




Eastman, Georgia
Eastman, GA Profile
Eastman, GA, population 5,440 , is located
in Georgia's Dodge county,
about 107.3 miles from Columbus and 112.4 miles from Augusta.
In the 90's the population of Eastman has grown by about 6%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Eastman has been declining at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Eastman Statistics
Eastman Gender Information
Males in Eastman: 2,620 (48%)
Females in Eastman: 2,820 (52%)
As % of Population in Eastman
Race Diversity in Eastman
White: 60%
African American: 37%
Other/Mixed: 3%
As % of Population in Eastman
Age Diversity in Eastman
Median Age in Eastman: 34.5 (Males in Eastman: 29.5, Females in Eastman: 39.6)
Eastman Males Under 20: 19%
Eastman Females Under 20: 14%
Eastman Males 20 to 40: 11%
Eastman Females 20 to 40: 13%
Eastman Males 40 to 60: 11%
Eastman Females 40 to 60: 12%
Eastman Males Over 60: 8%
Eastman Females Over 60: 13%
Economics in Eastman
Eastman Household Average Size: 2.28 people
Eastman Median Household Income: $ 23,604
Eastman Median Value of Homes: $ 48,900
Eastman Location Information
Elevation: 362 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 4.8 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Eastman
Chauncey 9.2 Miles
Cadwell 12.6 Miles
Chester 13.6 Miles
Milan 14.2 Miles
Rhine 14.5 Miles
Abbeville 16.1 Miles
Cochran 16.7 Miles
Rentz 16.9 Miles
Dexter 17.6 Miles
Helena 17.6 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Eastman
(Population 100,000+)
Columbus 107.3 Miles
Augusta 112.4 Miles
Savannah 121.9 Miles
Athens 122.5 Miles
Atlanta 128.2 Miles
Tallahassee 138.0 Miles
Jacksonville 157.3 Miles
Columbia 176.0 Miles
Montgomery 182.9 Miles
Birmingham 229.6 Miles
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Facts
In 2005, the prevalence of last year cannabis use was about 2.5 times higher among men than women (7.8% as against 3.1%). This male-female ratio was marginally smaller in previous years (almost 2). Apparently the gender gap is not narrowing. Data from the 1999 National Household Survey on drug abuse suggest purity is partly responsible for the 75% of new heroin users who are snorting or smoking, not injecting the opiate. In 1991 the number of new users was 46%. According to the Household Survey, there were 1.5 million current cocaine users in 1999, representing 0.7% of the total population over 12. There were 413,000 current crack users (0.18%). While emotional maltreatment is a form of all types of child abuse and neglect, socializing children into a methamphetamine culture is particularly emotionally abusive. Children are exposed to a world of drug use and the violence associated with it. Children of methamphetamine using and producing parents may be taught to lie to authorities to cover their parents activities, steal materials for methamphetamine manufacture, and even make and use methamphetamine. More indirectly, children are socialized into a methamphetamine drug culture by observing their parents' behaviors. They see their parents' paranoid, high, and violent behaviors, and learn to respond to distress, perceive help from authorities, and adopt coping skills consistent with such an environment. Child welfare workers should be aware of socializing children, because it may pose challenges to providing services and establishing the worker-child relationship. |
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.
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.
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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