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The Benefits to Your Community of Effective Drug Rehab
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The Benefits to Your Community of Effective Drug Rehab
If one looks at the costs of drug treatment, law enforcement, the judicial system and welfare costs due to drug addiction, the bill is a staggering $193 billion per year in the U.S. alone. This, according to the National Drug Information Center, is one way to estimate the monetary costs of drug addiction. But there are also other costs.
More than 22 million American families are subject to the heartbreak caused by having a drug or alcohol addict in their own family, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The pain and suffering felt by the addicted person would add to this tally.
And in one’s own life, how many different areas are impacted by drug and alcohol addiction? Our insurance premiums are higher due to the percentage of people driving while drinking or on drugs, who contribute to the 10,000 additional traffic related deaths each year. The amount of pain and suffering felt by the families of those fatalities is immeasurable.
Another crime particularly popular with methamphetamine or prescription pain pill addicts is that of identity theft. If you have been a victim of this crime, it may have been committed by someone who needs another name to purchase a prescription under. The toll that drug and alcohol abuse takes on our community and our lives is overwhelming.
The answer to this problem lies in effective drug and alcohol treatment programs.
However, if you start to look for drug rehab programs and ask about their success rates, you may find that only 16-20% of their cases recover. If they cite a higher number, be sure to make an inquiry as to how their statistics are counted. The only real measure of success should be long-lasting sobriety following completion of the program. Some measure their success by how many complete the program, but do no follow-ups afterwards. And some have the attitude and believe that “relapse is a part of rehab.” That isn’t true.
At Narconon drug rehab centers in fifty locations around the world, the actual success rate, as measured two years after graduation from the program is 70%. This means that most (nearly three-quarters) of families who bring a family member to a Narconon center can have their loved one home again without the addiction problem. Their heartbreak and suffering can end, as will that of their addicted family member.
One of the keys to the success of the Narconon program is the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program. After the person has experienced a tolerable withdrawal from the drugs, he begins this step of the program. It involves daily time in a low, dry-heat sauna, accompanied by nutritional supplements and moderate exercise. It is through this unique combination of elements that the body is able to eliminate the drug residues that have been lodged in the body’s fatty tissues. These, when not completely eliminated, have been shown to be capable of causing cravings long after the person has stopped using drugs. It may be those cravings which contribute to some relapses that happen years after one has been sober.
In the Narconon program, once the process of eliminating these residues is complete, most report that they have far fewer cravings, and some report no more cravings at all. And, most report a fresh, new, brighter outlook on life, and more energy as well.
With this improved viewpoint, one then begins the next portion of the Narconon program where he learns the life skills needed to maintain long-term sobriety. Here he handles the issues that contributed to his starting on drugs in the first place. He learns skills to recover his personal integrity and rebuilds his self-esteem. And, he even learns how to handle people who may lead one back down the road to further drug abuse. Before one goes home from the Narconon program, each person has constructed a plan that he feels sure he can follow to continue to live a drug-free and productive life.
To find out more about how to help your loved one save the pain and suffering of drug addiction, and to get more information about how the full Narconon program works and where centers are located, contact a Narconon drug rehab counselor today..
References:
http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs44/44731/44731p.pdf
http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k10NSDUH/tabs/Sect5peTabs1to56.htm#Tab5.15A
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4460349/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/meth-connection-identity-theft/#.TxObi5hA9SU
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
Underage Drinking and and Partying can Set Up Young Adults to Need Rehab
If one wants to know how much drinking is happening on college campuses, there are several ways to find out. One would be to read the studies and reports that are published by such agencies as the US Surgeon General’s office, or the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). Another option would be to visit any college campus on any weekend, and check out fraternity or sorority row. You would find out pretty quickly how far this problem has gone.
According to CASA’s research reports as of 2007, they found that almost half of all full-time college students went on drinking binges (defined as five or more drinks in one sitting), abused prescription drugs, or used illegal drugs. And about 25% of them or almost 2 million students met the definition for substance abuse or dependence. This is nearly three times greater than the rate among the general American public. And most college students are under age 21, so purchasing alcohol or public possession of it is also illegal in the United States.
Also, in 2007 the Surgeon General of the U.S. issued a Call to Action to Prevent Underage Drinking. There he stated that American young people from age 18-20 had the highest rate of alcohol dependence among the population, and most “began drinking years earlier.”
Personal tragedies are numerous as the overuse of alcohol may result in crippling injuries or death, or even the deaths of others who may not be drinking, victims of drunk driving traffic accidents. The list is too long to enumerate all of the young people who have lost their lives recently to alcohol. There is the case of Madison Lewis, age 19, who died in Alabama last December when her driver was drunk. Another was Ashley Donahue age 20, who also died in December last year when she was thrown out of a car in Framingham, MA on her way home from a party where she and some other students had been playing drinking games.
Narconon Can Help People Regain Sobriety
When someone has lost control of their drinking, and cannot stop it himself and repair the damage he has created, he needs effective rehabilitation. Even college students, who may not think that alcohol abuse rehab should be part of their college experience, may need to go to rehab before continuing their studies, or after they graduate so they can live productive, sober lifestyles.
Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers exist on six continents and in fifty locations around the world. The Narconon program offers an excellent chance for a full recovery, and has done so for over forty-five years, having helped hundreds of thousands of alcoholics and drug addicts. Narconon’s program is comprehensive, long-term, and holistic and uses no other drugs to help one get off of the drugs or alcohol they are addicted to. In fact, seven of ten Narconon graduates stay sober and drug-free.
