According to Narconon of Georgia, one of the simplest ways to prevent prescription drug abuse is to clean out your medicine cabinet.
The National Institute on Drug Abus e reports that 48 million people over the age of 12 have used a prescription drug for a non-medical reason. That figure constitutes nearly 20% of the entire population of the United States. Currently prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused drugs in the country, coming in behind alcohol, with an average of 100,000 people dying each year as a result of prescription drug abuse.
The most surprising fact about prescription addicts is that most can easily get their fix by going into a friend or family member’s medicine cabinet and abusing prescription medications left behind unknowingly by the person who was prescribed them by a doctor for an illness or injury.
In order to stop this ever-growing problem and reduce prescription drug abuse the Narconon Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Georgia just launched Operation Medicine Cabinet.
A campaign sponsored by both Narconon® of Georgia and a local Sheriff’s department, provides people with a safe way to properly dispose of unused and potentially dangerous medications that they may have left in their homes.
"Operation Medicine Cabinet" was put in place to educate the community on the dangers of prescription drug and promote the need for effective treatment for those already addicted. Narconon of Georgia operates a long-term drug rehab program that specializes in prescription drug addiction and achieves a more than 70% success rate for permanent sobriety.
“We are very proud of the Operation Medicine Cabinet campaign launched by our Narconon center in Georgia.” Says Erica Catton, Director of Promotion at Narconon East U.S. “We want all our centers to join this campaign, working with their local authorities to increase awareness in their communities of how easily people can get prescriptions and what simple steps they can take to help keep their families safe.”
For more information on "Operation Medicine Cabinet" and how you can start this campaign in your community, contact Narconon of Georgia at 770-379-0208 or Narconon East U.S. at 877-237-3307.
As time goes on there continue to be more and more people in need of an effective drug rehab program in the eastern United States. According to recent statistics, more than 20 million people in the country are struggling with substance abuse issues. Many of these individuals live in the eastern part of the country and are struggling with addictions to drugs like cocaine, crack-cocaine, heroin, marijuana and pharmaceutical drugs, to name a few.
The White House Drug Policy reports that some of the major drugs of abuse include the above but that the increase in the number of people abusing pharmaceutical drugs in states such as Michigan, Florida, Georgia and even Louisiana is appalling.
But there is actually a solution to addiction for those on the east coast through the Naconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. For more than 10 years, Narconon has had locations in many states across the east U.S. that successfully treats drug addiction and achieve an over 70% success rate with program graduates.
The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program provides a long-term, social education model for drug treatment. The main reason why it is so effective is because it takes a drug-free approach to handling addiction and focuses on raising the abilities of the individual through handling both the physical as well as the mental components of addiction.
Since 1995, the Narconon program has graduated over 25,000 people and has been in operation for more than 44 years. Worldwide, Narconon operates more than 120 centers in 44 different countries.
Erica Catton, Director of Promotion for Narconon Eastern United States has been helping to handle those with substance abuse issues for the last 8 years through Narconon. “The reason why Narconon is so effective is because the technology that the program works with each person on an individual basis and allows that person to handle the things in their life that led them down the road to drugs in the first place,” she says. “I have seen people who tried 10 or more different drug rehab programs that finally were able to get and stay clean after doing the Narconon program.”
While the eastern United States has a growing drug problem, those addicted don’t have to struggle without good help. If you are looking for an effective drug rehab program that achieves a stable success rate for permanent sobriety contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.