




Fern Creek, Kentucky
Fern Creek, KY Profile
Fern Creek, KY, population 17,870 , is located
in Kentucky's Jefferson county,
about 11.4 miles from Louisville and 61.9 miles from Lexington.
In the 90's the population of Fern Creek has grown by about 9%.
Fern Creek Statistics
Fern Creek Gender Information
Males in Fern Creek: 8,796 (49%)
Females in Fern Creek: 9,074 (51%)
As % of Population in Fern Creek
Race Diversity in Fern Creek
White: 88%
African American: 8%
Asian: 2%
Other/Mixed: 2%
As % of Population in Fern Creek
Age Diversity in Fern Creek
Median Age in Fern Creek: 34.6 (Males in Fern Creek: 33.7, Females in Fern Creek: 35.4)
Fern Creek Males Under 20: 15%
Fern Creek Females Under 20: 14%
Fern Creek Males 20 to 40: 15%
Fern Creek Females 20 to 40: 15%
Fern Creek Males 40 to 60: 14%
Fern Creek Females 40 to 60: 15%
Fern Creek Males Over 60: 6%
Fern Creek Females Over 60: 7%
Economics in Fern Creek
Fern Creek Household Average Size: 2.68 people
Fern Creek Median Household Income: $ 53,688
Fern Creek Median Value of Homes: $ 112,600
Fern Creek Location Information
Land Area: 5.8 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Fern Creek
Hollow Creek 2.1 Miles
Highview 2.3 Miles
Spring Mill 2.6 Miles
Jeffersontown 2.7 Miles
Forest Hills 3.8 Miles
Newburg 3.9 Miles
Houston Acres 4.0 Miles
Hurstbourne Acres 4.2 Miles
Buechel 4.3 Miles
Cambridge 4.6 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Fern Creek
(Population 100,000+)
Louisville 11.4 Miles
Lexington 61.9 Miles
Cincinnati 92.4 Miles
Evansville 107.9 Miles
Indianapolis 115.4 Miles
Dayton 133.7 Miles
Clarksville 149.0 Miles
Nashville 152.9 Miles
Knoxville 177.8 Miles
Columbus 186.7 Miles
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Facts
Youths who reported illicit drugs were fairly or very easy to obtain were more likely to use drugs. For example, almost 12 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 who reported that marijuana was fairly or very easy to obtain also reported using marijuana/hashish during the past month compared to 1 percent of those reporting that marijuana was difficult to obtain. Approximately 7 percent of those reporting that marijuana was fairly or very easy to obtain also reported using other illicit drugs compared to 2 percent of those reporting that marijuana was difficult to obtain. "In the United States, approximately three-fourths of all deaths among persons aged 10--24 years result from only four causes: motor-vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Results from the 1999 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey demonstrate that numerous high school students engage in behaviors that increase their likelihood of death from these four causes...[including alcohol and illicit drug use]" Ecstasy behaves differently than other controlled substances. Some scientists call it an "entactogen" (ent-AK-tuh-jenn), meaning that it enhances feelings of kindness, well-being, and empathy or understanding. Others call it a stimulant—a substance that increases the activity of a living organism or one of its parts. In the body, ecstasy works like a combination of AMPHETAMINES and hallucinogens. Like amphetamines, it stimulates users, making them more likely to dance for long periods and interact with others in a most outgoing way. Like hallucinogens, ecstasy heightens sensations, particularly those having to do with happiness and intimacy. Ecstasy use increased every year between 1990 and 2001. With that increase came a better understanding of the drug's pitfalls and how it affected human beings over time. Current statistics indicate that ecstasy use is declining as those experimenting with it have become aware of its dangers. Deaths among ecstasy users have been reported in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. North America, most notably the United States, faces a two-pronged threat from methamphetamine. According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 65% of the methamphetamine available in the U.S. is produced in Mexico; the balance is produced in clandestine laboratories in the U.S. Although the number of large-scale laboratories seized in the U.S. has declined in recent years , the number of small improvised laboratories has increased. According to data from the National Clandestine Laboratory Seizure System , there were more than 10,000 clandestine laboratories seized in the U.S. in 2003. The number of methamphetamine laboratories seized in Canada was far smaller. Canadian authorities have recently addressed the country’s methamphetamine problem by tightening precursor chemical controls and raising the penalties for methamphetamine trafficking. Although MDMA trafficking and abuse in both countries appear to be declin ing, the drug is still readily available. Illicit drug abuse among the Nation's youth declined by almost 7 percent from 2003 to 2004, continuing an encouraging trend that began in 2001. At the same time, the latest report from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey shows a recent increase in the abuse of inhalants among eighth-graders and the painkiller OxyContin among all students surveyed. |
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".
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).
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.
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.
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.
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