One essential component of recovery is to reduce or eliminate cravings for a drug. This is done very effectively on the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, which includes daily nutritional supplementation, closely-supervised time in a dry-heat sauna, and moderate exercise. It is this unique combination that allows one to rid the body of the accumulated toxins left over from the drugs or alcohol that have been consumed. These toxins are stored in the fatty tissues of the body, where they can remain for years, later triggering cravings for drugs or alcohol. But with the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, the body eliminates these toxins, leaving a person feeling fresher, with more energy and a brighter outlook on life, and with fewer or no cravings at all.
The Narconon program also includes life skills courses which one does after completing the full physical detox. These courses allow one to chart a course for a drug-free future, even when met with life’s obstacles and challenges. When one graduates the Narconon drug rehab program, he or she is ready to meet these challenges without the need for drugs or alcohol as an escape.
Call a Narconon rehab counselor to see how you can help someone with alcoholism.
Resources:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/calltoaction.pdf
http://www.casacolumbia.org/templates/Publications_Reports.aspx#r11: Wasting the Best and the Brightest: Substance Abuse at America’s Colleges and Universities
“The legal age for alcohol in the USA is 21 years old. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21. From The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, by David J. Hanson, Ph.D
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/1092767630.html
“The legal age for alcohol in the USA is 21 years old. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21. from The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, by David J. Hanson, Ph.D.
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/1092767630.html
Is Addiction a Disease?
By some specialists, addiction is stated to be a disease comparable with other diseases like diabetes or hypertension. With this mindset, patients who come in for drug abuse and addiction treatment can be told that this disease is incurable and the best that can be done is to “manage” the addiction with other drugs.
Several drugs have been tested and a few have been approved by the FDA for treating certain drug addictions, such as methadone, buprenorphine (brandnamed Suboxone or Subutex), benzodiazepines and Antabuse. These are used to treat addiction in some treatment centers, making it easier for them to bill insurance companies for their rehab treatment.
Unfortunately what this treatment actually does is prolong a dependency on drugs, just substituting different ones than those the patient came in on. Curing drug addiction with drug addiction certainly doesn’t offer a lasting cure.
In fact, there are countries where a heroin addict, for example, is given access to free clean needles, safe houses, and even free drugs at times, so he can maintain his drug habit but avoid some of the other public health perils that his addiction can lead to. HIV, AIDS, hepatitis and other life-threatening diseases are common in drug addicts and are often the result of injecting themselves with contaminated or reused needles.
The theory underlying this type of treatment is that drug addiction is not only a disease, but an incurable one, and once one is a drug addict, he will remain one for his lifetime.
Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers do not believe that drug addiction is a disease at all. In fact, it is not their experience that addiction is incurable. From all reports, both staff and people who have undergone the Narconon program found it is fully possible to recover from drug addiction and enjoy a healthy and productive life. It is even commonplace at Narconon that people completing the program resume their lives with a totally fresh outlook, free from the cravings that drove them to constant drug use before rehab.
Seventy Percent of Narconon Graduates Stay Drug-free
This may sound unrealistic to some people, but it is the common experience of hundreds of thousands of people who have been helped to break the addiction cycle at Narconon over the past 45 years. Seventy percent of Narconon graduates stay drug-free and sober after completing the program. Narconon offers real help for drug addiction.
Narconon does not use legal drugs to help people recover from illegal substance addiction.
In the Narconon drug-free program, one first goes through a surprisingly tolerable withdrawal period, followed by an intensive detox on the unique Narconon New Life Detoxification Program. It is during this stage of the program that many participants report a much lower desire for drugs or even no cravings at all after this part is completed.
Then, Narconon ensures that the person will be able to maintain his drug-free state by learning important life skills. These include the skill he needs to face and handle those reasons he originally became addicted to drugs. He works at improving his communication skills; he finds out the reasons that people experience ups and downs in life; and he learns who to associate with instead of those who helped him become or stay addicted to drugs.
He also learns how to take responsibility for his past actions, including making up the damage done to loved ones. And, before he completes the Narconon program, the student has charted his own course for his future drug-free, healthy and productive life.
Narconon exists on six continents and there are more than 50 Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers around the world.
Call a Narconon rehab program today for more details or to get some information about Narconon school drug education programs.
What is Addiction?
The definition of addiction is a condition that consists of a repeated, compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance despite the adverse social or mental or physical consequences. Often this is accompanied by a physical or a psychological dependence and tolerance, and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal.
The person addicted to drugs or alcohol may truly desire to quit and may make many promises to do so, but despite his sincere desire to stop and get clean, he cannot seem to do so. In these cases, the problem is addiction, and the individual needs professional help to get and stay sober.
There are many drugs of choice, and one can become addicted to any one of several illicit drugs such as heroin, cocaine or marijuana. One can be hooked on “speed” type drugs such as methamphetamines or amphetamines, or to any form of alcohol. Lately there has been a huge increase in addiction to prescription drugs, particularly the opioid painkiller oxycodone, sold under the brand name OxyContin.
In fact, people can even become addicted to inhalants, which are “huffed” or inhaled, such as compressed air for cleaning computers and spray paint.
Another category is the synthetic drugs often referred to as “club drugs.” These include GHB, Rohypnol and ketamine. These have addictive properties too, although one might consume them initially unintentionally (such as Rohypnol, which is known as the “date rape” drug). And many people become addicted to more than one drug.
