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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in San Pedro, CA

San Pedro is where the Port of Los Angeles is, and the city annexed it in 1909 specifically to control the harbor.

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo named the bay in 1542. The breakwater and dredging that made a working port of it were finished in the early twentieth century, and the fishing fleet that followed drew Croatian, Italian and Portuguese families whose descendants still run businesses along Sixth Street.

The Korean Friendship Bell stands in Angels Gate Park above the water, given by South Korea in 1976, and the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium sits below.

Longshore work through the ILWU has shaped the community for a century, and the union hall remains a center of local life.

The 110 terminates here, with Wilmington east and the Palos Verdes hills west.

Los Angeles County recorded 2,298 accidental drug overdose and poisoning deaths in 2025, a 6 percent fall from the previous year and the third consecutive annual decline, according to the county Department of Public Health. Deaths are down nearly 30 percent from the 2022 peak of 3,220, driven by a more than 40 percent reduction in fentanyl-related deaths.

San Pedro carries around 17 listed treatment programs, ten of them residential and 11 treating co-occurring serious mental illness — a high proportion for a community of its size.

Which Level of Care Do You Need

The local provision leans residential and dual-diagnosis. Counts come from the federal SAMHSA treatment locator.

Medically Supervised Detox

Detox manages withdrawal under clinical observation across several days. San Pedro carries around one detox program with a hospital inpatient option, with three more in Long Beach nearby.

Inpatient Residential Treatment

Residential care means living on site for weeks or months. Around ten residential programs operate in San Pedro, with 21 more in Long Beach across the harbor.

Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment

Outpatient care lets you keep working while attending sessions, which for longshore shift patterns means finding a program that can flex. San Pedro carries around six outpatient and three intensive outpatient programs.

Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment

Dual diagnosis care treats a substance use disorder and a mental health condition together rather than one after the other. Around 11 San Pedro programs treat co-occurring serious mental illness — one of the highest proportions of any community in the county.

Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living

Sober living homes provide substance-free housing after formal treatment ends. Certification of California recovery residences is by the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals rather than the state.

Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage

Dock and industrial work brings physical injury, and prescribed opioid analgesics for a work injury are a recognized route into opioid use disorder.

How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost in San Pedro

Where a substance use disorder followed a work-related injury, workers’ compensation may be relevant to treatment of the underlying condition, and ILWU members have their own benefit plan worth checking first. Los Angeles County provides no-cost substance use treatment at any provider in its network for anyone who meets the criteria, regardless of immigration status, and an intake appointment should be scheduled within ten calendar days of a screening.

Does Insurance Cover Rehab in San Pedro

Interpretation is a legal requirement for any program receiving federal funding. A language barrier should not mean being turned away.

Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in San Pedro, CA

Los Angeles County delivers publicly funded treatment through its Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System, administered by the Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control.

Treatment through the county network is provided at no cost to anyone meeting the criteria, regardless of immigration status.

The LA County Help Line on 800-854-7771 is free, confidential and staffed 24 hours a day, with translation available.

Around 181 county programs run sliding fee scales, and naloxone distribution has expanded substantially across the county.

More Help and Recovery Support

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro is in the community with a full emergency department, and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center — a county hospital with a Level I trauma center — is around fifteen minutes north.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets daily throughout San Pedro through the Los Angeles Central Office, with Spanish-language groups available. Narcotics Anonymous operates through the Southern California Region, and the waterfront promenade is the kind of daily routine many programs actively encourage.

Rehab Seekers is a directory. The information on this page is for general reference and is not medical advice. Decisions about treatment should be made with a licensed clinician who knows your history. If you or someone you care about is in immediate danger, call 911.

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