



Cumberland Center, Maine
Cumberland Center, ME Profile
Cumberland Center, ME, population 2,596 , is located
in Maine's Cumberland county,
about 81.7 miles from Manchester and 96.5 miles from Lowell.
In the 90's the population of Cumberland Center has grown by about 37%.
Cumberland Center Statistics
Cumberland Center Gender Information
Males in Cumberland Center: 1,246 (48%)
Females in Cumberland Center: 1,350 (52%)
As % of Population in Cumberland Center
Race Diversity in Cumberland Center
White: 99%
Other/Mixed: 1%
As % of Population in Cumberland Center
Age Diversity in Cumberland Center
Median Age in Cumberland Center: 38.0 (Males in Cumberland Center: 37.6, Females in Cumberland Center: 38.1)
Cumberland Center Males Under 20: 18%
Cumberland Center Females Under 20: 17%
Cumberland Center Males 20 to 40: 8%
Cumberland Center Females 20 to 40: 11%
Cumberland Center Males 40 to 60: 15%
Cumberland Center Females 40 to 60: 16%
Cumberland Center Males Over 60: 6%
Cumberland Center Females Over 60: 8%
Economics in Cumberland Center
Cumberland Center Household Average Size: 2.91 people
Cumberland Center Median Household Income: $ 66,950
Cumberland Center Median Value of Homes: $ 169,400
Cumberland Center Location Information
Elevation: 190 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 4.2 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Cumberland Center
Yarmouth 3.6 Miles
Falmouth Foreside 5.0 Miles
Freeport 8.8 Miles
North Windham 9.3 Miles
Portland 9.3 Miles
Little Falls-South Windham 9.7 Miles
Westbrook 10.0 Miles
South Portland 10.8 Miles
Gorham 12.3 Miles
Scarborough 15.4 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Cumberland Center
(Population 100,000+)
Manchester 81.7 Miles
Lowell 96.5 Miles
Cambridge 107.2 Miles
Boston 107.4 Miles
Worcester 131.7 Miles
Providence 148.5 Miles
Springfield 166.3 Miles
Hartford 186.9 Miles
Waterbury 210.1 Miles
New Haven 219.3 Miles
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Facts
Judges usually sentence marijuana users to high fines, community service, and drug tests for up to a year, just with a first conviction. Second convictions, or possession with intent to sell, can land a person in jail. Judges can also order marijuana users into treatment programs. Whatever the penalties, the marijuana user has earned a criminal record that will impact future job opportunities, the ability to drive legally, and educational choices. Alcohol is involved in 50% of all driving fatalities. Abuse of Barbiturates: Many people who take barbiturates with a doctor's prescription to treat insomnia become dependent to some degree. Some of these individuals abuse the drug by taking increasingly larger doses to get the euphoric effect rather than to get the intended effect of sleepiness. In need of ever more drug, the person may obtain prescriptions from a number of doctors and take them to a number of pharmacists, or may buy the drug from illegal dealers. The person may abuse the drug daily or during binges that last from a day to many weeks at a time. This pattern of using barbiturates for the euphoric effect is more common among people who begin by buying barbiturates from illicit sources than among those who begin by seeking help for insomnia. People who are dependent on a particular drug often take barbiturates to boost the first drug's effects. Alcohol and heroin are also commonly taken together in this way. Since barbiturates are "downers," people also take them to counteract the unwanted over stimulation that stimulant drugs produce. Abusers of stimulants such as cocaine or amphetamines ("uppers") use barbiturates to come down from the continued high. Also, barbiturates are used to ward off the early signs of withdrawal from alcohol. Historically, tranquilizers were not one of the drugs made famous in the drug culture of the 1960s. Yet these drugs, including benzodiazepines and minor tranquilizers, were becoming a mainstay of treatment for many middle-class housewives throughout the United States at that time. These women were far from the college campus, hippie love-ins, and concert-going youths that made the decade famous for its experimentations in free love and hallucinogenic drugs. The practice of taking minor tranquilizers was so widespread during this time that they were made famous in the song by the Rolling Stones called "Mother's Little Helper." It is estimated that in the 1970s, as many as 30 million women were taking minor tranquilizers. This made up almost 50% of the female population at that time. Psychiatrists were freely prescribing these minor tranquilizers to unhappy housewives, with no thought of their addictive properties, and many housewives became unknowingly and undeniably addicted to these drugs. |
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.
Addict
An addict is an individual who has a compulsive urge to use drugs, to the point where they feel they have no effective choice but to continue use. An addict will continue their self destructive behaviors in order to feel good or to avoid
feeling bad. It can dominate their mind, and keep them coming back for more. The addiction can be
different for each addict, depending on their vice and the kind of person they
are.
Addiction Treatment
Addiction treatment is needed when an individual finds that they have developed a drug or alcohol addiction which they are not able to successful end on their own. With the help of addiction treatment, addicted individual can get help to control their drug taking behavior and live happy and successful lives. There are several addiction treatment options available for drug and alcohol addiction. Some of these options include self-help groups, counseling, drug rehabilitation programs (in and out-patient), and residential treatment facilities. Each of these differ
in their aims and outcomes and elements of these addiction treatment options are often
combined.
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.
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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