




Macclesfield, North Carolina
Macclesfield, NC Profile
Macclesfield, NC, population 458 , is located
in North Carolina's Edgecombe county,
about 54.4 miles from Raleigh and 70.9 miles from Durham.
In the 90's the population of Macclesfield has declined by about 7%.
It is Estimated in recent years the population of Macclesfield has been declining at an annual rate of 1.5 percent.
Macclesfield Statistics
Macclesfield Gender Information
Males in Macclesfield: 216 (47%)
Females in Macclesfield: 242 (53%)
As % of Population in Macclesfield
Race Diversity in Macclesfield
White: 81%
African American: 18%
Other/Mixed: 1%
As % of Population in Macclesfield
Age Diversity in Macclesfield
Median Age in Macclesfield: 45.1 (Males in Macclesfield: 44.0, Females in Macclesfield: 45.8)
Macclesfield Males Under 20: 10%
Macclesfield Females Under 20: 10%
Macclesfield Males 20 to 40: 11%
Macclesfield Females 20 to 40: 12%
Macclesfield Males 40 to 60: 14%
Macclesfield Females 40 to 60: 12%
Macclesfield Males Over 60: 12%
Macclesfield Females Over 60: 18%
Economics in Macclesfield
Macclesfield Household Average Size: 2.19 people
Macclesfield Median Household Income: $ 34,412
Macclesfield Median Value of Homes: $ 54,000
Macclesfield Location Information
Elevation: 65 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 0.5 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Macclesfield
Pinetops 3.1 Miles
Fountain 5.7 Miles
Saratoga 9.0 Miles
Falkland 9.5 Miles
Walstonburg 11.0 Miles
Elm City 11.5 Miles
Farmville 11.8 Miles
Sharpsburg 12.0 Miles
Princeville 12.3 Miles
Tarboro 12.5 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Macclesfield
(Population 100,000+)
Raleigh 54.4 Miles
Durham 70.9 Miles
Fayetteville 83.6 Miles
Portsmouth 107.1 Miles
Chesapeake 107.2 Miles
Norfolk 108.1 Miles
Newport News 109.5 Miles
Hampton 115.1 Miles
Greensboro 120.9 Miles
Virginia Beach 121.2 Miles
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Facts
Other powerful stimulants are amphetamines and their close cousin methamphetamines, better known by their current street names: speed, crank, crystal, meth, or ice. These stimulants are more popular with teens than ever, with 11.9 percent of high school seniors using them regularly in 1996. Amphetamines stimulate the nervous system; they create feelings of alertness, elation, restlessness and talkativeness, appetite suppression, and self-confidence while increasing the heart and breathing rates. Amphetamines and methamphetamines are easily swallowed in pill form or smoked, snorted, or injected in powder or rock crystal form. The effects can last for up to ten hours and the drug can stay in the body for up to four days. Tolerance builds up quickly, so that a long-term user may need up to twenty times the initial dose to achieve the same effect. Even though amphetamines in their various forms have been available for decades, drug experts say that they are now cheaper (sometimes costing only two dollars for a line or three dollars for a pill), easier to get, and more powerful than ever. The strongest rise in amphetamine and methamphetamine use is with suburban middle-class teenagers, especially among young girls who take the drug to lose weight. In California, which saw the first invasion of a particularly potent form of methamphetamine from Hawaii called Ice, use has reportedly reached epidemic proportions. Prolonged use can cause extreme paranoia which sometimes results in homicidal or suicidal thoughts, hallucinations and psychosis, insomnia, manic energy, heart and blood vessel toxicity, and severe malnutrition. Many people complain of unpleasant physical sensations that feel like bugs crawling on them (similar to coke bugs). An emergency room doctor in California says that "when kids come in jittery, picking at their skin, you don't have to ask—it's meth." Because many abusers begin using inhalants when they are young, they do not engage in the normal process of social, personal, and physical development during adolescence. This handicaps their physical and emotional maturity. Moreover, the side effects of inhalants are a bad match for driving a vehicle, operating machinery, absorbing information in a classroom, offering stable friendship, participating positively in a family, or tackling any task with energy, focus, and efficiency. Regular inhalant abusers perform poorly in school. In general, they earn low grades, score poorly on intelligence tests, experience problems with short-term memory, and have a weak ability to form abstract thoughts and exercise sound judgment. They also have a greater likelihood of developing attention deficit disorder. They tend to be absent from school a great deal, and drop out of school more often than nonusers do. In 2004, the number of new nonmedical users of OxyContin® was 615,000, with an average age at first use of 24.5 years. Comparable data on past year OxyContin® initiation are not available for prior years, but calendar year estimates of OxyContin® initiation show a steady increase in the number of initiates from 1995, the year this drug was first available, through 2003. Heroin Overdose: Overdosing is a common problem among heroin addicts. One reason for frequent overdoses is the varying purity of the street drug, which makes it difficult for the addict to judge the size of a dose. Also, some substances used to cut the drug may be toxic (poisonous) themselves, contributing to a drug overdose. Furthermore, as a user becomes tolerant to the heroin rush and the euphoria, he or she may increase the dose past the point of safety in an attempt to intensify these sought- after sensations. When a person takes an overdose, he or she falls into a stupor. It is difficult to wake the person up. The pupils are typically small and the skin may be cold and clammy. Seizures may occur. Breathing becomes slow, and the lips may darken to a bluish color. This blueness indicates that there is not enough oxygen in the blood. Most dangerously, heroin overdose causes respiratory depression, or a slowed rate of breathing. As a result, blood pressure may then fall. Most people who die after a heroin overdose die because of this respiratory failure. Typically, the heroin user has also taken other drugs—whether on purpose or because they were mixed with the heroin—and/or drunk alcohol. The presence of other substances in the body makes the heroin overdose even more dangerous. |
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.
Withdrawal
Withdrawal is what happens when a person who is addicted to drugs or alcohol discontinues use. There are numerous symptoms that take place both physically and emotionally when an addicted individual stops using. Withdrawal can last a few days to a few weeks and may include nausea or vomiting, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety. Keep in mind; this only occurs if a person has regular, heavy use of a drug or alcohol. Withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable without professional help. Treatment for withdrawal from alcohol or drugs may require a medical professional to be present. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation is often the best way to overcome withdrawal and its symptoms as well as recovery from drug addiction.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is a pattern of repeated drug taking that usually results in tolerance (the need for greater amounts of the drug to achieve the same effect), withdrawal (physical and cognitive effects when drug use declines or stops), and compulsive drug taking behavior (drug taking that persists despite efforts to reduce intake and despite problems with family, friends, and work). Drug addiction encompasses a diverse range of drugs (such as alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines, and cocaine) and is caused by many different factors.
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.
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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