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Carrollton, Texas, is home to approximately 110,000 people. It is found in Dallas County and it is around 12 miles outside of Plano and 10 miles away from Irving. During the 1990s, the city experienced a 33% population growth. Today, it continues to grow with a rate of around 2% per year. Like all cities, Carrollton has its share of drug and alcohol abuse problems. Meanwhile, scientists have determined that there is a positive correlation between substance abuse and levels of property and violent crimes, with addiction being a causality for those crimes. However, in Carrollton, the rates of both these types of crimes are lower than the state average. This would suggest that the prevention and intervention efforts that the city has put in place have been successful.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Carrollton, TX
Carrollton officials have determined the rate of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction in the city through a range of studies. These have shown that:
The reason why Carrollton looked specifically at tobacco use is because this is known as a gateway drug to other addictive substances. Hence, the city authorities also looked at which substances people aged over 12 were most likely to be initiated to. They found that these are:
Carrollton authorities based their initiatives on research that showed that detox and rehab facilities have to be culturally sensitive to the needs of individual patients. Because of this, they have also conducted a piece of research in substance abuse among different ethnic population groups. They found that, in terms of alcohol abuse (another gateway drug) in the population of young people aged between 12 and 17:
Alcoholism is of particular concern in Carrollton, not in the least because of the associated dangers of driving under the influence. Various intervention methods have been put in place to combat this. This is why they have further researched the rates of alcohol abuse, this time looking specifically at how young people between the ages of 12 and 20 consume alcohol. What they found was that:
The City of Carrollton has also opened community courts, where people who are under the influence and commit nonviolent offenses are given the opportunity to seek treatment from a detox and rehab facility instead of having to go to prison.
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