When someone in your family is taking a dangerous drug, your role is no longer support of drug prevention efforts. You need to act fast.
A recent daunting report from NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse), estimates that abuse and addiction still cost the American public upwards of half a trillion dollars a year. Despite reported success with drug prevention, which has dropped the drug use by young adults from 19.4 percent in 2001 to 14.9 percent in 2006, many families still have to face the need to seek intervention to help a loved one.
Drugs do destroy people’s lives, figuratively and literally. Take the Southern California wife of a talented musician. She experienced the death of her husband in front of her eyes from a cocaine overdose. She knew he had a serious cocaine addiction, but she did not act quite fast enough. More tragic, at the time of his death, her husband was on the verge of going into a drug rehab program.
Ultimately, if the problem is substance abuse, the only answer is getting the addict into rehab before tragedy strikes. If this is your situation, your only thought must be to get the addict to stop taking drugs before it is too late.
There are two questions left unanswered that can delay many intended interventions: Can anything really be done to end the drug cravings? And will my loved one reject my help?
The simple answer to the first question is Yes. If someone you know is addicted to drugs or alcohol, introduce them to the Narconon® program It has a 40 year track record handling addicts’ cravings for drugs so they can live lives free of urges to revert.
To answer the second one, there is this. Every wife, husband, parent needs to know that when addicts can begin to believe that life could be drug free, even if there are still doubts, most will try for it.
It may seem only drugs are important to an addict. But look closer – there is a life to be lived that is flickering. Getting your son or daughter or other family member to a truly successful drug rehab program will resuscitate that life. There are four decades of families who know this is true, because they have seen it for themselves. Don’t wait until it is too late.
Thousands of people have successfully completed Narconon’s drug rehabilitation program and, unlike many other alcohol and drug treatment methods, the vast majority of graduates go on to live stable, ethical, productive, drug-free lives.
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Narconon network celebrates its 44th birthdayThursday, February 25th, 2010The Narconon drug rehabilitation program began on February 19th, 1966, based on a decision by Arizona State Prison inmate by the name of William Benitez. After reading a book by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, “The Fundamentals of Thought”, Benitez recognized there could be a whole new approach to curing himself and helping others get permanently off drugs - concentrate on your abilities, rather than your addiction. It sounds simple now, but it wasn’t to an inmate who had tried every other method to get off drugs way back in ‘66. It worked. Benitez created a new program and helped dozens of others get off drugs in the prison, too. Following his release, he continued his mission by starting to deliver drug education presentations to students, one of the first persons to do so. It set an example now followed by Narconon® drug education specialists all over the world, reaching millions of youth. The Narconon drug education curriculum has even been studied and found to reduce drug use in all categories addressed. Benitez also founded the first Narconon residential treatment center in Los Angeles, from which have descended centers across the world, from Nepal to Cape Town, St. Petersburg to Oklahoma. Since 1995, when the network began to keep formal track, 30,000 persons have graduated the full four-to-six month life skills program.
At Narconon Georgia in Atlanta, one of the first persons Benitez helped free from addiction back in Arizona, Gordy Weinand, sat his students down and told them stories from successes he’s known over the last 40 years. Rehab is always personal. Narconon has had dozens of other accomplishments this year, such as opening its first drug rehab center in Costa Rica. It is doing pioneering work helping rehabs in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico to cope with the enormous drug crisis precipitated when drug cartels began warring there. Narconon Nepal in Kathmandu delivered drug education across the entire nation. Vittorio Poti, Mayor of Melendugno, Italy where there is the 100-bed Narconon Gabbiano attended its anniversary. Narconon Ghana celebrated UN Day Against Drugs with drug education events reaching 1000’s of youth. And thousands of addicts achieved stable drug-free lives this year, probably the hardest accomplishment of their lives so far. Their wins are only beginning. We invite you to learn more about the Narconon program. Or you might like to help by volunteering. Visit www.narconon.org or email us at info@narconon.org
Drug Rehabilitation Program Uses Holistic Methods to Help Addiction-Related SymptomsWednesday, February 10th, 2010While the majority of addiction treatment programs throughout the country have been using antidepressants and similar drugs to treat depression and other addiction-related symptoms manifested by their enrollees, the Narconon drug rehabilitation program has demonstrated its efficacy in dealing with these problems in a drug-free manner. According to an article recently published in Newsweek, the number of Americans on antidepressants doubled from about 13.3 million in 1996 to 27 million in 2005. During that period the pharmaceutical marketing machines raked in billions of dollars, yet a researcher in the article was quoted as saying, “The belief that antidepressants can cure depression chemically is simply wrong.” The researcher, Irving Kirsch, said that his study of both published and unpublished clinical trials of antidepressants found that 82 percent of patients benefit as well from a plecebo, making negligible the difference