Grafton, West Virginia

Grafton, West Virginia, in Taylor county, is 76 miles S of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city contains a population of approximately 5,489.

The People and Families of Grafton

In Grafton, about 49% of adults are married. If you enjoy solitude, you might enjoy living in Grafton, which is home to many people who live alone.

The city has an abundance of women! Well, at any rate the famale/male ratio there is higher than in most places. Grafton boasts a large population of senior citizens with a wealth of life experience.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Grafton had a median family income of $28,661.

Political Inclinations

Among political parties, the Democratic party was tops in raising money in Grafton.

Crime and Safety

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

Grafton Housing

Grafton has, of course, a mix of various types of housing. Recently 70% of the livable housing units were owner-occupied. Housing stock in the city might be described as older since the age of the average home is on the high side. Rents in Grafton tend toward the low side for West Virginia.

Commuting

In Grafton, 93% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Grafton5,489$28,661
Bridgeport7,306$58,825
Clarksburg16,743$35,075
Fairmont19,097$37,126
Morgantown26,809$44,622
Pleasant Valley3,124$43,036

High Points

Grafton strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in West Virginia):

CategoryTrophy
Affordability of Rents
(vs. Peers)
Top 1%Grafton Affordability of Rents
Low Property Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%Grafton Low Property Crime
Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. Peers)
Top 4%Grafton Affordability of Property Taxes
Low Violent Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Grafton Low Violent Crime


The listings in Grafton, West Virginia and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Do you or someone you care about live in Grafton, West Virginia and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Have you failed at trying to help someone with drug or alcohol addiction in Grafton 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 an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Grafton that will suit your treatment needs.

The reason a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Grafton 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 Grafton to cater to individual needs. For example, there are Outpatient Treatment Facilities, Short-term Treatment Programs, Long-term Rehab Programs, Inpatient 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 Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program in Grafton. Individuals will first begin by addressing the aspect of physical addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Grafton, West Virginia, 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, a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center in Grafton 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 a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Grafton, WV. 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 Grafton, WV., the individual will be trained on how to react appropriately to situations in life and how to change his behavior patterns. Staff of a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program in Grafton 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 an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center in Grafton, WV., 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 a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Grafton, WV. 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 a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Grafton. 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 Grafton, West Virginia Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are 2 local Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Centers in Grafton, West Virginia. We have also provided 18 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Centers that are closest geographically to Grafton:

Valley Comprehensive Comm MH Ctr Inc Grafton, WV
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: 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)
Valley Healthcare System Grafton, WV
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Clarksburg Treatment Center Clarksburg, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
United Summit Center Clarksburg, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Fairmont General Hospital Center for Fairmont, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, 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)
Valley Comprehensive Comm MH Ctr Inc Fairmont, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: 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)
Olympic Center Preston Inc Kingwood, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Valley Healthcare System Kingwood, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, 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)
Chestnut Ridge Hosp WVU Hospitals Inc Morgantown, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Braxton County Fellowship Home Sutton, WV 17.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Halfway House
Olympia Center Preston Inc Kingwood, WV 18.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
Valley Alliance Treatment Services Inc Morgantown, WV 18.9 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Rainbow House Inc Gypsy, WV 20.1 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Halfway House
Appalachian Community Health Ctr Inc Buckhannon, WV 28.7 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, 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)
SPHS Care Center Waynesburg, PA 36.1 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Family Therapy Services Mc Henry, MD 36.9 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Garrett County Health Department Oakland, MD 37.8 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
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, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Addiction Specialists Uniontown, PA 42.9 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Fayette County Connellsville, PA 48.2 miles from Grafton
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, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Progressive Medical Specialists Inc Houston, PA 54.1 miles from Grafton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)

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

Among adults aged 18 to 25, an estimated 55.4 percent of girls and 66.3 percent of boys reported current drinking in 2005. These percentages are similar to 2004.

Prolonged use of Xanax and other similar type benzodiazepines can lead to physical drug dependence, even when it is taken at the prescribed doses.

People's perceptions of the risk of binge drinking were moderately related to their actual rates of binge drinking at the State level in 2002.2003. Eight of the States (Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) with the highest rates of binge use of alcohol in 2002.2003 also were States with the lowest perceived risk of binge drinking for the population aged 12 or older. Similarly Utah, the State with the lowest rate of binge use of alcohol among persons aged 12 or older (15.9 percent), also had the highest rate of perceived risk of that behavior (50.9 percent).

Among the 9.8 million adults aged 18 or older with SMI in 2008, 5.7 million (58.7 percent) used mental health services in the past year. Service use was higher among adults with SMI who were aged 50 or older (70.9 percent) and aged 26 to 49 (62.2 percent) than among adults aged 18 to 25 (40.4 percent).

According to a 2006 survey, there were 2.4 million current Opiate users aged 12 or older, which was the same as in 2005 but greater than in 2002 when the number was 2.0 million.

In addition to the initial feeling of euphoria, the short-term effects of heroin include a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and heavy extremities.


The following survey was completed by residents of Grafton, West Virginia as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Grafton, West Virginia. 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 Grafton, West Virginia.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
93%
2%
5%
Marijuana use in Grafton, West Virginia.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
85%
15%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
88%
12%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
88%
7%
Perception of Alcohol in Grafton, West Virginia.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
15%
9%
76%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
78%
22%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
6%
-4%
69%
29%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
14%
19%
3%
4%
6%
0%
48%
1%
2%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Grafton, West Virginia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
5%
2%
5%
2%
2%
11%
2%
11%
5%
25%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Grafton, West Virginia schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Grafton, West Virginia under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
19%
79%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Grafton, West Virginia under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
98%
2%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Grafton, West Virginia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
6%
2%
7%
3%
2%
15%
5%
6%
5%
20%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
25%
45%
27%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
16%
84%
Surveys updated monthly.

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