



North Platte, Nebraska
North Platte, NE Profile
North Platte, NE, population 23,878 , is located
in Nebraska's Lincoln county,
about 215.2 miles from Lincoln and 229.0 miles from Ft Collins.
In the 90's the population of North Platte has grown by about 6%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of North Platte has been growing at an annual rate of less than one percent.
North Platte Statistics
North Platte Gender Information
Males in North Platte: 11,601 (49%)
Females in North Platte: 12,277 (51%)
As % of Population in North Platte
Race Diversity in North Platte
White: 93%
African American: 1%
Native American: 1%
Other/Mixed: 5%
As % of Population in North Platte
Age Diversity in North Platte
Median Age in North Platte: 36.5 (Males in North Platte: 34.2, Females in North Platte: 38.6)
North Platte Males Under 20: 15%
North Platte Females Under 20: 14%
North Platte Males 20 to 40: 13%
North Platte Females 20 to 40: 13%
North Platte Males 40 to 60: 13%
North Platte Females 40 to 60: 13%
North Platte Males Over 60: 8%
North Platte Females Over 60: 12%
Economics in North Platte
North Platte Household Average Size: 2.34 people
North Platte Median Household Income: $ 34,181
North Platte Median Value of Homes: $ 72,600
North Platte Location Information
Elevation: 2,800 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 9.3 Square Miles.
Water Area: 0.1 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to North Platte
Hershey 12.6 Miles
Maxwell 12.9 Miles
Sutherland 18.9 Miles
Brady 21.9 Miles
Wellfleet 25.8 Miles
Stapleton 27.9 Miles
Wallace 28.7 Miles
Gandy 28.8 Miles
Paxton 30.8 Miles
Maywood 33.1 Miles
Big Cities Nearest North Platte
(Population 100,000+)
Lincoln 215.2 Miles
Ft Collins 229.0 Miles
Aurora 234.8 Miles
Westminster 241.7 Miles
Denver 241.9 Miles
Arvada 245.1 Miles
Lakewood 247.5 Miles
Omaha 251.4 Miles
Colorado Springs 267.0 Miles
Sioux Falls 267.1 Miles
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Facts
World annual cocaine consumption currently stands at around 600 metric tons, with the United States consuming around 300 metric tons, 50% of the total, Europe about 150 metric tons, 25% of the total, and the rest of the world the remaining 150 metric tons or 25%. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2006 World Drug Report, the United States has the world's greatest rate of cocaine consumption by people aged 15 to 64, 2.8%. It is closely followed by Spain with 2.7%, and England & Wales with 2.4%. Most Western European countries have a consumption rate between 1% and 2%. 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. Treatment: A facility where recovering drug addicts learn about addiction, recovery and relapse while addressing misguided beliefs about self, others and their environment. Attending a Drug Abuse treatment program helps the recovering Drug Abuser make lifestyle changes, manage feelings and develop coping tools and drug refusal skills. In addition, they learn to identify relapse warning signs and challenge thoughts that may lead to relapse. Street dealers sell opium directly to the final link in the opium alliance, the addicts. Street dealers are often opium addicts who work independently, unaffiliated with any syndicate. They generally purchase opium from a kilo connection in packets known as bundles, which weigh about one ounce and cost roughly two hundred dollars. The street dealers divide the bundles into one-gram quantities called deals or bags. The most commonly distributed amount weighs one gram. Selling for ten dollars, it is known as a "dime bag." Occasionally a half-gram amount known as a "nickel bag," is sold for five dollars. Although opium may actually be packaged in bags, the preferred packaging is small party balloons. |
Drug Rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a place or program that an individual enters to treat a drug or alcohol addiction. Through therapy and education, the individual is restored to their former non-drug using self. They are then able to re-enter society clean and sober. There are many reasons why a person would need to attend a drug rehabilitation program. Some of the many reasons are: the inability to control their drinking or drug use, alienating their friends and family, problems with the law, and problems at work. Also, there are several different types of drug rehabilitation programs available: inpatient, outpatient, residential, short-term, and long-term.
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.
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.
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.
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