Narconon Drug Rehab News

June 7, 2010

Drug Addiction Can Remain Hidden, Says Narconon

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , — nneastus @ 5:50 pm

Drug addiction has many factors involved. One of the most serious for a parent or a loved one is the hidden aspect of addiction.

Oftentimes a family member or friend can go on for years with only a few outward signs of addition occurring. To one untrained, these telltale signs of drug addiction can go overlooked. Narconon , a non-profit drug rehabilitation and education organization, provides information to parents and families on the signs of drug addiction.

Some of the general signs of drug or alcohol abuse involve shunning or avoiding others. There will also be a dramatic shift in the person’s behavior toward others or the environment based on your prior experience with the person.

The person addicted to alcohol may have the smell of alcohol on their breath or a heavy use of breath mints, sleeping late, or grouchiness in the morning and throughout the day.

Other drugs, such as prescription drugs, give the appearance of slurred speech, the person appears to be intoxicated, they have droopy eyes or unwanted sleep episodes such as falling asleep at dinner, etc.

Each drug has its own telltale signs of abuse. It is important not only for teachers, parents and adults to know the signs of drug abuse but to talk with teens about drug and alcohol use before it becomes a problem. This is where Narconon can help. Narconon offers drug education to schools and groups and information pamphlets that explain the effects of drugs on the body and mind in a way that can be clearly understood by teenagers and children of all ages.

Drug education is just one of the services Narconon offers. Narconon has been around since 1964 and has a long history of effectively rehabilitating drug addicts and putting them on the road to permanent recovery from addiction. Narconon’s rehabilitation program has probably the highest success rate from drug addiction over other methods.

The Narconon program addresses drug addiction from all facets, mental and physical. They not only have a program that safely flushes the harmful toxins from drug abuse from the body, but they have exercises and drills and education materials that provide the drug addict with real life skills to handle the areas in life that lead to their addiction.

Knowing the signs of drug abuse is the first step toward confronting the problem of addiction. It saves lives by getting a person the help they need before the addiction completely ruins them.

If you would like more information on Narconon or the signs of drug abuse, contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.

April 29, 2010

Drug Rehab or Jail?

Filed under: Narconon, drug rehabilitation — Tags: , , , — nneastus @ 6:20 pm

When one is facing drug charges and prison time such as Cameron Douglas, the son of Michael Douglas, society and families are faced with few options.  Illegal drug activity is treated in the same manner as other crimes, but at what expense?

There are 23 million Americans facing the need for drug rehab according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy . There is also an ever increasing U.S. criminal population with 2.3 million in jail and prison and over 5 million on parole and probation. With few solutions in sight for this increasing problem, Narconon drug rehab centers are experts in drug rehabilitation and prevention, shed some light on drug addiction and crime.

Narconon explains, in the 1970s there were 322,300 adult drug arrests made in the U.S. but, by 2007, over 1,645,500 adults and 195,700 kids were arrested for drug abuse violations.  In that same time period TV and print media ads for alcohol and drugs have flooded every possible advertising channel.

Narconon, in their drug education lectures puts it this way. A child from the earliest TV watching age onward is promoted to heavily showing that alcohol and drugs are a good thing. Beer commercials commonly show the athletic guys partying with the beautiful models. The more recent prescription drug ads show people taking prescription drugs having all sorts of relief and pleasure. The missing element is the truth. .

Seldom do TV beer commercials show the typical out of shape drinker with a beer belly, red complexion and offensive alcohol breath.  It’s doubtful such a character attracts the beautiful women in the ads, nor would he be a role model for children. The TV ads never show the person on prescription drugs exhibiting anxiety, depression, hostility, anger, suicidal thoughts, physical difficulties or the host of other side effects associated with prescription drugs. Since all drugs are poisons to a body any benefit is at best limited, as in the case of an operation or acute accident or illness.

Children and thus the culture over the last 30 years have been heavily impressed upon by drug and alcohol companies that drugs are the solution and answer to nearly every problem people face. However, as the rising drug abuse and criminal population figures show, there must be something wrong with this total solution.

Perhaps if there were truth in advertising over 215 Billion U.S. dollars wouldn’t be being spent on police, judicial and prison expenses for the 7 million adult criminals.

Of the 1.5 million in prison it costs Americans 68 billion to feed, house and care for these prisoners, many of which are serving time for drug offenses. A more effective and inexpensive solution is drug rehabilitation for non-violent offenders. Although most traditional drug rehabs aren’t worth the investment as they have only a 14% success rate, the Narconon program fully graduated has an over 70% success rate and would be worth the investment at a fraction of the cost.

The good news is Narconon often works with the courts as an effective drug rehabilitation solution and as such lessens the burden on society not only in omitted prison expenses but also in the fact that Narconon graduates go on to lead ethical, productive, drug-free lives.

If you would like more information on drug rehabilitation solutions or the Narconon program contact Narconon at 877-237-3307.