You Can Overcome Drug Addiction
Whatever drug one is addicted to, when one has decided to actually get free of the addiction, there is help available.
The Narconon program is a drug-free program which has helped many tens of thousands of people to get off drugs and stay off them for the past 45 years. It consists of two main phases.
In the first phase, one rids the body of the harmful effects of drugs, and detoxifies it with a very effective yet tolerable program. The newly arrived person to a Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will be given plenty of good nutrition and supplements such as vitamins and minerals. In addition he experiences one on one counseling and physical assists, much like gentle massages which make this first withdrawal phase much more tolerable than one might expect.
After the initial withdrawal, he is ready for the unique Narconon New Life Detoxification program. This deep detoxification consists of daily moderate exercise, time in a dry-heat sauna, and more nutritional supplementation. The length of time needed to fully rid the body of the toxins and drug residues lodged in the fatty tissues of the body will vary from person to person, but following this step, most Narconon students (not patients) report reduced or no drug cravings.
After completing this step, the Narconon student goes on to the second phase, where he will study six more courses giving him several key life skills needed to return to a life without dependency on drugs or alcohol. His former addictive life choices are replaced with healthy drug-free alternatives. He learns how to confront, communicate and control his life without resorting to drugs for escape. During this time in the program, he also really regains his self-respect and his own moral compass, and only graduates the program when he has a workable plan for living a drug-free and alcohol-free life.
Seventy percent of Narconon graduates remain drug and alcohol-free two years after completion of the program. When you or a loved one is ready to overcome drug addiction, call a Narconon rehab center and a representative will assist you.
Florida Finally Cracks Down on Pill Mills
Florida has recently earned a new nickname, replacing its well-used “Sunshine State” with “The Oxy Express,” due to the exorbitant rate of oxycodone sales which occur in the state. An estimated 89% of all of the nation’s oxycodone sales actually take place in Florida, and finally the legislature and Governor Scott have agreed to take action. The law, passed and signed by the Governor in June 2011, provides for a drug-monitoring data base to track sales of all controlled drugs, and also cracks down on the dishonest doctors, pharmacies and pill mills who earned the state its new nickname.
Perhaps as an effort to keep the pharmaceutical industry from interfering in its enforcement, the law prohibits the pharmacy industry from funding the drug monitoring system. This new system is to be funded by local law enforcement agencies.
Right after passage of the bill, two Orlando clinics were raided by federal authorities as part of a larger pill mill investigation. According to investigators, one of the Orlando doctors wrote prescriptions for more oxycodone than had been written in the entire state of California.
Here are some of the provisions of the new Florida law:
It creates a prescription-drug monitoring database that tracks the purchase of all controlled drugs.
It forces clinics to keep actual track of patients who receive prescriptions and to report them if they develop drug-abuse problems.
It provides minimum fines of $10,000 and six-month suspensions for doctors who overprescribe painkillers.
It creates a first-degree misdemeanor offense for a pharmacist who fails to report anyone who tries to fraudulently obtain drugs.
It tightens the rules for writing prescriptions, keeping medical records and written pain treatment plans.
There are several more provisions in the law, but overall, its purpose is to crack down on the wrongful and far too common practice of over-prescribing opioid prescription painkillers, and to curtail or stop the clinics which go into business simply to supply illegal drugs to patients who are addicted to these painkillers for the “high” rather than for any legitimate medically mandated use.
It took several years to pass the database. Efforts by proponents were repeatedly limited by legal challenges and lobbying over privacy rights. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, and State House Republican leaders opposed the creation of the database, saying it raised too many privacy concerns and that it was not the most effective way to curb the problem.
The real problem of course, is to curtail the demand for such pain clinics, and the drugs they so willingly dispense. In order to do that, one has to address the drug problem more completely including treatment for those who are addicted to these and other drugs. When one is suffering from addiction to any drugs, and particularly the opioid, heroin-like painkillers, it is a huge challenge to both the drug addict and the families of drug addicts to get the person clean and sober again.
Narconon has been effectively treating drug addicts for over 45 years in 50 countries around the world. They have even started to train other drug rehab programs in their drug-free withdrawal methods, in what is termed the “First Step Program.” This program also allows for families to follow guidelines of a regime of withdrawal that can be done at home by anyone that can follow the instructions of the program.
If you need help with drug addiction, contact a Narconon rehab center today. We are here for you.
Resources:
Wall Street Journal “Florida Governor Signs Bill Regulating Pill Mills” June 3, 2011
The New York Times “Florida Shutting Pill Mill Clinics” September 1, 2011.
Narconon Gulf Coast Review
If the beautiful coast of Florida conjures up beautiful images, it should. Not only is the area picturesque, but there are some beautiful changes going on in the lives of addicts. This beautiful resort boasts a very high success rate for drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Any Narconon Gulf Coast review would be remiss not to mention those impressive statistics.
The Narconon Gulf Coast rehab center is located is located in a resort-like setting which has a wonderful view of the ocean. This environment is very conducive to healing and treatment of addiction. There is a one on one staff-student ratio at the center, which provides for a better chance of success. They concentrate on craving reduction, but also follow a treatment program which has been utilized by Narconon for decades.
Any Narconon Gulf coast review would indicate that center was opened by Randy and Debbie Ross, who had previously gone through four unsuccessful attempts at rehabilitation for their son. They had a personal stake in the success of the Narconon Gulf Coast center, and it was a large one. Every possible issue was discussed and dealt with before the doors even opened, including any possible complaint (such as the quality of the food) that a student may have.
