




Camp Pendleton South, California
Camp Pendleton South, CA Profile
Camp Pendleton South, CA, population 8,854 , is located
about 11.3 miles from Oceanside and 25 miles from Escondido.
Camp Pendleton South Statistics
Camp Pendleton South Gender Information
Males in Camp Pendleton South: 5,319 (60%)
Females in Camp Pendleton South: 3,535 (40%)
As % of Population in Camp Pendleton South
Race Diversity in Camp Pendleton South
White: 62%
African American: 14%
Native American: 2%
Asian: 4%
Hawaiian: 1%
Other/Mixed: 17%
As % of Population in Camp Pendleton South
Age Diversity in Camp Pendleton South
Median Age in Camp Pendleton South: 21.8 (Males in Camp Pendleton South: 21.6, Females in Camp Pendleton South: 22.2)
Camp Pendleton South Males Under 20: 23%
Camp Pendleton South Females Under 20: 18%
Camp Pendleton South Males 20 to 40: 35%
Camp Pendleton South Females 20 to 40: 20%
Camp Pendleton South Males 40 to 60: 2%
Camp Pendleton South Females 40 to 60: 2%
Camp Pendleton South Males Over 60: 0%
Camp Pendleton South Females Over 60: 0%
Economics in Camp Pendleton South
Camp Pendleton South Household Average Size: 3.53 people
Camp Pendleton South Median Household Income: $ 32,829
Camp Pendleton South Median Value of Homes: $ 79,300
Camp Pendleton South Location Information
Land Area: Square Miles.
Water Area: Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Camp Pendleton South
Fallbrook 10.1 Miles
Oceanside 11.3 Miles
San Clemente 12.0 Miles
Bonsall 12.3 Miles
Carlsbad 14.2 Miles
Vista 15.0 Miles
Rainbow 16.4 Miles
San Juan Capistrano 17.1 Miles
Dana Point 17.7 Miles
Murrieta 18.3 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Camp Pendleton South
(Population 100,000+)
Oceanside 11.3 Miles
Escondido 25.4 Miles
Irvine 31.7 Miles
Costa Mesa 34.8 Miles
Corona 36.9 Miles
Santa Ana 37.2 Miles
Orange 38.9 Miles
Huntington Beach 39.4 Miles
Riverside 41.4 Miles
Garden Grove 41.6 Miles
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Facts
Nutritional deficiencies associated with drug addiction are due largely to the lack of proper food intake, which may result in iron and folic-acid deficiency anemias. Toxic responses to narcotics may contribute to malnutrition by interfering with the body's ability to absorb or utilize nutrients. Abnormalities result because of the high incidence of altered function of the intestine, liver, and pancreas; malnutrition is often related to the presence of liver disease (since nausea causes addicts to eat infrequently or to vomit). Low sugar levels in the bloodstream or certain vitamin (B6, thiamine) and mineral (magnesium) deficiencies may cause seizures in both alcoholics and drug addicts. Hepatitis, a viral infection of the liver, often accompanies the abuse of injectable drugs; it causes addicts to eat infrequently—due to fatigue, swollen liver, nausea, and vomiting—which in turn diminishes the intake of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Consequently, intensive diet therapy is needed in correcting drug and alcohol addiction—to balance fluids, electrolytes, trace elements, minerals, and vitamins—especially in acutely ill patients. In addition to many potential medical problems, the lifestyle of some pregnant addicts becomes burdensome. To meet the high cost of maintaining a drug habit, she may often indulge in robbery, forgery, the sale of drugs, and/or prostitution. Because most of her day may be consumed by the activities of either obtaining drugs or using drugs, she spends most of her time unable to function in society's usual activities. She may have intermittent periods of normal alertness and well-being, but for most of the day, she will be either "high" or "sick." The high (euphoric) state will keep her sedated or tranquilized, absorbed in herself, and incapable of ful-filling familial responsibility. The sick (withdrawal) state is generally characterized by craving for more drugs, malaise, nausea, tearing, perspiration, tremors, vomiting, diarrhea, and cramps. Since hormonal changes in pregnancy manifest some of these symptoms in nondrug users, the sick state may be more frequent or intensified for addicts. For a drug addict, not having a dose of the drug, dopamine levels in the drug abuser's brain are low. The abuser feels flat, lifeless, depressed. Without drugs, an abuser's life seems joyless. Now the abuser needs drugs just to bring dopamine levels up to normal levels. Larger amounts of the drug are needed to create a dopamine flood or high, an effect known as tolerance. Marijuana has a wide range of pharmacologic effects that suggest actions like those of stimulants such as the AMPHETAMINES, hallucinogens such as LSD, and depressants such as alcohol, SEDATIVES, atropine, or MORPHINE. Thus, marijuana does not fit any single traditional pharmacologic classification, and, hence, must be considered as a separate class. Cocaine traffickers from Colombia, and recently Mexico, have also established a labyrinth of smuggling routes throughout the Caribbean, the Bahama Island chain, and South Florida. |
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.
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.
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.
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 Abuse
Drug abuse is defined as the chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance to alter states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Drug abuse is a problem which has an effect on people of all income levels,
ages, and stations in life. Quite often the last person to see that there is a
problem is the drug abuser them self. Every year, more and more people become
drug addicts in their pursuit to get "high".
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