



Kettleman City, California
Kettleman City, CA Profile
Kettleman City, CA, population 1,499 , is located
in California's Kings county,
about 52.2 miles from Fresno and 68.8 miles from Bakersfield.
In the 90's the population of Kettleman City has grown by about 6%.
Kettleman City Statistics
Kettleman City Gender Information
Males in Kettleman City: 827 (55%)
Females in Kettleman City: 672 (45%)
As % of Population in Kettleman City
Race Diversity in Kettleman City
White: 27%
Native American: 2%
Other/Mixed: 71%
As % of Population in Kettleman City
Age Diversity in Kettleman City
Median Age in Kettleman City: 24.1 (Males in Kettleman City: 24.2, Females in Kettleman City: 23.9)
Kettleman City Males Under 20: 22%
Kettleman City Females Under 20: 19%
Kettleman City Males 20 to 40: 20%
Kettleman City Females 20 to 40: 14%
Kettleman City Males 40 to 60: 10%
Kettleman City Females 40 to 60: 9%
Kettleman City Males Over 60: 4%
Kettleman City Females Over 60: 3%
Economics in Kettleman City
Kettleman City Household Average Size: 4.68 people
Kettleman City Median Household Income: $ 22,409
Kettleman City Median Value of Homes: $ 60,800
Kettleman City Location Information
Elevation: 234 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 0.2 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Kettleman City
Avenal 9.4 Miles
Stratford 14.7 Miles
Huron 15.6 Miles
Westhaven-Moonstone 17.1 Miles
Lemoore Station 22.5 Miles
Lemoore 22.6 Miles
Corcoran 23.3 Miles
Coalinga 24.1 Miles
Armona 25.5 Miles
Home Garden 27.3 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Kettleman City
(Population 100,000+)
Fresno 52.2 Miles
Bakersfield 68.8 Miles
Salinas 105.1 Miles
Ventura 125.5 Miles
Modesto 126.5 Miles
Oxnard 132.9 Miles
Lancaster 137.2 Miles
Simi Valley 137.6 Miles
Santa Clarita 137.6 Miles
San Jose 141.3 Miles
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Facts
During the 1980s, increasing numbers of pregnant drug-dependent women went to medical facilities—some to receive ongoing prenatal care, but others only to deliver their babies without the benefit of any prenatal care. Such women fear the threat of confrontation with legal authorities. The general lack of women-oriented drug-treatment programs contributes to this major health problem—addiction in pregnancy. It has also contributed to increased medical and social maladies and mortality in such mothers and their infants. The most important illegal plants cultivated in Mexico were poppy and marijuana. Coca plantations did not exist. For many decades opium trafficking was the main source - but obviously not the only one - of Mexican traffickers revenues, the source of their primary accumulation. In the state of Sinaloa, people invented a special word, gomero, for opium traffickers. As David Musto says, even though there were some marijuana users in the thirties in the U.S.A., it was not until the sixties that marijuana consumption was generalised. The American authorities, especially Harry J. Anslinger, Chief of the Bureau of Narcotic Drugs (BND), were concerned about marijuana use in the U.S.A. There was a sort of marijuana hysteria in the media to which Anslinger contributed. The Marijuana Tax Act, to control the transportation and selling of the plant, was approved in 1937. Q: How can I get him to stop drinking? What can I do to make him see that he has a problem? In the United States, roughly 50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported each year, and approximately once every week, someone dies from this preventable condition. |
Residential Treatment
Residential treatment offers intensive drug addiction help over a period of weeks or months. This form of treatment has some advantages over out-patient treatment, although it may not be suitable for everyone. For example, those who are responsible for caring for young children may be better suited to attendance at an out patient treatment program. Residential treatment offers a safe, drug and alcohol-free environment where individuals can confront their own drug addiction and associated issues, with the help of qualified staff. Therapy usually consists of a mixture of group counseling, individual counseling and an introduction to the principles of a drug recovery program.
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.
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 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.
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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