They use an extremely positive approach, and Debbie personally makes sure the students are treated with respect from all staff members. There are daily staff meetings during which any positive and problem areas are discussed. This Narconon Gulf Coast Review gives kudos to Randy and Debbie for caring so very much about each of the students, and literally treating them as their own children.
Based on the methods of the other Narconon centers, the Gulf Coast facility uses wholesome, natural, and holistic methods of dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. They also create an excitement about the New Life studies that actually create enthusiasm not only with the staff, but more importantly, the students. They believe that addiction is not a disease of the helpless, but a condition of people who have the power to overcome it, with the right tools and education.
The most impressive Narconon Gulf Coast review includes the facts that although individuals are free to leave at any time, they do not. Who would want to? It is a home-like atmosphere with positive, caring people around to help guide the student every step of the way. The program is excellent, the food is great, the people actually do care, and the facility is located in a resort-like area. No one makes light of the fact that beating addiction can be tough, but there may be no better place to achieve it than this one, which has everything going for it.
Narconon Gulf Coast is not a quick fix, band aid type of program. It literally takes months to complete the program. Individuals did not get where they are in life in only a couple of weeks, so it stands to reason that it would take a comprehensive program to enable individuals to take back their lives, only with a more positive, healthier approach than before.
Florida Continues to Provide Southeast States with Prescription Narcotics Likely Due to Inactive Prescription Monitoring Program
As one state after another implemented monitoring programs that enabled them to crack down on prescription fraud, Florida passed legislation that would enact a similar law – but then in March 2011, it approved a move to cancel implementation of the law.
Over the years, Florida has gained a reputation as the destination for drug dealers from other states who want to fraudulently obtain prescription narcotics for illicit sale. In particular, dealers from Tennessee, Kentucky and other southern states have established veritable trade routes to and from Florida so they can supply addicts in their home states. But despite its role in these illicit activities, Florida seemed to drag its feet in enacting legislation. By the time Florida passed its bill (that was then canceled), only one state – Missouri – had not enacted similar laws.
More Prescription Drug Deaths Than Traffic Accident Deaths
Narconon spokesperson Bobby Wiggins explained, “Governor Scott felt that this law would only provide some tracking of prescriptions, might violate privacy and would not strike at the heart of the problem. Still, Florida legislators must address the real problems rapidly or bear responsibility for any prescription drug deaths that occur as a result of drugs improperly dispensed in Florida in the meantime.” In Kentucky, for example, one of the states receiving many of Florida’s illicit prescriptions, prescription drug deaths rose from 403 in 2000 to 973 by 2009. More people now die in Kentucky due to prescription drug abuse than traffic accidents.
National Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowsi appealed to Florida legislators not to kill the bill. He appeared in Kentucky even as the Florida legislation was dying. During that visit, he dubbed Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee as “ground zero” for prescription drug abuse.
“Whether legislation catches up with the problem or not, what remains is that those who have become addicted to prescription drugs or any addictive substance need help to leave that addiction behind,” added Wiggins. “For more than forty years, Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers around the world have been enabling addicts to start living clean and sober lives again.”
Call and speak to one our drug rehab counselors for more information about the Narconon drug rehab program.
Resources:
- http://drugcontrol.flgov.com/pdmp/about.html
- http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/florida-house-committee-votes-to-kill-drug-monitoring-database/1156413
- http://www.marconews.com/news/2011/mar/16/9-sentenced-SW-Fla-prescription-drug-fraud-ring/
- http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110223/ZONE10/302240028/Officials-Florida-plan-scrap-drug-monitoring-may-cost-lives-Kentucky
Mephedrone, a New Drug, Legal in Most States, is Taking Lives, Reports Narconon Spokesperson
It’s a dangerous drug associated with suicides, paranoia, hallucinations, chest pains and high blood pressure. But it’s legal across most of the US. All a vendor has to do is label the drug “bath salts” or “plant food” and outside of just a handful of states, it’ll be legal to sell.
It’s mephedrone. Chemically, it is about the same as the active ingredient in khat, a plant-based drug mostly used by East Africans at home or abroad. It can be snorted, smoked or injected. The yellowish or whitish powder first began showing up in 2007 and rapidly made its way across the globe, appearing quickly in Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania and Israel. It’s now illegal across the European Union, and Australian health workers are being warned to watch for it due to its rapid expansion into the club scene in that country.
One survey of UK dance and club enthusiasts showed that 41 percent had used the drug, nearly all of them in the prior year. It’s a stimulant and a hallucinogen.
“There will always be people who are willing to make a profit by providing chemical highs to those who don’t know any better,” stated Narconon spokesperson Bobby Wiggins. Narconon is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of substance abuse and addiction through drug rehabilitation and education. “Those people who are into getting high may not ask any questions about the purity or safety of a drug and they can and do suffer serious effects. The laws can’t always keep up with the new intoxicating products on the market.”
For reasons that are not clear yet, Louisiana has been hardest hit by the drug, and the first to make it illegal. Three suicides have occurred in the state by people who had taken the drug within days, and more than 160 requests for crisis help have been received, the great majority reported by emergency room physicians. Kentucky was the next hardest hit, with 23 calls for crisis help in the same time period.
Websites selling mephedrone covertly refer to it as “bath salts” or “plant food” and urge the reader to buy mephedrone so they can have a beautiful garden. But at $35 a gram, that makes for a very expensive garden. As bath salts, they may appear under the names Ivory Wave, Ocean, Charge +, White Lightening, Scarface, Hurricane Charlie, Red Dove, Cloud-9 and White Dove and will show a manufacture in China or India.