in taking an antidepressant. In addition, when someone weighs in the long list of toxic side effects from the mind-altering drugs, one could surmise that patients might be better off not taking the drugs in the first place. Under alcohol and other drug addiction, depression is a natural symptom that most substance abusers feel at some point. This may be the result of the chemical alteration their body endures and the highs and lows associated, or due to the mental anguish and guilt of having committed many harmful acts to themselves and others during the addiction. Either way, they are very real feelings to these people that need to be addressed at source, not chemically camouflaged. For over four decades, Narconon has been successfully using drug-free methods to deal with the real causes of such symptoms. One important component is to fully detoxify the body by eliminating stored chemical residues that alter its chemical balance. Through a unique and intense physical cleansing process based on research by American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, program participants are able to flush out old toxins with the aid of healthy, natural supplements, which they need in any case to begin to feel better. These include essential minerals, vitamins and oils. In addition, Narconon’s responsibility-based approach uses cognitive learning to address behavior. Graduates of the program, whether on antidepressants before or not, do not feel the need to take any such medications after completion. In the words of one of tens of thousands of Narconon graduates, “Before I came to Narconon, I had all the classic signs of major depression, my doctor wanted to put me on medication. But today I am happy to report I have been drug- and alcohol-free for 10 years and couldn’t ever imagine having to take a drug to try and feel better. I credit that new-found life to Narconon without question.” For more information on Narconon’s drug-free approach, or to find a program near you, visit www.narconon.org today. Here, find a video of the history of the Narconon program.
Rehabilitation for Opiate Addiction Without Maintenance DrugsThursday, January 28th, 2010The Narconon program provides successful drug-free rehabilitation for people addicted to heroin, oxycodone and other opiates without putting them on methadone or buprenorphine. Los Angeles, CA - According to recent survey information from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), more than 350,000 people throughout the country entered some form of treatment or rehabilitation program listing an opiate as their primary drug. Opiate addiction has been a major problem in America for decades. The main difference has been what type of opiate, such as morphine, heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone or other synthetic drugs. Over the years there has also been a push by the pharmaceutical industry to get opiate addicts onto their replacement drugs such as methadone, and more recently, buprenorphine. Opiate addiction comes with very heavy withdrawal symptoms, and so many addicts are drawn to the idea of not having to experience them by taking a legalized substitute that feeds their bodies’ dependency, but hopefully with less behavioral consequences. It’s a genius sales tactic that has generated billions of dollars for the drug industry and methadone clinics, many of which are for-profit corporations instead of non-profit treatment centers. The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Servicess (N-SSATS) showed that on the day of the last survey there were more than 260,000 Americans who were being given methadone as a substitute drug. While methadone clinics made up just about ten percent of the total treatment facilities, they had the highest average number of clients to accumulate more than 22 percent of all people receiving services for substance abuse. In addition, more than one-third of programs that prescribed methadone didn’t even offer detoxification - they were strictly dispensaries for maintenance drugs. Methadone has drawn more scrutiny in recent years with an alarming increase in the number of overdoses and related deaths. Some states are seeking to regulate the drug and its clinics, such as a bill in West Virginia that proposes methadone treatment centers to report and track take-home doses of the drugs. Others are just now seeing the social problems attached to the drug, such as police officers in Maine who reported a number of automobile accidents caused by methadone patients nodding off at the wheel while driving. While the long-term maintenance plan for methadone is to eventually wean off it over an approximate 18-month time period, the majority of methadone addicts actually increase their dosages due to further tolerance and wind up going into detox and rehabilitation programs after all. One program that has offered drug-free rehabilitation methods for opiate addicts for decades is the Narconon program, which is based on research and developments by the late American author and humanitarian, L. Ron Hubbard. Rather than putting heroin and other opiate addicts on replacement drugs or having them withdraw completely “cold turkey,” the Narconon program uses nutritional and light physical therapies to help ease withdrawal symptoms in their social detoxification. The rest of the program includes a body cleansing process to rid the drug residues called the New Life Detoxification Program, which helps to eliminate physical cravings for the drug and rehabilitate mental clarity for the education, counseling and life skills portion of the treatment. Narconon has over 140 groups and centers in dozens of countries throughout the world, with many facilities from coast to coast in the United States. The overall success of the program in returning people to becoming responsible, ethical and productive citizens has led to continued growth, which is spearheaded by the Narconon International office in Los Angeles. For more information about this life-saving drug-free rehabilitation program or to get help for a loved one in need, visit www.narconon.org today.
