




Luxora, Arkansas
Luxora, AR Profile
Luxora, AR, population 1,317 , is located
in Arkansas's Mississippi county,
about 42.5 miles from Memphis and 150.6 miles from Little Rock.
In the 90's the population of Luxora has declined by about 2%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Luxora has been declining at an annual rate of 1.2 percent.
Luxora Statistics
Luxora Gender Information
Males in Luxora: 613 (47%)
Females in Luxora: 704 (53%)
As % of Population in Luxora
Race Diversity in Luxora
White: 41%
African American: 56%
Other/Mixed: 3%
As % of Population in Luxora
Age Diversity in Luxora
Median Age in Luxora: 31.4 (Males in Luxora: 27.3, Females in Luxora: 32.8)
Luxora Males Under 20: 20%
Luxora Females Under 20: 18%
Luxora Males 20 to 40: 11%
Luxora Females 20 to 40: 14%
Luxora Males 40 to 60: 10%
Luxora Females 40 to 60: 12%
Luxora Males Over 60: 7%
Luxora Females Over 60: 10%
Economics in Luxora
Luxora Household Average Size: 2.76 people
Luxora Median Household Income: $ 20,304
Luxora Median Value of Homes: $ 36,500
Luxora Location Information
Elevation: 247 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 0.9 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Luxora
Osceola 4.2 Miles
Burdette 4.3 Miles
Victoria 7.2 Miles
Dell 9.4 Miles
Keiser 11.2 Miles
Blytheville 11.8 Miles
Marie 13.2 Miles
Gosnell 14.3 Miles
Wilson 14.5 Miles
Garland 15.2 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Luxora
(Population 100,000+)
Memphis 42.5 Miles
Little Rock 150.6 Miles
Clarksville 153.1 Miles
Nashville 178.3 Miles
St Louis 199.1 Miles
Huntsville 201.7 Miles
Evansville 201.9 Miles
Springfield 212.8 Miles
Birmingham 235.7 Miles
Jackson 239.6 Miles
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Facts
Treatment: A facility where recovering drug addicts learn about addiction, recovery and relapse while addressing misguided beliefs about self, others and their environment. Attending a Drug Abuse treatment program helps the recovering Drug Abuser make lifestyle changes, manage feelings and develop coping tools and drug refusal skills. In addition, they learn to identify relapse warning signs and challenge thoughts that may lead to relapse. Although generally positive, this year's MTF results for two drugs raise concerns and bear close monitoring. Lifetime abuse of inhalants among eighth-graders increased from 15.8 to 17.3 percent between 2003 and 2004. The survey showed that 8th- and 10th-graders' perceptions of the risks associated with abusing inhalants has declined in the past 3 years, suggesting a need to increase awareness of the potentially dangerous consequences of abusing these often inexpensive and easily obtainable intoxicants. The number of high school students using the painkiller OxyContin without medical supervision increased from 2002 to 2004. Past-year abuse of this drug—an opioid with a high potential for addiction—was disturbingly common at 1.7, 3.5, and 5.0 percent for grades 8, 10, and 12, respectively. Increased poppy production in the Golden Triangle is being felt on the streets of American cities. In the 1990s, heroin is back is a drug of choice and Southeast Asia is our main source. Between 1984 and 1990, Southeast Asia's share of the New York City heroin market rose from five to eighty percent. Following these trends, in early 1991 Southeast Asia's contribution to the US heroin supply shot to forty-five percent, up from just eighteen percent in 1987. Today, over eighty percent of all heroin seized in the United States comes from the Golden Triangle. While heroin can be sniffed, snorted or smoked, most users inject the drug into a muscle or vein. Heroin facts show that pregnant women who share needles are at risk of contracting HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and passing it on to their babies. |
Therapeutic Community
An effective therapeutic community attends to the many needs of the individual, not just his or her drug use. Care given at a therapeutic community addresses the individual's drug use and associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, and legal problems. Also, a therapeutic community will continue to be flexible and provide ongoing assessments of the individual's needs, which may change during the course of care.
Remaining in care at a therapeutic community for an adequate period of time is critical for treatment effectiveness. The time depends on an individual's needs. For most people, the significant improvement is reached at about 3 months in treatment.
Addiction Treatment
Addiction treatment is needed when an individual finds that they have developed a drug or alcohol addiction which they are not able to successful end on their own. With the help of addiction treatment, addicted individual can get help to control their drug taking behavior and live happy and successful lives. There are several addiction treatment options available for drug and alcohol addiction. Some of these options include self-help groups, counseling, drug rehabilitation programs (in and out-patient), and residential treatment facilities. Each of these differ
in their aims and outcomes and elements of these addiction treatment options are often
combined.
Drug Side Effects
Drug addiction and abuse comes with a heavy price. There are drastic drug side effects associated with drug misuse and abuse. Drug side effects from legal and illegal drugs can range from mild itching to comas and death. In addition to the physical drug side effects mentioned, there are many psychological drug side effects of drug abuse; the most serious being drug addiction and overdose.
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.
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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