“Young people who like to party particularly attracted to this drug,” added Wiggins. “When a person can’t stop abusing substances even when they cause harm or put the person in danger, that person needs help overcoming an addiction. That help could just save his or her life.”
For more information about the Narconon drug rehab program, visit www.narconon-news.org
Smuggling Efforts Reach New Highs in Sonora, Mexico Reports Narconon Spokesperson
With the billions of dollars of profits that are raked in each year in the illicit drug trade, there is enormous motivation for traffickers to innovate new smuggling methods. The last year has seen homemade submarines bringing loads of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico, cocaine smuggled into the US in Easter eggs, and new, sophisticated tunnels dug under the US-Mexico border. And then there are the usual vehicles with drug packages hidden in the frames, seats, doors, roofs or gas tanks, and pedestrians with drugs taped to their bodies or hidden among their belongings.
In late January 2011, traffickers in the Mexican state of Sonora came up with a new one: a nine-foot catapult that would sling packages of marijuana far across the international border.
The US National Guard in Arizona monitoring a remote video feed spotted the primitive catapult that was hauled into place next to the international border by a team of men, and then was used to toss four-pound packages of weed over the border. The National Guard tipped off the Mexican military and military personnel disrupted the operation, seizing 45 pounds of marijuana and the catapult but making no arrests.
“The efforts of drug cartels to get their products into our neighborhoods is never-ceasing,” stated Narconon spokesperson Bobby Wiggins. Narconon is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of substance abuse and addiction through effective drug rehabilitation and education. “Once the drugs are in this country, traffickers and the drug dealers distributing the products on the street draw no lines. They will sell their addictive wares to anyone without concern for destroying lives. The only protection comes from avoiding substance abuse and finding lasting recovery from addiction.”
Wiggins cited the report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that said that nearly half of all addiction treatment admissions were repeats. When the addictive substance was an opiate, the proportion of repeat treatments went up to 60 percent. “As long as addiction treatment fails, Americans will continue to be customers of the drug cartels. That is why Narconon centers have developed a workable system of helping people achieve a lasting recovery. Since 1966, drug addicts have been learning to live clean and sober, the Narconon way.”
In more than 100 Narconon centers around the world, seven out of ten graduates succeed in staying clean after they go home. For more information on the Narconon drug rehab program, visit http://www.narconon.org
“Million Dollar Doctor” in Missouri Serves to Warn Public that Prescription Drug Abuse is Still Thriving
It just seems that some people don’t learn very fast. The Drug Enforcement Agency website lists seventy doctors who have gotten themselves arrested for prescription fraud, sometimes resulting in injury and even death for their patients. Newspapers across the country carry stories – Louisville, Kentucky; McLean and Manassas, Virginia; Seattle, Washington; Cleveland, Ohio; Norwalk, Connecticut; Orlando, Florida – of doctors who lose everything after they are arrested for illegally distributing prescription painkillers, sedatives, sleep aids and anti-anxiety medications. But these doctors are amateurs compared to Dr. Bruce Baker of Independence, Missouri.
Working with two accomplices, Dr. Baker distributed more than a million dollars worth of OxyContin and Oxycodone between 2006 and 2010 when he was arrested. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of pills were reimbursed by medical insurance and Medicare, meaning that Dr. Baker racked up insurance fraud charges as well.
One “patient” all by herself received prescriptions for nearly 2,400 pills over a three-month period.
Dr. Baker gave up the fight and pleaded guilty in February 2011.
“Without criminal doctors like Dr. Baker, the seven million people who abuse prescription drugs each year would not have such plentiful access to these drugs to abuse,” stated Bobby Wiggins, a spokesperson for Narconon. Narconon is an international non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating substance abuse and addiction through effective rehabilitation and education. “In 2007, three-quarters of a million people wound up in emergency rooms due to their prescription drug abuse, and more of these visits involved oxycodone or OxyContin more often than any other prescription drug.”
As far back as 2005, a media report showed that OxyContin was one of the drugs most often associated with fatalities, both among legitimate users and abusers.
“But putting Dr. Baker into jail does nothing for those who became addicted to these opioid painkillers,” said Wiggins. “The only thing that helps those people is getting them into a drug rehabilitation that will not give them more opioid drugs and call it treatment. This is what is happening in thousands of drug rehabs across the country. The opioid drug many addicts are getting at these rehabs is called buprenorphine. At Narconon, we help every addict recover their own self-esteem and integrity without giving them drugs of any kind. Instead of drugs, we use nutrition, a sauna detoxification program and one-on-one care. It works.” In seven out of ten cases, Narconon graduates go on to live clean and sober lives after graduation from the drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
For more information about the Narconon drug rehab program, visit www.narconon-news.org
Narconon Report on How Failed Drug Rehab Services Contribute to State and Local Bankruptcies
Recent financial news includes stories about cities and states declaring or considering bankruptcy. The cities of Newark, Vallejo, California and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania have considered the possibility or have taken the plunge. California, Michigan and New York are the states considered closest to the bankruptcy line; Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois are said to be next in line.
According to Joseph Califano, chairman of the National Center on Substance Abuse and Addiction at Columbia University, the costs of substance abuse and addiction contribute to the insolvency of state budgets.
