




Brandon, Vermont
Brandon, VT Profile
Brandon, VT, population 1,684 , is located
in Vermont's Rutland county,
about 99.1 miles from Manchester and 120.0 miles from Springfield.
In the 90's the population of Brandon has declined by about 11%.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Brandon area were lower than Vermont's average.
The same data shows violent crime levels to be lower than the Vermont average.
Brandon Statistics
Brandon Gender Information
Males in Brandon: 767 (46%)
Females in Brandon: 917 (54%)
As % of Population in Brandon
Race Diversity in Brandon
White: 98%
Other/Mixed: 2%
As % of Population in Brandon
Age Diversity in Brandon
Median Age in Brandon: 41.0 (Males in Brandon: 40.0, Females in Brandon: 41.6)
Brandon Males Under 20: 12%
Brandon Females Under 20: 13%
Brandon Males 20 to 40: 10%
Brandon Females 20 to 40: 12%
Brandon Males 40 to 60: 14%
Brandon Females 40 to 60: 17%
Brandon Males Over 60: 8%
Brandon Females Over 60: 12%
Economics in Brandon
Brandon Household Average Size: 2.35 people
Brandon Median Household Income: $ 34,609
Brandon Median Value of Homes: $ 90,900
Law Enforcement in Brandon
Reported crimes in the Brandon area during 2003:
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 0
Forcible rape: 0
Robbery: 0
Aggravated assault: 1
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 25
Burglary: 8
Larceny-theft: 65
Motor vehicle theft: 0
Arson: 0
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 1,841
Brandon Location Information
Elevation: 431 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 2.8 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Brandon
Rutland 14.2 Miles
West Rutland 14.3 Miles
Middlebury 15.5 Miles
Fair Haven 16.6 Miles
Poultney 20.8 Miles
Whitehall 23.1 Miles
Wallingford 23.2 Miles
Port Henry 25.4 Miles
Vergennes 26.8 Miles
Granville 28.3 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Brandon
(Population 100,000+)
Manchester 99.1 Miles
Springfield 120.0 Miles
Lowell 120.3 Miles
Worcester 124.5 Miles
Cambridge 140.4 Miles
Hartford 142.2 Miles
Boston 142.9 Miles
Waterbury 154.9 Miles
Providence 160.8 Miles
Syracuse 162.2 Miles
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Facts
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. Although generally positive, this year's MTF results for two drugs raise concerns and bear close monitoring. Lifetime abuse of inhalants among eighth-graders increased from 15.8 to 17.3 percent between 2003 and 2004. The survey showed that 8th- and 10th-graders' perceptions of the risks associated with abusing inhalants has declined in the past 3 years, suggesting a need to increase awareness of the potentially dangerous consequences of abusing these often inexpensive and easily obtainable intoxicants. The number of high school students using the painkiller OxyContin without medical supervision increased from 2002 to 2004. Past-year abuse of this drug—an opioid with a high potential for addiction—was disturbingly common at 1.7, 3.5, and 5.0 percent for grades 8, 10, and 12, respectively. Increased poppy production in the Golden Triangle is being felt on the streets of American cities. In the 1990s, heroin is back is a drug of choice and Southeast Asia is our main source. Between 1984 and 1990, Southeast Asia's share of the New York City heroin market rose from five to eighty percent. Following these trends, in early 1991 Southeast Asia's contribution to the US heroin supply shot to forty-five percent, up from just eighteen percent in 1987. Today, over eighty percent of all heroin seized in the United States comes from the Golden Triangle. While heroin can be sniffed, snorted or smoked, most users inject the drug into a muscle or vein. Heroin facts show that pregnant women who share needles are at risk of contracting HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and passing it on to their babies. |
Therapeutic Community
An effective therapeutic community attends to the many needs of the individual, not just his or her drug use. Care given at a therapeutic community addresses the individual's drug use and associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, and legal problems. Also, a therapeutic community will continue to be flexible and provide ongoing assessments of the individual's needs, which may change during the course of care.
Remaining in care at a therapeutic community for an adequate period of time is critical for treatment effectiveness. The time depends on an individual's needs. For most people, the significant improvement is reached at about 3 months in treatment.
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.
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.
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.
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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