




Spade, Texas
Spade, TX Profile
Spade, TX, population 100 , is located
in Texas's Lamb county,
about 29.6 miles from Lubbock and 91.5 miles from Amarillo.
Spade Statistics
Spade Gender Information
Males in Spade: 45 (45%)
Females in Spade: 55 (55%)
As % of Population in Spade
Race Diversity in Spade
White: 72%
African American: 10%
Other/Mixed: 18%
As % of Population in Spade
Age Diversity in Spade
Median Age in Spade: 28.7 (Males in Spade: 30.5, Females in Spade: 28.3)
Spade Males Under 20: 15%
Spade Females Under 20: 20%
Spade Males 20 to 40: 13%
Spade Females 20 to 40: 14%
Spade Males 40 to 60: 11%
Spade Females 40 to 60: 14%
Spade Males Over 60: 6%
Spade Females Over 60: 7%
Economics in Spade
Spade Household Average Size: 2.63 people
Spade Median Household Income: $ 36,250
Spade Median Value of Homes: $ 30,600
Spade Location Information
Land Area: Square Miles.
Water Area: Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Spade
Anton 8.0 Miles
Littlefield 9.9 Miles
Amherst 16.1 Miles
Olton 17.8 Miles
Shallowater 18.7 Miles
Abernathy 19.0 Miles
Hale Center 20.2 Miles
New Deal 22.4 Miles
Springlake 22.9 Miles
Sudan 23.4 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Spade
(Population 100,000+)
Lubbock 29.6 Miles
Amarillo 91.5 Miles
Abilene 173.4 Miles
Wichita Falls 210.1 Miles
Albuquerque 268.6 Miles
Oklahoma City 284.4 Miles
Ft Worth 291.3 Miles
El Paso 293.0 Miles
Arlington 302.9 Miles
Grand Prairie 308.9 Miles
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Facts
Losses in the narcotics business through seizures or theft are rarely catastrophic. The United Nations estimates that current drug interdiction efforts intercept approximately 13% of heroin shipments and 28 to 40% of cocaine shipments. It was because of the failure to stem the flow of product that US officials started turning to tracking and seizing the money the resulted from drug sales. In the last decade federal and state law enforcement have seized over $8 billion in drug cash and assets. Alcohol is a depressant that affects the body's central nervous system. A person's judgment, vision, balance, and coordination, among other factors, are all affected. Impairment of these abilities increases the probability that a boater will cause an accident. The most common types of boating accidents involving alcohol include boat capsizing and people falling overboard. The Coast Guard reports that passengers commonly fall into the water because they are under the influence of alcohol. The MTF survey, launched in 1975, measures drug, alcohol, and cigarette abuse and attitudes about use among 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders nationwide. Funded by NIDA, the survey has been conducted annually since its inception by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Now in its 30th year, MTF questions and analyses have changed with informational needs—for example, expanding the list of drugs, analyzing data for all three grades combined, tracking students' attitudes toward drug abuse, and examining the impact of antidrug advertising. In late 1960s recreational drug use becomes fashionable among young, white, middle class Americans. The social stigmatization previously associated with drugs lessens as their use becomes more mainstream. Drug use becomes representative of protest and social rebellion in the era's atmosphere of political unrest. |
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.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism, also known as "alcohol dependence," is a condition that includes craving and continued alcohol abuse despite repeated drinking-related problems, such as losing a job or getting into trouble with the law. It includes four major areas: Craving: - A strong need, or compulsion, to drink. Impaired control: -The inability to limit one's drinking on any given occasion. Physical dependence: -Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety, when alcohol use is stopped after a period of heavy drinking. Tolerance: - The need for increasing amounts of alcohol in order to feel its effects.
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).
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.
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.
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