Mr. Califano reports that some 30 percent of Medicaid costs are spent to treat the results of violence and accidents related to substance abuse, or to treat the seventy or more diseases caused or worsened by drug abuse and addiction. On top of that, as many as 80 percent of incarcerated Americans were jailed for drug offences, violent or other crimes committed to obtain drugs or while they were drunk or high.
Narconon spokesperson Bobby Wiggins agrees with Mr. Califano. “One of the best ways to reduce state and local budgets is to bring about lasting recovery to addiction.” Narconon is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of substance abuse and addiction through effective drug rehabilitation and drug education. “When those running into legal or health problems go through one after another drug rehabilitation program, states, counties and cities very often bear the burden of those costs. When those who leave prison on drug charges have no way to permanently rebuild their lives, states and counties stand to pay for future prosecutions and incarcerations unless lasting recovery can be found.”
Expenses from substance abuse and addiction cover a broad spectrum of social costs beyond healthcare and the penal system. Additional costs such as social services including welfare and the foster care system add costs, and lost income from productivity losses and failed businesses cost states and local governments even more. State by state, 94 percent of substance abuse-related costs go to cleaning up the messes created by drug use and addiction. Less than 3 percent is spent on prevention or treatment.
“In a world where addiction can be overcome, we can expect people to complete drug rehab treatment and return to the workforce healthy,” explained Wiggins. “At Narconon centers around the world, seven out of ten graduates stay clean and sober after they return home. Lasting recovery accompanied by the elimination of the expense of addiction is a solution available to any city, county or state.”
For more information on the Narconon drug rehabilitation program, visit www.narconon.org
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Narconon Spokesperson Warns that Cocaine and Ecstasy Are Being Cut with Toxic Drugs
If you needed any further proof that drug traffickers and dealers are nobody’s friends, recent analyses of cocaine and ecstasy supplies shows that they are moreand more often being cut with toxic drugs. Shortages of cocaine in various parts of the world and reduced production of ecstasy may be driving drug traffickers to use bulking agents more frequently and in greater quantity than previously.
Narconon Spokesperson, Bobby Wiggins warned that while drug use is bad enough, drug use with unpredictable chemicals added is far more dangerous. “Drug users may become accustomed to the actions of their drugs of choice and may think they can control the effects pretty well – but when toxic drugs and chemicals are added to what they think they are buying, the matter can easily get out of control.” Narconon is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of substance abuse and addiction through effective drug rehabilitation and education.
The two main drugs being found as adulterants are levamisole and MCPP or meta-Chlorophenylpiperazine.
Levamisole was a drug once used on humans but dangerous side effects caused most uses to be discontiunued. Some people suffered allergic reactions including difficulty breathing, confusion, loss of consciousness or decreased bone marrow or blood problems resulting in extreme fatigue. It is now primarily used as an animal wormer.
In the last few years, the Drug Enforcement Agency has been finding levamisole in 69 percent of cocaine samples they test in the US. It’s also being found in ecstasy supplies, especially in Australia, along with cocaine samples tested there.
MCPP has been found in many cocaine samples. Medically, it is used to instigate migraine headaches so that headache medications can be tested. It has been found to cause anxiety, depression and panic attacks, and worsen obsessive behaviors. One investigator suspected that this drug was used to cut cocaine instead of other, more innocent, substances because it adds not only bulk to a package of illicit drugs, it also adds weight. It may also mimic the effects of some illicit drugs and may even enable a package of cocaine to pass a street purity test.
Levamisol has even played a role in recent celebrity deaths. In 2009. DJ AM was found dead from an overdose in his New York apartment. Toxicology tests showed OxyContin, benzodiazepines, cocaine and levamisole in his body. And when newsman Ted Koppel’s son was found dead in 2010, his death was determined to have been caused by an overdose of alcohol, cocaine, benzodiazepines and levamisole.
“When a person is addicted to cocaine or ecstasy, they may feel they have no choice but to continue to find supplies of the drug, no matter how dangerous those supplies may be,” explained Wiggins. “But in fact, they do have a choice. An effective drug rehabilitation center that helps them leave drug use behind is their best path to a safe and healthy life. In more than 100 centers around the world, Narconon drug treatment centers are helping addicts find healthier lives.”
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Narconon Spokesperson Reports on the Return of Ecstasy’s Popularity and its Dangers
After several years of falling popularity, ecstasy use has once again been increasing in clubs and on college campuses. Between 2005 and 2010, increasing statistics on initiation, use and overdoses have been seen primarily in urban centers across the country.
In 2009, more than a million people used ecstasy for the first time, a significant increase from 2008 when an estimated 894,000 people initiated use of the drug. The annual Monitoring the Future survey of high school students found that in 2010, more than seven percent of high school seniors had used ecstasy, a marked increase from 2005 surveys.
Ecstasy’s return to popularity may have something to do with easier availability. In the last few years, Canadian sources of ecstasy have replaced the previous European connections, as the precursor chemicals needed to produce ecstasy are not strictly controlled in Canada. Remote areas of the US-Canada border are often used as transport routes.
“The other reason that ecstasy may be seeing increased use has to do with the passage of time,” explained Narconon spokesperson, Bobby Wiggins. “A drug can become known for its dangers and bad effects. But after a few years, the people most exposed to that type of drug have grown up and moved on to other things. The young people who are newly exposed to that drug may not know about the problems associated with its use. And so you can get this cyclical pattern to drug abuse.”
Young people wanting to have a good time at a party or rave may choose to experiment with the drug. It’s sometimes called the Hug Drug because it increases feelings of empathy and socialization.
