of small apartments.

Commuting

In Palmyra, 92% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Palmyra7,096$49,091
Cornwall3,486$66,964
Elizabethtown11,887$52,214
Hummelstown4,360$50,572
Lebanon24,461$34,045
Middletown9,242$43,661
Penbrook3,044$44,375

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. State)
Top 12%Palmyra Well-Paid Single Women
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. State)
Top 16%Palmyra Well-Paid Single Men
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)
Top 17%Palmyra People in Middle Class or Better
Low Rate of Poverty
(vs. State)
Top 19%Palmyra Low Rate of Poverty


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

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



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Do you or someone you care about live in Palmyra, Pennsylvania and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Have you failed at trying to help someone with drug or alcohol addiction in Palmyra and have lost all hope? Drug and alcohol addiction are an epidemic in our society today. Someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol is just existing, not living. This can be a very sad and depressing existence to say the least. But all is not lost, and there are ways to treat addiction that actually work. The way out can be found at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Palmyra that will suit your treatment needs.

The reason a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Palmyra works for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism is because the individual will learn to overcome problems in life by confronting them, not by numbing them with drugs and alcohol. Once the individual starts confronting and handling life situations, they realize that they can actually cope with their problems and don't feel the need to compound them with drugs or alcohol.

Each individual is different, and there are a variety of treatment programs available in Palmyra to cater to individual needs. For example, there are Outpatient Treatment Centers, Short-term Treatment Facilities, Long-term Drug Treatment, Inpatient Drug Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

The two main aspects of addiction, physical and psychological, are what the individual will be addressing during the course of treatment at an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in Palmyra. Individuals will first begin by addressing the aspect of physical addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, which will help with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that ensue when a person stops using drugs or alcohol. The brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, which lessens the effect of the drug. This is how physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops. This is why someone using drugs has to take more and more of the substance to get the same effect. Abruptly stopping substance use is what causes the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms could last for days, weeks or even months depending on the individual's history of abuse. Hardcore drugs such as heroin have a particularly long and painful withdrawal period.

Right off the bat, an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility in Palmyra will get the individual started on a professional detoxification accompanied by psychological counseling. At the root of the individual's addiction to drugs or alcohol are these psychological issues. Once addressed, the individual's chances of relapse are decreased markedly.

Due to the structured environment and comprehensive program that an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program in Palmyra, PA. offers, it truly is the most successful method for treating drug and alcohol addiction. There is no stone left unturned, every area where the individual is having problems in life will be addressed.

As part of treatment in Palmyra, PA., the individual will be trained on how to react appropriately to situations in life and how to change his behavior patterns. Staff of an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center in Palmyra will work with the individual on how to respond to his environment, friends, family etc. when he returns home upon completion of treatment. It is expected that the individual will be able to appropriately handle the things which may have initially triggered his drug use. If not, these influences may produce psychological stressors which can cause the person to relapse. That is why professional treatment to address these psychological stressors is such an important aspect of the individual's recovery.

After having discontinued use of drugs or alcohol, research has shown that an addict's brain changes the ways it functions and responds to situations. This is yet another reason it is vital to seek professional help at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Palmyra, PA., instead of trying to stop on one's own. There is so much for an addict to overcome to achieve sobriety. It is no easy task, even with help. Seeking help at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Palmyra, PA. is an addict's best bet for a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. If you or someone you know is ready for a new life free of drugs and alcohol, find out what treatment options are available at an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility in Palmyra. No time is better than the present to end the cycle of addiction and all of the destruction that it creates. Help is waiting for you or someone you love today.

Getting Help

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

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

Timothy F Bennett Hershey, PA 3.0 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Timothy Bennett Hershey, PA 3.3 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Conewago Place Hummelstown, PA 6.9 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Lebanon Treatment Center Lebanon, PA 8.7 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Naaman Center Elizabethtown, PA 10.0 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Another Chance Counseling Lebanon, PA 10.0 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
New Perspective at Lebanon, PA 10.0 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Males, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Pennsylvania Counseling Services Lebanon, PA 10.0 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Conewago Place Inpatient Hummelstown, PA 10.9 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Weaver Counseling Harrisburg, PA 12.5 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Hear Inc Lititz, PA 12.9 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Daystar Center for Spiritual Recovery Harrisburg, PA 13.8 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Evergreen House of Catholic Charities Harrisburg, PA 13.8 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Gateway Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA 16.3 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Genesis House Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA 16.3 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Teen Challenge Harrisburg, PA 16.3 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Hospital Inpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
White Deer Run of Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA 16.3 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Abonnir Counseling Associates LLC West Chester, PA 16.3 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
New Insights Inc Lemoyne, PA 18.0 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Family Service of Lancaster County Lancaster, PA 20.8 miles from Palmyra
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance

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

Most of the individuals that become alcoholics or drug addicts are good people. It is the manifestation of drug addiction and alcoholism that changes their original character and decays their former ethics and morals.

It is common for loved ones of the individuals with a substance abuse problem to need ongoing support programs and services to help them cope with aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction, in order to understand and deal with the recovery process and support the addict's efforts to maintain long term sobriety after they go home.

When the myelin sheath that covers nerve fibers is damaged by inhalant use, an individual can experience muscle spasms, tremors, and difficulty walking and talking.

Among young adults 18 to 22 years old, full-time college students were less likely to be current cigarette smokers than their peers who were not enrolled full time in college. Cigarette use in the past month in 2008 was reported by 27.2 percent of full-time college students, less than the rate of 40.6 percent for those not enrolled full time.

The Drug Abuse Warning Network reports that cocaine-related emergency room visits, after increasing 78 percent between 1990 and 1994, remained level between 1994 and 1996, with 152,433 cocaine-related episodes reported in 1996.

In 2008, past month marijuana use was reported by 2.3 percent of teens aged 12 to 17 who strongly or somewhat disapproved of their peers using marijuana once a month or more, lower than the 27.1 percent of teens who reported that they neither approve nor disapprove of such behavior from their peers.


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 Palmyra:

Palmyra Sunday
Zion Episcopal Church
120 E Main St
Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 8:30 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Palmyra, Pennsylvania as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Palmyra, 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 Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
79%
13%
8%
Marijuana use in Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
96%
4%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
90%
6%
Perception of Alcohol in Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
15%
78%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
78%
20%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
6%
59%
25%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Palmyra, 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
6%
23%
3%
7%
4%
3%
33%
11%
2%
8%
Most common first drug experience in Palmyra, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
2%
3%
7%
3%
5%
11%
2%
7%
7%
21%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Palmyra, Pennsylvania schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Palmyra, Pennsylvania under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
92%
5%
Have you ever gone to school in Palmyra, Pennsylvania under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
10%
83%
7%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Palmyra, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
5%
2%
6%
3%
3%
13%
3%
7%
4%
27%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
21%
58%
20%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
90%
10%
Surveys updated monthly.

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