Narconon South Europe celebrates its 28th anniversary in ItalyThursday, December 31st, 2009On December 12th, 2009, at the Hotel Milano Brun, Narconon South  Narconon Europe Continental Executive In the presence of 300 guests and Narconon International executives, Phil Hart and Clark Carr, the Executive Director of Narconon South Europe Giovanni Citterio presented the achievements of the past year and gave the Felice Cantù International Award to those who had contributed significantly to the fight against drug abuse. One important attainment was the registration of Narconon drug rehabilitation centers in the website of the Department of Anti-Drug Policy by the President’s Council of Ministers, and Narconon’s participation in the 5th National Conference on Drugs in Trieste. This year’s award recipients were Vittorio Potì, Mayor of Melendugno, Massimo Esposito of Narconon Rome and Salvo Siracusano, a Narconon graduate. They received awards for, respectively, “Narconon and Society,” “Narconon Prevention,” and “Narconon Rehabilitation”. Mayor Potì discussed the evolution of the relationship between Meledugno and Narconon Gabbiano: “As the Regional Councilor and Mayor of a Salerno town with an agricultural and tourist economy, Narconon’s arrival challenged us. We were in the middle of the nineties, and our thoughts about the world of drug addiction were not free from prejudice and superficial evaluation, even to the point of intolerance. The community and I had a distorted view. But after initial distrust and worries about possible conflicts with the center, we developed a climate of real respect, trust, and active mutual collaboration. “Our most recent collaboration was an agreement between Narconon and the Municipal Administration to use Narconon students for combined civic activities to preserve the environment. This, along with many other instances, has made all the difference. “Today, Narconon in Melendugno is not a foreigner viewed with suspicion, but a part of our community. Because of their dedication to their mission, Narconon has gained our support and esteem.”
Holiday Extravaganza at Narconon in CanadaTuesday, December 15th, 2009Holiday Extravaganza at Narconon in Canada
This will be a very special event celebrating living a drug free life, especially over the holiday season. We will be commending all of our students on the program and graduates of the Narconon program. Their individual courage and dedication in achieving a drug free and happy life is something to be celebrated. The event will show case some guest speakers, musical talent, and the first local Narconon choir, whom have all volunteered their time to help celebrate living drug free. We are pleased to be able have a very young and talented French Canadian singer, Lea Morgane, who will be singing a variety of different songs for our listening pleasure. To watch the live graduation on December 18, at 4pm EST, you can visit http://www.narconon.ca/live We hope you enjoy the show, and have a wonder holiday season and a prosperous new year. Drug rehabilitation program special graduation
Narconon Costa Rica opens in Central AmericaThursday, December 10th, 2009On Sunday December 6, 2009 Narconon Heredia in Costa Rica celebrated the grand opening of their new center.  Guests at the Costa Rica center opening  Narconon center in Costa Rica The Executive Director, Roxana Aguirre, opened the event with a warm welcome to all of the guests and special thanks to all those who assisted in making this new center possible. Many people were instrumental in the opening of this center by providing donations, office equipment, the new sauna, as well as many hours of volunteer work. They were all presented with a commendation for their help. This was followed by a presentation from the Executive Director of Narconon Latin America, Charles Tennison, who spoke about the unique methods of the Narconon® program which has a very high success rate. He then presented a special commendation to the board member and founder of this center, Didier Rodriguez.  Executive Director of Latin America and Founder of Costa Rica center For the finale, the ribbon was cut with an enthusiastic applause from the guests.  Narconon Costa Rica center Opening
Narconon Brings Program to AlbaniaWednesday, November 25th, 2009 Narconon Albania event This month Narconon Albania hosted a series of events to acknowledge the opening of the Narconon program in this country. A special event was held at the European University in Tirana with 50 invited guests from different ministries and local NGOs, as well as representatives from other rehab centers. Executive Director Narconon Albania Vitorja Leila and Deputy Executive Director Narconon Europe Ole Thiemer gave an overview of the Narconon® program and how it can help address the rising drug abuse in their country.  Albania attendees The representative from the ministry of social affairs thanked Narconon for their efforts in making a difference for Albania by preventing kids from using drugs and helping to rehabilitate addicts. Representatives from a rehab center in Kosovo expressed their wish to implement the Narconon Program in their center. The following day, Narconon representatives met with the Minister of Health who acknowledged the importance for effective solutions in the field of drug education and rehabilitation services and offered his his help and support. Narconon Europe staff also delivered a drug education presentation at the Petro Nini Luarasi High School in Tirana. The school psychologist was very impressed with the presentation and has requested Narconon presentations in the elementary schools in the city. In celebration of the establishment of Narconon in Albania, staff and guests gathered for an opening of their new Narconon office.  Drug free withdrawal opening  Narconon Albania Drug Education