Scientists refer to the drug as an empathogen – a drug that artificially creates these feelings. It’s not hard to see why the drug would become popular in a night club setting. But for a few people, even one use can be fatal. In Los Angeles in 2010, a fifteen-year-old girl died after using ecstasy at a rave at the LA Coliseum. After a New Year’s Eve party in Los Angeles, 18 people required medical attention after ecstasy overdoses. In San Francisco, a June 2010 rave resulted in ten people being hospitalized after ecstasy overdoses. One person died.
“The fact of the matter is that drug use of any kind can be dangerous and it’s just not possible to know, going in, how that event is going to turn out,” Bobby added. “The safest route is to have fun with your friends – without the addition of drugs.”
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Narconon Spokesperson Reports that Afghan Opium Poppy Blight Reduces Production of Heroin but Boosts Prices, Encouraging More Cultivation
It’s almost like watching the stock market. Opium poppies in Afghanistan develop a fungal disease that greatly reduces the amount of opium gum they will produce. The law of supply and demand means that the price of opium, to be made into heroin in refining labs near the borders, is going to go up. But in a response as mysterious as the fluctuation of stock prices, the price of opium rises so much that farmers end up making far more money per hectare under 
cultivation than they did last year.
In 2009, 6900 metric tons (mt) of opium were produced compared to 2010′s 3600 mt. At the same time, the price per kilogram rose from US$64 to US$169. Therefore, ironically, opium farmers actually made considerably more in 2010 for each hectare used to grow poppies. In 2009: US$3600. In 2010: US$4900.
Incidentally, the income from a hectare of wheat decreased in the same time period, from US$1200 to US$710.
The fact that Afghan farmers can make far more money growing opium than they can growing a legitimate crop like wheat means that many more people will be encouraged to change their crops. Thus basic human needs and financial forces end up contributing to the amount of heroin that circulates around the world.
Afghanistan is the world’s largest producer of heroin. Most of its supply makes its way into Russia and Western Europe with smaller amounts traveling to Australia and Africa. In fact, 90 percent of Russia’s annual consumption of 35 mt of heroin for its 2.5 million addicts travels from Afghanistan through the porous borders of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan on its way to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other points.
When addicts can quit using heroin, the demand will drop and this will drop the price. Simple finances can, ultimately, reduce the amount of drugs being trafficked. But addicts must have hope of a true recovery. That means drug rehabilitation centers that truly reduce cravings and don’t just substitute one drug for another.
This article was brought to you by Narconon International. Narconon is an international organization dedicated to eliminating addiction through drug and alcohol rehabilitation and drug education.
In many drug rehabs, medical staff prescribe methadone or buprenorphine to prevent opiate withdrawal pain and sickness. But the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers located around the world provide a healthier, more comfortable method of withdrawal. Using nutritional supplements, physical relaxation processes and one-on-one support, opiate addicts at a Narconon center experience a far more tolerable withdrawal process than they may have gone through previously. This step is followed by a thorough detoxification process employing a dry-heat sauna. For many addicts, these two beginning phases of the Narconon drug recovery program provide real hope of lasting sobriety.
For more information about the Narconon drug rehab program, visit www.narconon-news.org.
Should You Cover Up for a Co-Worker Who Drinks? Narconon Spokesperson says "No."
“It can be hard to see that you are doing a coworker who is drinking a favor by working with an employer to get the person help but that is the better choice,” 
advised Bobby Wiggins, Drug Education Director for Narconon International. Narconon is an international organization dedicated to eliminating addiction through drug and alcohol rehabilitation services and drug education. Employees should realize that everyone deserves a drug and alcohol-free workplace. It may be that the only way to achieve a substance abuse-free workplace is by helping addicted co-workers get help.
The employee who continues to abuse alcohol or drugs on the job continues also to have the chance to endanger their own life and the lives of others in the vicinity. Research indicates that between ten and twenty percent of workers who die on the job test positive for alcohol or other drugs. In fact, those industries that have the highest rate of drug use are the same ones that carry a high risk for occupational injuries. These industries include manufacturing, mining, construction and wholesale.
Additionally, an employee who fails to get a substance-abusing co-worker into a drug recovery program also contributes to a lower viability for the employer. Alcohol alone costs American businesses an estimated $134 billion in productivity losses each year, mostly due to absenteeism.
Smaller companies may offer an attraction to substance abusers because they are less likely to have a program in place to deal with the problem of addicted employees. But smaller companies also have fewer resources with which to deal with problems created by the substance abuse. One bad accident or claim against the company can wipe them out.
What can you do about it?
You can encourage your employer to work with addicted employees by getting them help rather than firing or punishing them.
If there is no Employee Assistance Program, you can talk to your employer or union about starting one so addicted staff have an established route on which to get help.
Refuse to loan the abusing employee money or lie or cover for them if they fail to complete projects or meet deadlines.
Your involvement in helping an addicted co-worker may be the turning point that person needs to finally reach out for help. Your reward will be seeing them return to a productive life again once they achieve sobriety.
People who have reached the point of endangering their jobs through their substance abuse often need the help of a treatment program to stay clean and sober. The Narconon drug and alcohol program has returned many sober workers to the workplace in its forty years of service. In programs around the world, seven out of ten graduates remain sober after they return to their homes and jobs.
