




Mountain Home Afb, Idaho
Mountain Home AFB, ID Profile
Mountain Home AFB, ID, population 8,894 , is located
about 42.4 miles from Boise and 257 miles from West Valley City.
Through the 90's Mountain Home AFB's population has grown by about 50%.
Mountain Home Afb Statistics
Mountain Home Afb Gender Information
Males in Mountain Home Afb: 5,727 (64%)
Females in Mountain Home Afb: 3,167 (36%)
As % of Population in Mountain Home Afb
Race Diversity in Mountain Home Afb
White: 83%
African American: 7%
Native American: 1%
Asian: 3%
Other/Mixed: 6%
As % of Population in Mountain Home Afb
Age Diversity in Mountain Home Afb
Median Age in Mountain Home Afb: 25.4 (Males in Mountain Home Afb: 26.6, Females in Mountain Home Afb: 23.3)
Mountain Home Afb Males Under 20: 14%
Mountain Home Afb Females Under 20: 13%
Mountain Home Afb Males 20 to 40: 45%
Mountain Home Afb Females 20 to 40: 20%
Mountain Home Afb Males 40 to 60: 5%
Mountain Home Afb Females 40 to 60: 2%
Mountain Home Afb Males Over 60: 0%
Mountain Home Afb Females Over 60: 0%
Economics in Mountain Home Afb
Mountain Home Afb Household Average Size: 3.4 people
Mountain Home Afb Median Household Income: $ 31,634
Mountain Home Afb Median Value of Homes: $ 137,500
Mountain Home Afb Location Information
Land Area: 9.9 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Mountain Home Afb
Mountain Home 10.6 Miles
Grand View 12.2 Miles
Glenns Ferry 29.5 Miles
Melba 40.1 Miles
Kuna 41.2 Miles
Boise 42.4 Miles
Garden City 43.6 Miles
Meridian 46.9 Miles
Bliss 47.3 Miles
Nampa 48.7 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Mountain Home Afb
(Population 100,000+)
Boise 42.4 Miles
West Valley City 257.5 Miles
Salt Lake City 258.8 Miles
Provo 292.0 Miles
Reno 318.3 Miles
Spokane 327.5 Miles
Eugene 368.3 Miles
Portland 377.8 Miles
Salem 379.7 Miles
Vancouver 380.5 Miles
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Facts
Tolerance is one of such undesirable events. It usually develops if a drug is used for a long time. When the body gets used to it, medication loses its effectiveness and the larger dose is necessary to suppress the symptoms of anxiety, which returns to the patient as soon as the body stops responding to the drug properly. In fact, scientists confirm that the long-term use of benzodiazepines leads to increased anxiety. One more reason for the short-term therapy is the risk to develop dependence. Even the use of benzodiazepines at prescribed levels will lead to a dependence to the drug. The most vivid sign of physical dependence is the experiencing of withdrawal symptoms after the drug discontinuation, which include insomnia, nightmares, hypertension, tachycardia, anxiety, perceptual disturbances, distortion of all the senses, dysphoria, and, in rare cases, psychosis and epileptic seizures. Since all these symptoms are dangerous, the dose of the drug is lowered over a long period of time to avoid withdrawal. Recently, several teens have died after inhaling the chemical difluoroethane from a popular computer cleaning spray known as Dust-Off. Falcon, the manufacturer of Dust-Off, labels cans of Dust-Off with conspicuous warnings about misuse of the product. The product Dust-Off itself is not the source of the problem; it is only one example of hundreds of common household products with the potential to be abused by inhalant abusers. The illegal use of OxyContin, as well as other prescription drugs, has increased recently the 1999 NHSDA showed that approximately 9% of the U.S. population (19.9 million people) have used pain relievers illegally in their lifetime. An estimated 1.6 million Americans have used prescription type pain relievers non-medically for the first time in 1998. This represents a significant increase since the 1980's. When you visit your health care provider, he or she will ask you a number of questions about your alcohol use to determine whether you are having problems related to your drinking. Try to answer these questions as fully and honestly as you can. You also will be given a physical examination. If your health care provider concludes that you may be dependent on alcohol, he or she may recommend that you see a specialist in treating alcoholism. You should be involved in any referral decisions and have all treatment choices explained to you. |
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.
Dependence
Dependence is the compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences which can be severe; drug dependence is simply excessive use of a drug or use of a drug for purposes for which it was not medically intended. Physical dependence on a substance (needing a drug to function) is not necessary or sufficient to define addiction. There are some substances that don't cause addiction but do cause physical dependence (for example, some blood pressure medications) and substances that cause addiction but not classic physical dependence (cocaine withdrawal, for example, it does not have symptoms like vomiting and chills; it is mainly characterized by depression).
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.
Sobriety
Sobriety means the moderation in or abstinence from consumption of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs. When an individual with an addiction problem enters drug rehabilitation, their main goal is to attain long term sobriety. Unfortunately, sometimes drug addicts and alcoholics find they are able to sustain short periods of sobriety followed by a drug or alcohol relapse. This is why attending a drug or alcohol rehab will help the individual maintain their focus on sobriety. Often, it is only by getting help that individuals with severe drug addiction problems are able to achieve lasting sobriety.
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.
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