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Hungary News: At the famous Balaton lake, the staff of Narconon Hungary continued to get their drug-free message out during the summer months with drug prevention presentations to youth. Hungary drug prevention story Hastings, England News: Narconon Hastings on the southeast coast of England has persons enrolled currently from Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Maldives Islands, and India (not counting those from the British isles). Hastings story Hyderabad, Pakistan News: May 12, 2008 -- A Hyderabad, Pakistan, Narconon drug rehabilitation doctor is trying to free his poor neighborhood from a damaging, addictive local drug, which he helped get declared illegal. Local drug manufacturers and pushers are threatening the doctor if he doesn't stop this work. Pakistan story Hawaii News: Here to Help Shocked to learn about Hawaii’s ‘ice’ epidemic, Punahou grad Kelly Preston and husband John Travolta are in town for a fund-raiser Thursday evening to build a 60-bed teen drug rehabilitation center. As one local youth knows from experience, the Narconon program works. (article by Susan K. Sunderland) Hawaii story Los Angeles News: The Positive Art of Hip Hop Happens in Los Angeles! Hip hop is a culture and Art form that transcends generations and has kept its integrity. Full Hip Hop event story Michigan News: Priscilla Presley Helps Inaugurate New Drug Rehab Facility in Michigan. The Narconon center in Battle Creek celebrates the grand opening of its second residential facility, a 120-bed rehab in Albion. Full story

• Louisiana News: Narconon Louisiana drug rehab opens its doors. Within months, Cathy and Tom Steiner, along with their Medical Director, Rohit Adi, and Kelley Keeney, put together the plan for a residential drug treatment center. Nine months later, Narconon Louisiana New Life Retreat, nick-named Riverbend, opened its doors.
  
  
• Cape Town News: Narconon Cape Town, South Africa, has completed "Peer Leader Training" with over 100 students who were taught a number of skills.
  
  
• News: Narconon New York working in cooperation with DEA to educate youth. The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) has a traveling exhibit which has recently been housed at 1 Times Square in New York City. The Exhibit Educator for the Museum was referred to the Narconon® program by the New York State Demand Reduction Officer as people with a good reputation for holding lively interactive talks with kids across the country.
  
  
• Grand Opening of the Narconon drug rehab center in Houston. Over 150 people attended the Grand Opening of the first Narconon center in Houston, Texas, on August 21st, 2004. Rev. James McLaughlin was five years into his ministry with the Ward AME Church when, as he says, "My faith was tested by the demon of drug addiction in my congregation. I looked for who could get results in this daily crisis that we like so many others are suffering through-drug abuse in our neighborhoods. I found those results in the Narconon program."
  
  
• Arrowhead Celebrates 15 Years in Oklahoma. It was quite a night of acknowledgment for this center on Lake Eufaula in the heart of America's Great Plains--a key to one city, "Narconon Day" proclaimed in two others, one thousand event attendees giving standing ovations. Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation center now maintains capacity enrollment with over 200 students and 160 staff to care for them. State Senator Richard Lerblance (right) recognized this by saying, "Programs like this can make a huge difference in the state. Narconon has been a great partner and a great asset to Southeast Oklahoma."
  
  
• February 19th is the official anniversary of the Narconon Drug Rehabilitation and Education Program. Mr. Benitez passed away in 1999. Recently Gordy Weinand, his close friend and co-worker, and first graduate of the program, sent us his story about the early days:"After years of drugs and alcohol, I got busted in Phoenix, Arizona. I then wound up at the State Prison in 1967. While there I met William Benitez. After several weeks of working together, he told me about a program he had started called Narconon. It was related to drugs. I told him about my history with drugs and drinking. He then invited me to attend a meeting."
  
  
• On several occasions the Clearwater drug rehab out-patient center's results were acknowledged by the drug education and licensing authorities of the State of Florida. In June of 2004, Cheryl Alderman, Executive Director of Narconon Florida, was sworn in as President of the Florida School of Addiction Studies Alumni Board.



• News from Ole Thiemer, Executive Director of Narconon Denmark: "Here's an excerpt from a Success Story by a student on the rehab program at Narconon Denmark: "My life has turned upside down. I have found happiness again; I smile and laugh, something I had not done for many years..."



• News: Drug rehab story -- Alex flew from Costa Rica to do the program at the Narconon Argentina substance abuse treatment center.
  
  
  
  
  
• The Narconon® Miracles hockey team took the ice against the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) Bullets. In addition to celebrating the 39th anniversary of the Narconon program, the purpose of this game was to raise funds for drug prevention activities in Los Angeles County.
  
  
• Community members training in drug prevention and the First Step program -- Cape Town, South Africa
  
  
  
  
  
• Last year, the Narconon drug prevention specialists delivered presentations to over 28,000 people during the Red Ribbon Week celebration at the end of October. Highlights from Los Angeles, New York, Oklahoma, Seattle, Gothenburg and Cape Town.



• "Yo Vivo Sin Drogas" -- Narconon Mexico drug prevention campaign in Pedro Escobedo
  
  
  
  
  
• Drug Prevention in Ukraine: Narconon Kharkov delivers drug prevention presentations to an average of 700-1000 people a week. Also, in July 2004, Narconon Ukraine and Narconon Europe were invited to a Government Ministry meeting in Kiev. The Minister was briefed on the "Drug Free Future for the Children of Ukraine" campaign, as well as the Narconon drug rehabilitation technology.




• "New Narconon drug prevention and rehabilitation activities will be starting up in Israel, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Cyprus in 2005," announced the Director of Narconon Europe, at an international Narconon conference held in April 2005



• On November 7th, Adrienne MacDonald ran all 26.2 miles of the New York City marathon, raising funds for Narconon International! Here are some excerpts from her account of the event...





• News: Narconon Johannesburg Community Involvement -- For the second year in a row now, Narconon Johannesburg trained several police officers. This year they trained them as Narconon Drug Prevention Specialists. The policemen came from many stations, such as Boksburg, Duduza, Vosloorus and Zonkizizwe.


• News from the Narconon Nepal center, Kathmandu. The staff, drug rehabilitation advisors and students of the Pratigya center have adopted the Narconon program for their center.



• Drug Prevention in Pakistan, May 2004. Agnes and Geoffrey Barton, Narconon® volunteers, made their third trip to Pakistan to deliver a series of drug prevention presentations in schools.



• Drug Rehab in Macedonia. On Easter Day (April 11, 2004) Narconon Balkan opened its doors to its first student.





• 2003: A Short Retrospective. Here are just but a few highlights from the Narconon network in 2003 as it was celebrating its 37th year.





• Newsletter March 2006
  Narconon Network Celebrates 40 Years. From a decision to start a drug rehab to thousands of lives saved...









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Results from previous games:

• Narconon Miracles vs. MADD/Los Angeles Kings Alumni taking the ice against alcohol and other drug abuse. Full game details Father's Day
  
  
  
• LAPD Bullets vs. Narconon Miracles. February 26, 2005. Results
  
  
  
• Marines and MADD vs. Narconon Miracles at the Long Beach Sports Arena. Hockey results
  
  
  
• Los Angeles News: The Narconon Miracles took to the ice on August 5, 2007 at the Glacial Gardens arena in their 4th game against the L.A. Kings Alumni.
  
  
  

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