LGBTQ Drug Rehab in Colorado

Treatment rules and programs in Colorado

Who oversees treatment

The Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), part of the Colorado Department of Human Services, serves as the State Single Authority for substance abuse services and also oversees licensing and designation of behavioral health providers.

Prescription monitoring

The Colorado PDMP is run by the Division of Professions and Occupations within the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA); it is the state's system for tracking controlled substance prescriptions.

Public coverage for treatment

Colorado's Medicaid program is Health First Colorado, which covers substance use treatment across levels of care, including outpatient care, withdrawal management, residential treatment and medication-assisted treatment.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Colorado's 911 Good Samaritan statute gives immunity from arrest and prosecution for certain drug and alcohol possession offenses to a person who reports an overdose in good faith or helps the person in need, and to the person who overdosed, if they stay and cooperate with responders.

Court-ordered treatment

Colorado has a civil process under C.R.S. 27-81-111 and 27-81-112 with two stages: emergency commitment to a withdrawal management program, and court-ordered involuntary commitment to treatment as a last resort. The state page uses these formal terms rather than a common nickname.

Featured drug treatment programs in Colorado

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

How drug rehab works

Good drug rehab treats the whole picture: the drug, any mental health conditions, physical health and the social life around use. If you use more than one substance, tell the program so the plan covers all of them.

LGBTQ Drug Rehab by city in Colorado

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Denver
• Colorado Springs
• Aurora
• Fort Collins
• Lakewood
• Pueblo
• Thornton
• Grand Junction
• Greeley
• Boulder
• Arvada
• Westminster
• Centennial
• Highlands Ranch
• Longmont
• Lafayette
• Loveland
• Broomfield
• Castle Rock
• Commerce City
• Parker
• Littleton
• Brighton
• Security-Widefield
• Northglenn
• Englewood
• Dakota Ridge
• Firestone
• Ken Caryl
• Pueblo West
• Wheat Ridge
• Fountain
• Windsor
• Cañon City
• Erie
• Columbine
• Montrose
• Evans
• Johnstown
• Louisville
• Golden
• Clifton
• Durango
• Silverthorne
• Sherrelwood
• Cimarron Hills
• Welby
• Sterling
• Greenwood Village
• Fort Carson
• Steamboat Springs
• Black Forest
• Frederick
• Fruita
• Fort Morgan
• Superior
• Lone Tree
• Federal Heights
• Cherry Creek
• Glenwood Springs
• Berkley
• Woodland Park
• Rifle
• The Pinery
• Castle Pines
• Alamosa
• Wellington
• Fort Lupton
• Gunbarrel
• Craig
• Edwards
• Evergreen
• Monument
• La Junta
• Carbondale
• Lamar

Using your insurance

Before you call a program, have your insurance card ready and ask three things: is the program in network, does this level of care need prior authorization, and what will you owe after the deductible. Our insurance guides walk through major carriers.

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