




White Center, Washington
White Center, WA Profile
White Center, WA, population 20,975 , is located
in Washington's King county,
about 6.2 miles from Seattle and 9.7 miles from Bellevue.
White Center Statistics
White Center Gender Information
Males in White Center: 10,543 (50%)
Females in White Center: 10,432 (50%)
As % of Population in White Center
Race Diversity in White Center
White: 55%
African American: 6%
Native American: 2%
Asian: 21%
Hawaiian: 3%
Other/Mixed: 13%
As % of Population in White Center
Age Diversity in White Center
Median Age in White Center: 33.4 (Males in White Center: 32.7, Females in White Center: 34.3)
White Center Males Under 20: 15%
White Center Females Under 20: 15%
White Center Males 20 to 40: 16%
White Center Females 20 to 40: 15%
White Center Males 40 to 60: 13%
White Center Females 40 to 60: 14%
White Center Males Over 60: 6%
White Center Females Over 60: 7%
Economics in White Center
White Center Household Average Size: 2.78 people
White Center Median Household Income: $ 40,480
White Center Median Value of Homes: $ 150,500
White Center Location Information
Elevation: 400 feet above sea level.
Land Area: Square Miles.
Water Area: Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to White Center
Burien 3.3 Miles
Riverton-Boulevard Park 4.2 Miles
SeaTac 4.7 Miles
Tukwila 5.3 Miles
Normandy Park 5.6 Miles
Bryn Mawr-Skyway 5.9 Miles
Seattle 6.2 Miles
Renton 6.9 Miles
Vashon 6.9 Miles
Mercer Island 7.2 Miles
Big Cities Nearest White Center
(Population 100,000+)
Seattle 6.2 Miles
Bellevue 9.7 Miles
Tacoma 18.8 Miles
Vancouver 130.8 Miles
Portland 138.8 Miles
Salem 181.0 Miles
Spokane 230.1 Miles
Eugene 242.3 Miles
Boise 401.8 Miles
Reno 566.9 Miles
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Facts
Project STAR. Project STAR is a comprehensive drug abuse prevention community program to be used by schools, parents, community organizations, the media, and health policymakers. The middle school portion focuses on social influence and is included in classroom instruction by trained teachers over a 2-year timetable. The parent program helps parents work with children on homework, learn family communication skills, and get involved in community action. Once considered a harmless source of pleasure and therapeutic benefit, today the drug cocaine is vilified as the cause of great misery and suffering for many who have succumbed to its euphoric effects. Yet, by nearly all accounts, cocaine is here to stay, despite the billions of dollars that government agencies around the world spend each year to eliminate it. From the streets of cities as large as Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, to small rural towns, Americans consume more cocaine than does any other citizenry in the world. An estimated 80 percent of all South American cocaine—approximately one thousand tons annually—finds its way to America's consumers. The size of the market for cocaine is staggering by any measure. An estimated 40 million Americans admit to having tried cocaine, either in powdered form or as crack. Moreover, between 2 and 4 million people admit to regular use of or addiction to cocaine. Faced with such numbers, American political and spiritual leaders have labeled cocaine use an epidemic. Cocaine use swept across America during the 1970s, glamorized by rock stars, Hollywood personalities, and heroes of professional sports. Their widely publicized use of the drug brought it to the attention of many Americans for the first time and gave it unprecedented status. More and more Americans began to explore the drug's euphoric effects, but cocaine's dark side began to emerge after a decade of use by people who first saw it as a fun and harmless drug. Addiction rates among young people and deaths from overdoses began to make headlines in newspapers and television news programs across the nation. Cocaine shipments from South America transported through Mexico or Central America are generally moved over land or by air to staging sites in northern Mexico. Morphinan = compound with the structural core or pharmacophore possesed by morphine and other opiates - not restricted to opiates |
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.
Drug Overdose
A drug overdose occurs when you consume more drugs than your body can tolerate. Drug users are constantly flirting with the risk of a drug overdose. There is a
fine line between the high they're seeking and serious injury or death. While many victims of drug overdose recover without long term effects, there
can be serious consequences. Some drug overdoses cause the failure of major
organs like the kidneys or liver, or failure of whole systems like the
respiratory or circulatory systems. Patients who survive drug overdose may need
kidney dialysis, kidney or liver transplant, or ongoing care as a result of
heart failure, stroke, or coma. Death can occur in almost any drug overdose
situation, particularly if treatment is not started immediately.
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.
Residential Treatment
Residential treatment offers intensive drug addiction help over a period of weeks or months. This form of treatment has some advantages over out-patient treatment, although it may not be suitable for everyone. For example, those who are responsible for caring for young children may be better suited to attendance at an out patient treatment program. Residential treatment offers a safe, drug and alcohol-free environment where individuals can confront their own drug addiction and associated issues, with the help of qualified staff. Therapy usually consists of a mixture of group counseling, individual counseling and an introduction to the principles of a drug recovery program.
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.
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