




Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Fairless Hills, PA Profile
Fairless Hills, PA, population 8,365 , is located
in Pennsylvania's Bucks county,
about 22.7 miles from Philadelphia and 44.7 miles from Allentown.
In the 90's the population of Fairless Hills has declined by about 7%.
Fairless Hills Statistics
Fairless Hills Gender Information
Males in Fairless Hills: 3,981 (48%)
Females in Fairless Hills: 4,384 (52%)
As % of Population in Fairless Hills
Race Diversity in Fairless Hills
White: 92%
African American: 3%
Asian: 3%
Other/Mixed: 2%
As % of Population in Fairless Hills
Age Diversity in Fairless Hills
Median Age in Fairless Hills: 37.3 (Males in Fairless Hills: 35.5, Females in Fairless Hills: 39.3)
Fairless Hills Males Under 20: 14%
Fairless Hills Females Under 20: 14%
Fairless Hills Males 20 to 40: 14%
Fairless Hills Females 20 to 40: 13%
Fairless Hills Males 40 to 60: 13%
Fairless Hills Females 40 to 60: 15%
Fairless Hills Males Over 60: 7%
Fairless Hills Females Over 60: 11%
Economics in Fairless Hills
Fairless Hills Household Average Size: 2.59 people
Fairless Hills Median Household Income: $ 45,424
Fairless Hills Median Value of Homes: $ 117,400
Fairless Hills Location Information
Elevation: 100 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 1.9 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Fairless Hills
Woodbourne 2.0 Miles
Levittown 2.2 Miles
Woodside 3.1 Miles
Langhorne Manor 3.4 Miles
Tullytown 3.5 Miles
Langhorne 3.6 Miles
Penndel 3.8 Miles
Hulmeville 3.9 Miles
Morrisville Borough 4.2 Miles
Yardley 4.6 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Fairless Hills
(Population 100,000+)
Philadelphia 22.7 Miles
Allentown 44.7 Miles
Elizabeth 47.7 Miles
Newark 52.6 Miles
Jersey City 55.8 Miles
New York 58.0 Miles
Paterson 62.4 Miles
Yonkers 72.3 Miles
Stamford 91.8 Miles
Bridgeport 110.3 Miles
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Facts
There is often a significant cost associated with cleaning up a methamphetamine lab and disposing of the waste products generated by it. This can lead to agencies or private individuals refusing to accept responsibility for these costs, with the result that clean-up does not occur. Alternatively, there may be a financial incentive to perform less-than-adequate remediation. In either case, future users or occupants of the site can be put at risk. Teens have easy access to inhalants. These toxic chemicals found in everyday household products can be readily purchased in grocery, hardware, and convenience stores or found around the house. About fourteen hundred ordinary products contain chemical vapors that young people can inhale or sniff, an act known as huffing. Huffing causes a quick, intense high that usually lasts only a few minutes and can be accompanied by a feeling of intoxication, well-being, and a lowering of inhibitions. The vapors are found in solvents such as glue, paint, paint thinner, gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, nail polish remover, varnishes, and cleaning fluids. They are also found in art or office supplies such as correction fluids and felt tip markers. Inhalants in the form of gases are found in whipping cream aerosols, coolants, cooking sprays, spray paint, chloroform, and nitrous oxide. In the 1950s and 1960s the use of inhalants became widespread and then died down considerably. In the past few years, however, the use of inhalants has increased. Use is highest in the middle schools and junior highs, where the appeal is the ease of obtaining the products. In 1993, 11 percent of eighth graders reported using an inhalant, and by 1995 that number rose to 13 percent. As the children get older they either lose interest or move on to stronger drugs, and by senior year only 8 percent had used inhalants in the past year. Depending on the chemicals inhaled, users can be left with headaches, nausea, dizziness, loss of concentration, blindness, hearing loss, brain damage, lead poisoning, and even cancer from sniffing chemicals like the benzene found in rubber cement. Since these products aren't meant to be used as drugs, many people don't think of them as such, and young people will often try them as an alternative to a "real drug" without knowing the dangers. At least seventy-six young people died from huffing in 1991 alone. The chemicals in aerosol sprays or solvents can throw the body into cardiac arrest by causing the heart to beat very fast and erratically, then suddenly stop beating, causing death. Or the inhalant can starve the body of oxygen by forcing the air out of the lungs and central nervous system. In that scenario, the user instantly stops breathing and dies. More than 100 million Americans have tried marijuana; 14.4 million Americans are estimated to be "past-month" users. Yet there are only an estimated 2,075,000 "past-month" users of cocaine and 153,000 "past-month" users of heroin. The sale of two legal recreational drugs, alcohol and tobacco, is pro- hibited for those under 18 (for tobacco) and under 21 (for alcohol). Use of these drugs by adolescents far exceeds their use of marijuana which is illegal for all regardless of age. Of high school tenth graders (usually 15 to 16 years old), nearly 28 percent have smoked cigarettes and 39 percent have used alcohol in the past month—in contrast, 19 percent have smoked marijuana. Among younger students, use of alcohol and nicotine is also substantially higher than marijuana use. Of eighth graders, 23 percent drank and 19 percent smoked during the past month—in contrast, 10 percent have smoked marijuana. |
Detox
Detox is necessary when an individual through their chronic use of drugs or alcohol has developed an addiction. The objective of detox is to help the individual achieve a drug and alcohol free state. Detox is intended to relieve the physical symptoms of withdrawal and helps prepare the individual for entry into drug rehabilitation. Therefore, the ultimate goal of detox is preparation for long term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
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.
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
Addiction is one of the many consequences of so-called 'casual' drug and alcohol abuse. A loss of control over drugs and alcohol can be driven by physical or psychological factors, or sometimes both. Physical addiction takes place when the body comes to need a drug to function normally. If it is not taken, unpleasant withdrawal symptoms occur. The only way to avoid this is to take more of the drug. Psychological addiction takes place when an individual comes to rely on a drug to supply good feelings, such as relaxation, self-confidence, self esteem, and freedom from anxiety. This is not just a casual desire, it's a powerful compulsion.
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.
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