




Russellville, Alabama
Russellville, AL Profile
Russellville, AL, population 8,971 , is located
in Alabama's Franklin county,
about 66.8 miles from Huntsville and 86.5 miles from Birmingham.
In the 90's the population of Russellville has grown by about 15%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Russellville has been declining at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Russellville area were lower than Alabama's average.
The same data shows violent crime levels to be lower than the Alabama average.
Russellville Statistics
Russellville Gender Information
Males in Russellville: 4,239 (47%)
Females in Russellville: 4,732 (53%)
As % of Population in Russellville
Race Diversity in Russellville
White: 79%
African American: 11%
Other/Mixed: 10%
As % of Population in Russellville
Age Diversity in Russellville
Median Age in Russellville: 37.0 (Males in Russellville: 33.8, Females in Russellville: 40.7)
Russellville Males Under 20: 14%
Russellville Females Under 20: 13%
Russellville Males 20 to 40: 14%
Russellville Females 20 to 40: 13%
Russellville Males 40 to 60: 11%
Russellville Females 40 to 60: 12%
Russellville Males Over 60: 8%
Russellville Females Over 60: 15%
Economics in Russellville
Russellville Household Average Size: 2.44 people
Russellville Median Household Income: $ 25,333
Russellville Median Value of Homes: $ 68,000
Law Enforcement in Russellville
Reported crimes in the Russellville area during 2003:
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 1
Forcible rape: 1
Robbery: 3
Aggravated assault: 1
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 68
Burglary: 18
Larceny-theft: 42
Motor vehicle theft: 5
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 736
Russellville Location Information
Elevation: 760 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 12.8 Square Miles.
Water Area: 0.1 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Russellville
Littleville 6.4 Miles
Phil Campbell 10.9 Miles
Tuscumbia 15.5 Miles
Bear Creek 16.2 Miles
Muscle Shoals 16.8 Miles
Hodges 16.8 Miles
Hackleburg 16.9 Miles
Leighton 17.5 Miles
Sheffield 17.9 Miles
Haleyville 20.4 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Russellville
(Population 100,000+)
Huntsville 66.8 Miles
Birmingham 86.5 Miles
Nashville 126.5 Miles
Memphis 139.0 Miles
Clarksville 141.4 Miles
Chattanooga 142.4 Miles
Montgomery 169.5 Miles
Atlanta 198.3 Miles
Jackson 208.5 Miles
Columbus 212.2 Miles
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Facts
SEDATIVES AND HYPNOTICS. Sedatives and hypnotics are drug families that are often considered in one group called the sedative-hypnotics. These drugs depress or slow down the body's functions, and can be used to calm anxiety or to induce sleep. When taken in high doses or when abused, these drugs can cause unconsciousness or death. These drugs include barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Some barbiturates are amobarbital (Amytal), pentobarbital (Nembutal), and secobarbital (Seconal). Some benzodiazepines include diazepam (Valium), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), and lorazepam (Ativan). When a person dependent on these drugs stops taking them suddenly, he or she might experience restlessness, muscle cramps, anxiety, insomnia, irritability, paranoid behavior, and even seizures or death. Daily marijuana use has been shown to: Cause users to get lower grades and become less likely to graduate, compared to students who do not smoke. Significantly impair skills related to attention, memory and learning even after not smoking for 24 hours. Cause problems in sustaining and shifting attention. Effect the ability to register, organize and use information, even compared to occasional users of marijuana. Impair users' ability to recall words from a list even a week after quitting marijuana use. Many accidents are caused when teenagers, high on drugs, believe they are invincible and try to prove it, or are just so confused that they can't comprehend danger. No matter how careful people are when they are sober, drugs or alcohol can cloud their judgment and turn simple acts like crossing the street into life-threatening situations. Environmental Factors: Another behavioral approach focuses on people, places, and things in a person's environment that produce a craving for cocaine. These might include drug-using friends, drug paraphernalia, white powder, and places where cocaine is used. In therapy, the person is exposed repeatedly to those aspects of his or her environment. The difference is that, in the controlled conditions of therapy, cocaine is not available. As a result, the events or places that used to produce a craving gradually lose their ability to do so. Once the person breaks the connection between cocaine and certain places or certain things, he or she is less likely to use cocaine when in those places or exposed to those things. |
Abstinence
Abstinence is the act or practice of refraining from indulging a desire. The type of abstinence we are referring to here is abstinence from drugs and alcohol. This term has two connotations when it comes to abstaining from drugs. The first refers to drug or alcohol treatment programs that aim to help an individual stop using drugs or alcohol for the rest of their lives. The time abstinence is also used in drug education and prevention. It refers to trying to stop children from ever using drugs.
Sobriety
Sobriety means the moderation in or abstinence from consumption of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs. When an individual with an addiction problem enters drug rehabilitation, their main goal is to attain long term sobriety. Unfortunately, sometimes drug addicts and alcoholics find they are able to sustain short periods of sobriety followed by a drug or alcohol relapse. This is why attending a drug or alcohol rehab will help the individual maintain their focus on sobriety. Often, it is only by getting help that individuals with severe drug addiction problems are able to achieve lasting sobriety.
Intervention
An intervention is when a group of loved ones and/or a trained intervention counselor meets with the person in need of help for the purpose of breaking down their denial and motivating them to immediately seek drug addiction treatment. Often, individuals in the midst of drug addiction engage in a variety of self destructive behaviors. Although baffling to friends and family members such people generally either aren't aware on a conscious level that they have a drug addiction problem, or even when they know they have a problem they may cling to the false belief that the problem will somehow go away without any outside help. When an intervention is held a moment of clarity is created
for the addict. Most people struggling with the problem of drug or alcohol
addiction will accept help the very day of the intervention.
Detox
Detox is necessary when an individual through their chronic use of drugs or alcohol has developed an addiction. The objective of detox is to help the individual achieve a drug and alcohol free state. Detox is intended to relieve the physical symptoms of withdrawal and helps prepare the individual for entry into drug rehabilitation. Therefore, the ultimate goal of detox is preparation for long term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
Tolerance
Tolerance to a drug takes place when an individual is exposed to the same drug repeatedly and begins to build up an resistance to the drugs effects. The body then adapts and develops a tolerance for the drug. The addiction that is produced is so powerful that it creates cravings in the user. These cravings for the drug are the result of its impact on the individual's memory with feelings of pleasantness and euphoria which the individual has come to associate with the taking of the drug.
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