




Kingston, New York
Kingston, NY Profile
Kingston, NY, population 23,456 , is located
in New York's Ulster county,
about 55.1 miles from Waterbury and 64.9 miles from Stamford.
In the 90's the population of Kingston has grown by about 2%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Kingston has been declining at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Kingston area were higher than New York's average.
The same data shows violent crime levels to be higher than the New York average.
Kingston Statistics
Kingston Gender Information
Males in Kingston: 11,049 (47%)
Females in Kingston: 12,407 (53%)
As % of Population in Kingston
Race Diversity in Kingston
White: 80%
African American: 13%
Asian: 2%
Other/Mixed: 5%
As % of Population in Kingston
Age Diversity in Kingston
Median Age in Kingston: 38.1 (Males in Kingston: 36.2, Females in Kingston: 39.9)
Kingston Males Under 20: 13%
Kingston Females Under 20: 13%
Kingston Males 20 to 40: 13%
Kingston Females 20 to 40: 14%
Kingston Males 40 to 60: 12%
Kingston Females 40 to 60: 14%
Kingston Males Over 60: 8%
Kingston Females Over 60: 13%
Economics in Kingston
Kingston Household Average Size: 2.28 people
Kingston Median Household Income: $ 31,594
Kingston Median Value of Homes: $ 86,500
Law Enforcement in Kingston
Reported crimes in the Kingston area during 2003:
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 1
Forcible rape: 7
Robbery: 62
Aggravated assault: 48
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 505
Burglary: 176
Larceny-theft: 873
Motor vehicle theft: 75
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 4,806
Kingston Location Information
Land Area: 7.4 Square Miles.
Water Area: 1.3 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Kingston
Lincoln Park 1.6 Miles
Port Ewen 1.9 Miles
Hillside 2.0 Miles
Kingston">East Kingston 2.4 Miles
Hurley 3.3 Miles
Lake Katrine 4.1 Miles
Rhinebeck 4.4 Miles
Staatsburg 6.4 Miles
Rifton 6.5 Miles
West Hurley 7.4 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Kingston
(Population 100,000+)
Waterbury 55.1 Miles
Stamford 64.9 Miles
Bridgeport 66.7 Miles
Hartford 68.6 Miles
Yonkers 69.1 Miles
New Haven 69.9 Miles
Paterson 70.5 Miles
Springfield 73.3 Miles
Newark 82.9 Miles
Jersey City 83.0 Miles
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Facts
The prevalence of marijuana abuse or dependence climbed from 1.2% of adults in 1991-92 to 1.5% in 2001-02, or an estimated 3 million adults 18 and over. That represents an increase of 800,000 people, according to data from two nationally representative surveys that each queried more than 40,000 adults. Among 18- to 29-year-olds, the rate or abuse or dependence remained stable among whites but surged by about 220% among black men and women, to 4.5% of that population, and by almost 150% among Hispanic men, to 4.7%. Among all adults ages 45 to 64, the rate increased by 355%, to about 0.4% of that population.
Codependence can be a serious problem for children. In all families, children must balance two competing childhood needs: (1) Children need to be unconditionally loved by their parents and to feel that they are at the center of things and (2) children also have the opposite need to rely completely on powerful and good parents; or in other words, to have others be at the center of things. Parents who have problems with alcohol or drug addiction are often unable to put their children at the center of family attention. They cannot tolerate not being the center of relationships, even at the expense of their children's needs. Children then sacrifice their own need for attention, allowing the parent to remain at the center. In this way children can become codependent. Professionals who work in the field of addiction agree that huge numbers of people have found help for their problems through the concept of codependence. By understanding the concept, they can learn how to cope with their own problems and stop blaming themselves for the problems and failures of a loved one. GHB and Rohypnol are inexpensive, which has made them increasingly popular at raves and with younger users. Heroin, LSD, crystal methamphetamine (ice), tranquilizers, and PCP were reported as readily available by smaller but still substantial minorities of 12th graders in 2007 (30%, 29%, 25%, 24%, and 21%, respectively). |
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".
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.
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.
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).
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.
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