




Dillingham, Alaska
Dillingham, AK Profile
Dillingham, AK, population 2,466 , is located
in Alaska's Dillingham (CA) county,
about 330.7 miles from Anchorage and 1,661 miles from Seattle.
In the 90's the population of Dillingham has grown by about 22%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Dillingham has been growing at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Dillingham area were lower than Alaska's average.
The same data shows violent crime levels to be higher than the Alaska average.
Dillingham Statistics
Dillingham Gender Information
Males in Dillingham: 1,273 (52%)
Females in Dillingham: 1,193 (48%)
As % of Population in Dillingham
Race Diversity in Dillingham
White: 36%
African American: 1%
Native American: 53%
Asian: 1%
Other/Mixed: 9%
As % of Population in Dillingham
Age Diversity in Dillingham
Median Age in Dillingham: 32.8 (Males in Dillingham: 31.7, Females in Dillingham: 33.8)
Dillingham Males Under 20: 20%
Dillingham Females Under 20: 17%
Dillingham Males 20 to 40: 13%
Dillingham Females 20 to 40: 13%
Dillingham Males 40 to 60: 15%
Dillingham Females 40 to 60: 14%
Dillingham Males Over 60: 4%
Dillingham Females Over 60: 4%
Economics in Dillingham
Dillingham Household Average Size: 2.75 people
Dillingham Median Household Income: $ 51,458
Dillingham Median Value of Homes: $ 132,800
Law Enforcement in Dillingham
Reported crimes in the Dillingham area during 2003:
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 0
Forcible rape: 10
Robbery: 0
Aggravated assault: 110
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 4,706
Burglary: 2
Larceny-theft: 41
Motor vehicle theft: 6
Arson: 0
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 1,922
Dillingham Location Information
Elevation: 85 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 32.7 Square Miles.
Water Area: 2.1 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Dillingham
Clark's Point 13.9 Miles
Aleknagik 17.1 Miles
Manokotak 21.8 Miles
Portage Creek 28.0 Miles
Ekwok 40.9 Miles
New Stuyahok 49.6 Miles
Naknek 55.9 Miles
South Naknek 56.8 Miles
Levelock 57.1 Miles
Koliganek 63.1 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Dillingham
(Population 100,000+)
Anchorage 330.7 Miles
Seattle 1,660.8 Miles
Bellevue 1,665.2 Miles
Tacoma 1,673.3 Miles
Vancouver 1,743.0 Miles
Portland 1,748.2 Miles
Salem 1,764.7 Miles
Eugene 1,807.9 Miles
Spokane 1,830.4 Miles
Boise 2,065.7 Miles
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Facts
Shortly after using heroin, a feeling of euphoria will come over users, in which they have a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth and the feeling of having "heavy" arms and legs. After the initial rush, heroin users will go into an alternately wakeful and drowsy state sometimes called "on the nod." Control over, and prevention of, the distribution and usage of narcotic drugs has been a major priority of the federal government and the various state governments since the early part of the twentieth century. Notwithstanding these efforts, statistics on the use of narcotics in the United States remain startling. According to statistics from the U.S. drug enforcement administration, between 10,000 and 24,000 metric tons of marijuana were available on American streets. This is in addition to large quantities of other forms of narcotics, including: 260–270 metric tons of cocaine, 110–140 metric tons of methamphetamine, and 13–18 metric tons of heroin. According to the National Household Drug Survey on Drug Abuse, conducted by the sub-stance abuse and mental health services administration, 55.6 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 25 said that they had used illicit drugs. This compares to 53.3 percent of respondents between the ages of 26 and 34, and 28.4 percent of respondents between the ages of 12 and 17. The National Institute on Drug Abuse's 2002 Monitoring the Future Study found that 53 percent of high-school seniors claimed to have used narcotics, including 41 percent who said that they had used drugs in the past year, and 25.4 percent who said that they had used drugs in the past month. The efforts of law enforcement officers have had some effect on the use and transfer of narcotics in the past, although these efforts have been costly. In 2001, federal agents seized approximately 1,215 metric tons of marijuana, 106 metric tons of cocaine, 3.6 metric tons of methamphetamine, and 2.5 metric tons of heroin. The costs to society in enforcing narcotics laws have continued to increase. In 1992, the total estimated costs to society of narcotics use was $102 billion. By 2000, this number had grown to $160 billion, including almost $15 billion in health care costs. In the nineteenth century, narcotics use was an unregulated activity, limited only by community mores and social stigma. Narcotics were available at grocery stores and through mail order, and cocaine was a key ingredient in many medicine remedies, as well as soda pop. Many veterans of the Civil War became addicted to the battlefield morphine. Addiction among members of the middle and upper classes was viewed more as a weakness of character than criminal behavior, although Chinese in the West and blacks in the South were readily stigmatized for drug use. Estimates of drug addiction ranged from 2 to 4 percent of the population at the end of the nineteenth century. Data has shown that people high on marijuana show the same lack of coordination on standard "drunk driver" tests as do people who have had to much to drink. Mexico. In the 1970s, Mexico began to smuggle significant amounts of heroin into the United States, replacing Turkey as the principal heroin supplier for U.S. addicts. Opium is grown and harvested twice a year—winter and spring—in Mexico's states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango. In the 1990s, harvesting has become year round, and cultivation has expanded to include Mexico's west coast from Sinaloa to the Mexican-Guatemalan border. Supplying an estimated 23 percent of the heroin consumed in the United States, Mexicantraffickers produce both traditional brown and black-tar heroin, although the predominant type smuggled into the United States is the black-tar type. Conversion from the popular "Mexican brown" in the 1970s to the black-tar variety is a result of traffickers using more cost-effective mobile laboratories. The mobile labs are much harder to detect and can move with the harvesters, as they go from field to field collecting the opium gum and producing the purer black tar preferred by U.S. addicts. Although the mobile labs are found near the fields, Mexican law-enforcement personnel are also finding them near towns and cities, where chemicals and security can be acquired more easily. The administration of President Carlos Salinas (1988-1994) instituted effective law enforcement, including strong measures to combat official corruption, a 40 percent increase in opium eradication, and increased cocaine interdiction. |
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.
Drug Rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a place or program that an individual enters to treat a drug or alcohol addiction. Through therapy and education, the individual is restored to their former non-drug using self. They are then able to re-enter society clean and sober. There are many reasons why a person would need to attend a drug rehabilitation program. Some of the many reasons are: the inability to control their drinking or drug use, alienating their friends and family, problems with the law, and problems at work. Also, there are several different types of drug rehabilitation programs available: inpatient, outpatient, residential, short-term, and long-term.
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.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism, also known as "alcohol dependence," is a condition that includes craving and continued alcohol abuse despite repeated drinking-related problems, such as losing a job or getting into trouble with the law. It includes four major areas: Craving: - A strong need, or compulsion, to drink. Impaired control: -The inability to limit one's drinking on any given occasion. Physical dependence: -Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety, when alcohol use is stopped after a period of heavy drinking. Tolerance: - The need for increasing amounts of alcohol in order to feel its effects.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is a pattern of repeated drug taking that usually results in tolerance (the need for greater amounts of the drug to achieve the same effect), withdrawal (physical and cognitive effects when drug use declines or stops), and compulsive drug taking behavior (drug taking that persists despite efforts to reduce intake and despite problems with family, friends, and work). Drug addiction encompasses a diverse range of drugs (such as alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines, and cocaine) and is caused by many different factors.
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