Rehabilitation from meth addiction - Narconon graduate shares storyFriday, August 21st, 2009This is the story of ex-meth addict, Kyle. He came to Narconon® weighing about 165 pounds of “skin and bones.” says Kyle. Kyle’s parents got him to rehab as they realized his addiction was really dragging him down. His addiction went from being slightly controlled by meth to being absorbed by meth. His parents came to his house and said “Hey we found a place called Narconon and its out in California, would you like to go?” Kyle at this point was looking for help so he jumped at the chance to get help with his addiction. Now at this point you may wonder how Kyle got into meth and thus became addicted to it. In his video, Kyle says that he was a weekend party man and some “friends” of his brought meth to the party. Kyle tried it and says that he couldn’t get enough of it. He thought he wouldn’t get addicted to meth as he didn’t know too much about it and compared it to cocaine. His hopes about meth were proved wrong and he dropped into an approximate 4 year addiction. Here’s what Kyle said about the Narconon program: “When I came to Narconon I knew I wanted help, I didn’t know if it was going to work or not, I didn’t know much about the program at all and I came, I was willing, I did what they asked and sure enough here I am 4 years later, clean and sober.” “Addiction is something that you can overcome you just have to put your trust into somebody and you need to find a way to get to Narconon. If you can get to Narconon you can find sobriety, you can find happiness, you can achieve the things you never thought you could and I’m proof of that.” You can watch Kyle’s video interview on his journey from addiction to a drug-free life. Narconon Southern California drug rehabilitation graduate video
Allison Narconon of Georgia drug rehabilitation graduateMonday, August 17th, 2009Allison says “Someone can definitely achieve a drug-free life.” Why is this important? Well, Allison was a drug addict herself, before she went through the Narconon® drug rehabilitation program. Allison was addicted to xanax, cocaine and crack. She had been using these drugs for quite some time and they were destroying her. She lived in a trailer, had a job and barely had enough money to live off of, after an expensive drug addiction. As for Allison personally, she was not in any healthy state and didn’t weigh very much as her body was so deteriorated thanks to her drug addiction. After all that bad news there is a change that can be spoken of. Allison doesn’t do drugs anymore! She did the Narconon rehabilitation program and is completely drug-free and changed her life around. Now that Allison doesn’t have an addiction to worry about she has given positive messages back to Narconon, “The Narconon program is about more than just getting off drugs or getting drugs out of your system. Its about learning how to live your life all over again, learning how to be with your family again, learning how to be with your friends again, learning how to be comfortable being you and then once you have that you can move forward and tackle your life, achieve everything you’ve ever wanted to.” Allison said this about the Narconon program: “My life now is great compared to when I started, like I said I was a mess when I started, I didn’t have anything to my name. Now I’m a self-functioning individual, I can pay my own bills. My family life is great I can call up my parents and say ‘hey lets go to dinner and have a good time’. I don’t call them with bad news anymore. My life totally turned around its great I don’t have any problems anymore.” Now you know Allison’s story about her change during the Narconon program for the better. Let us hope more people don’t have to fall down the dangerous road to addiction and eventual rehabilitation, but programs like Narconon are here if people need it. Check out some videos of Allison and her brother. So you may ask, “is a drug-free life possible for anyone hooked up on drugs now?” Allison is one of the many that complete the Narconon drug rehabilitation program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u43Rj7M_HA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kewsTfAy37I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drg5-rGhnoo
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The holiday season has arrived; not only are we celebrating the end of another successful year of saving lives, but we are ending it with a bang. For the fourth time this year, Narocnon Trois-Rivieres will broadcast a live graduation on the Internet, December 18, 2009 at 4pm EST.