




Bellflower, California
Bellflower, CA Profile
Bellflower, CA, population 72,878 , is located
in California's Los Angeles county,
about 2.5 miles from Norwalk and 4.1 miles from Downey.
In the 90's the population of Bellflower has grown by about 18%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Bellflower has been growing at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Bellflower area were lower than California's average.
The same data shows violent crime levels to be higher than the California average.
Bellflower Statistics
Bellflower Gender Information
Males in Bellflower: 35,520 (49%)
Females in Bellflower: 37,358 (51%)
As % of Population in Bellflower
Race Diversity in Bellflower
White: 46%
African American: 13%
Native American: 1%
Asian: 10%
Hawaiian: 1%
Other/Mixed: 29%
As % of Population in Bellflower
Age Diversity in Bellflower
Median Age in Bellflower: 29.7 (Males in Bellflower: 28.8, Females in Bellflower: 30.5)
Bellflower Males Under 20: 18%
Bellflower Females Under 20: 17%
Bellflower Males 20 to 40: 16%
Bellflower Females 20 to 40: 17%
Bellflower Males 40 to 60: 10%
Bellflower Females 40 to 60: 11%
Bellflower Males Over 60: 5%
Bellflower Females Over 60: 6%
Economics in Bellflower
Bellflower Household Average Size: 3.09 people
Bellflower Median Household Income: $ 39,362
Bellflower Median Value of Homes: $ 172,600
Law Enforcement in Bellflower
Reported crimes in the Bellflower area during 2003:
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 7
Forcible rape: 24
Robbery: 219
Aggravated assault: 230
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 637
Burglary: 488
Larceny-theft: 1,370
Motor vehicle theft: 673
Arson: 21
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 3,361
Bellflower Location Information
Elevation: 71 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 6.1 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Bellflower
Lakewood 2.2 Miles
Artesia 2.2 Miles
Norwalk 2.5 Miles
Paramount 2.5 Miles
Cerritos 3.4 Miles
Downey 4.1 Miles
Hawaiian Gardens 4.3 Miles
East Compton 4.6 Miles
La Palma 4.7 Miles
Santa Fe Springs 4.9 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Bellflower
(Population 100,000+)
Norwalk 2.5 Miles
Downey 4.1 Miles
Long Beach 9.0 Miles
East Los Angeles 10.3 Miles
Fullerton 11.0 Miles
Anaheim 12.1 Miles
Garden Grove 12.5 Miles
Torrance 13.2 Miles
Los Angeles 13.9 Miles
El Monte 13.9 Miles
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Facts
Given the unknown impact of crack preparation practices on the risks for exposure to bloodborne pathogens, crack injection may be an important factor in the current HIV epidemic. While drug users have been injecting crack as early as 1990, crack injection is a hidden practice since few research studies or drug treatment providers ask injectors specifically about injecting crack. The fact that both young and older injectors initiated crack injection throughout the 1990s - increasingly in the late 1990s among this sample - indicates that crack injection remains an emerging practice that may expose new cohorts of injectors to infectious diseases. These findings suggest that HIV service providers, outreach workers, and researchers should ask crack users about mode of administration since smoking is generally assumed. Without more detailed inquiries into the modes of administrating crack, crack injection is likely to remain a largely hidden practice. Consequently, IDUs who inject crack will fail to be identified and targeted for interventions designed to reduce the risk of transmitting bloodborne pathogens and other harms associated with preparation practices particular to crack injection. DEA seized more than 3 million MDMA tablets during 2000, compared with 196 tablets in 1993. USCS also reported a large increase, seizing 3.5 million MDMA tablets in 1999 and 9.3 million tablets in 2000. Adolescent Transitions Program (ATP). ATP is a school-based program that uses a tiered approach to provide prevention services to students in middle and junior high school and their parents. The universal intervention directed to parents of all students in a school establishes a Family Resource Center. The selective intervention level, called the Family Check-Up, offers family assessment and professional support. The indicated level provides direct professional help to the family. A high is the feeling that drug users want to get when they take drugs. There are many types of highs, including a very happy or spacey feeling or a feeling that a person has special powers, such as the ability to fly or to see into the future. |
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.
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.
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 Overdose
A drug overdose occurs when you consume more drugs than your body can tolerate. Drug users are constantly flirting with the risk of a drug overdose. There is a
fine line between the high they're seeking and serious injury or death. While many victims of drug overdose recover without long term effects, there
can be serious consequences. Some drug overdoses cause the failure of major
organs like the kidneys or liver, or failure of whole systems like the
respiratory or circulatory systems. Patients who survive drug overdose may need
kidney dialysis, kidney or liver transplant, or ongoing care as a result of
heart failure, stroke, or coma. Death can occur in almost any drug overdose
situation, particularly if treatment is not started immediately.
Relapse
Relapse is a term used to describe when an individual who has quit using drugs starts using once again. A relapse can mean just a one time use, a long term continues period of using or anything in between after a period of sobriety has taken place. An individual begins to experience a psychological relapse long before their first use after
quitting. Some things that can lead to relapse both physically or psychologically include: 1. Being in the presence of drugs or alcohol, drug or alcohol users, or places where you used or bought chemicals. 2. Feelings we perceive as negative, particularly anger; also sadness, loneliness, guilt, fear, and anxiety. 3. Positive feelings that make you want to celebrate by using. 4. Listening to others past drug use stories and just dwelling on getting high. 5. Believing that you no longer have to worry (complacent). That is, that you are no longer stimulated to crave drugs/alcohol by any of the above situations or by anything else – and therefore maybe it’s safe for you to use occasionally.
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