February 24, 2010

White House 2011 Drug Control Budget - A Double Edged Proposition

Filed under: Narconon, addiction, drug education, drug rehabilitation — Tags: , , , — nneastus @ 6:02 pm

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has announced its proposed budget for 2011. This budget is a 13.4 % increase over the previous one. More than 15 billion taxpayer dollars will be poured into drug control. Drug control is a necessary evil, however, there is a double edge to it.

Narconon is a non-profit drug prevention, education and rehabilitation organization.  There are over 122 Narconon centers worldwide and Narconon has the highest known success rate in the field of drug rehabilitation.  Their drug education and prevention lectures have been delivered to over 3.5 million school children and a recent outcome study validates the effectiveness of the drug education lectures.

With all this community success and 44 years of experience in the field of working with children and rehabilitating drug addicts, Narconon points out there is a flaw in President Obama’s drug control budget. While the DEA and similar organizations will be funded and have become necessary, the largest drug abuse problem by the White House’s own statistics and Narconon’s own hand’s on experience is abuse of prescription drugs. For example one in ten 12th graders report abusing Vicodin according to the White House.

On the one hand President Obama wants to fund drug control.  On the other hand he wants to set forth the largest health care reform to date making prescription drugs even more available and requiring health screenings.  As the White House states: "The United States spent approximately $2.2 trillion on health care in 2007, or $7,421 per person – nearly twice the average of other developed nations."  At the same time we have rising drug abuse problems with prescription painkillers now being one of the hottest drugs in trade. Not to mention the countless TV and media ads for Americans to "ask your doctor" for a drug as a result of Congress softening drug advertising laws in the U.S.  The message presented is loud and clear, "You are sick and you need a drug".  You’ll note in all the drug ads however, nowhere is there any mention of the word "cure".

On every hand the U.S. has seeped itself in drug culture.  Narconon would like to point out that all drugs are essentially poisons.  On a short term some can be of assistance.  A few are necessary.  However, the vast majority advertised and abused drugs do lead to addiction and all have side effects, some of which include death, which one could hardly label as a "side effect", but the drug companies manage it and still sell the "FDA approved" drug.  With 23 million Americans in need of drug rehabilitation according to the White House Office of Drug Control Policy , the real focus should be on educating Americans on the dangers of drug abuse and how to prevent it.  The U.S. solution of spending more, enforcing more and providing easy drug access to all is a short road to ruin in an already heavily drugged culture. (See the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Holiday PSA.)

Of the $15.5 billion President Obama wants to spend on drug control less than $150 million will be spent on drug education. Fortunately for America, Narconon offers drug education to all.

Narconon provides the answers to drugs and drug addiction in more ways than one. The name Narconon literally means "no-drug" and with this as a fundamental they provide statistically successful drug education and drug rehabilitation .

If you or someone you know would like to learn the true facts about drugs and drug addiction or would like a drug education lecture in your school or group, contact Narconon at 877-237-3307.

May 21, 2009

After Drug Rehab, Graduate Gives Back

Filed under: Narconon, addiction, drug education, drug rehab, drug treatment — Tags: , , , , — nneastus @ 6:16 pm

In 2001, John graduated from the Narconon® drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Struggling with addiction for 7 years, John really never knew that he could stop using drugs and be happy. This all changed one morning when he got a surprise visit from his mother who had an actual solution to his problem. “One morning I woke up and my mother was in my living room and asked me if I was ready to get better,” says John. “I thought it was more counseling, or more meetings. To my surprise it was the greatest thing that has ever happened in my life. It was called Narconon .”

John quickly got on a plane with the intention of changing his life. And several months later, that was exactly what he did. One of the most important things that changed for John was that he started wanting to give back to others instead of taking from them – one of the things that made him realize that he was fully recovered from his addiction. John soon started training to become a Drug Education Specialist with the goal of speaking to community groups, churches, and families about the dangers of addiction and to share his true story of recovery. Today with 7 years of sobriety John has actually been able to educate hundreds of thousands of people all throughout the country on the dangers of drug and/or alcohol addiction.

“I have always believed that education and prevention is the first step to ending addiction,” says John. “Nobody ever explained me to why I shouldn’t have done drugs. I was told not to do drugs as a kid but I never knew why until I did Narconon. That’s why I decided to start helping to educate others on how easy it is to get hooked on drugs and why.”

And John is not the only one out there doing educational talks around the country using the Narconon technology. In fact the contributions are so widespread throughout the Narconon network that Narconon International has just released a 36-page brochure outlining their community activities. The theme of this booklet is “Serving Our Community” and it is a collaboration of volunteerism throughout the world and honors the partnership of community organizations and groups that are working on drug prevention activities worldwide.

“Whether it’s delivering drug education talks in schools, churches or to community groups, Narconon’s purpose is to permanently end addiction,” says John. “They do that by starting to educate kids at a young age so that they understand what drugs really are and do to a person.  Knowing the truth about drugs is the biggest factor in keeping youth from ever becoming addicted in the first place.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with a drug and/or alcohol addiction contact Narconon today at 877-237-3307.  You may see the community and drug prevention brochure’s pictures and copy online through Narconon International .

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