For more information about Narconon, visit www.narconon.org
Methamphetamine Creates Devastation on Both Sides of the Border, According to Narconon Spokesman
The tangled, destructive effects of methamphetamine trafficking are being felt on both the U.S. and Mexican sides of the border. In the U.S., more than a 
quarter million Americans are addicted to meth at an estimated annual cost of more than $23.4 billion. Costs result not only from addiction and health treatment, but also crime, foster care for the children of meth users and lost productivity.
On the Mexican side, federal officers and members of the La Familia drug trafficking cartel are engaging in shootouts and grisly murders that terrify the citizens of Michoacan, Mexico. La Familia is one of the top methamphetamine trafficking organizations bringing the drug to U.S. markets.
Methamphetamine is one of the most dangerous illicit drugs on the market because of its destructive physical effects and the speed at which it addicts a user. According to a report on National Public Radio, meth can addict 90 percent of its first-time users.
Anyone coming in close contact with this illicit and immoral trade is liable to be tainted by the contact. No matter what profit or pleasure the drug seems to bring, destruction surrounds it from the first steps of manufacturing all the way through transport, sale and use.
In support of this observation, murder and death surround the actions of Michoacan-based La Familia. The chief of the cartel, Nazario Moreno Gonzales, was thought to be responsible for the murder of 12 Mexican federal law enforcement officers in July 2009, shortly after the arrest of a La Familia member. Then, after a December 2010 shootout with law enforcement, Gonzales, was reported killed. Also killed were five officers and three civilians, including a baby and a teenage girl.
In the U.S., more than half of all country law enforcement officials, mostly those in the West, West-Central and Southwest, report that methamphetamine is their greatest drug threat. And in 45 states, meth-related crime has been on the rise.
When a person becomes addicted to methamphetamine, they need the most effective drug rehabilitation program available to break the grip of this dangerous drug. That’s where the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program can help. With its long-term, holistic program, it can help even those addicted to a drug like methamphetamine. No matter what drug of addiction is involved, seven out of ten Narconon graduates remain clean and sober after they go home.
In more than forty countries around the world, the Narconon drug rehabilitation centers and drug education centers are dedicated to eliminating addiction wherever it occurs. For more information on Narconon, visit www.narconon.org
Rising Statistics of Children Killed Due to Neglect or Abuse Says Narconon Spokesperson
There are many areas in which we want to see growth. We would like to see children’s reading and math scores increase, and we’d like the economy to grow. 
But when the statistics of the number of children losing their lives to neglect or abuse rise, then it’s time to take action to counter this trend.
From 1998 through 2007, the statistics of children killed from neglect or abuse have risen from just over 3 per thousand to nearly 5 per thousand. Tragically, much of the neglect or abuse of children is related to the substance abuse problems of the parent.
It’s estimated that more than 60 percent of child maltreatment cases involve a parent with a substance abuse problem. In 2008, more than 1,700 children died from abuse or neglect. Alcohol was frequently related to physical abuse and cocaine use was often connected to sexual abuse of children.
Saving children’s lives ranks very high as a good reason to help an addict overcome their addiction. As more than five million children live in a home where illicit drugs are used and nearly ten million live with someone who abuses alcohol, eliminating addiction could save a thousand young lives each year.
One of the major problems with helping addicts with children overcome addiction is the fact that many drug rehabilitation centers see the same addicts for treatment, over and over again. Some rehab facilities will state a sobriety rate of 10 percent to 20 percent and then explain that “relapse is simply part of recovery. This is not the way addiction treatment has to be.
At Narconon drug and alcohol recovery centers around the world, seven out of ten graduates stay clean and sober for at least two years after they go home. This is the way drug treatment should work. This is the kind of substance abuse treatment that saves young lives.
In more than 100 centers across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa, addicts find the help they need to achieve a productive, enjoyable and sober life, and students learn the truth about drug and alcohol abuse. For more information on Narconon, visit www.narconon.org
When Adults Abuse Drugs, It Can be the Children Who Suffer the Most, Cautions Narconon Director
Tragically, it is far too easy to find stories of children whose lives are destroyed or even snuffed out due to the abuse of illicit or prescription drugs by someone in the household. In November 2010, a baby died after drinking liquid methadone that was left in a sippy cup. The toxicology report showed that the baby body showed had four times the recommended dose for an adult. The child’s caretaker, who had been dating the father of the child, had a history of drug arrests.
The abuse of illicit drugs or prescription drugs can be a cause of disaster not only for the person who becomes addicted but also for family members and friends. Narconon is an international organization dedicated to eliminating drug abuse and addiction and preventing substance abuse through education. Family members may find themselves bankrupt due to their extensive efforts to save the addict’s life and children are helpless in the face of drug-related neglect, abuse or accidental poisoning.
A brief examination of news sources reveals that this type of tragedy is repeated all too often across the U.S. In Pennsylvania in 2009, an accidental dose of methadone took the life of a 23-month old child. The police responding to the call found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the home.
And in Palm Beach County, a 21-month old child died after finding cocaine and the pain killer OxyContin during the night and eating it. The baby was dead when the mother tried to wake him up in the morning. His little body held enough drugs to kill an adult. The mother’s boyfriend, in the home the night the baby died, had previously been arrested for possession of drugs.
The fact of addiction means that even a well-meaning person is unable to stop abusing the addictive substance despite harm and despite the danger to the family. That’s when those around the addict need to intervene and find an effective rehabilitation service. Getting the addict to rehab may save the life of more people than just the addict himself or herself.
The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation center is a safe refuge for those addicts who know the time has come to eliminate drug or alcohol abuse from their lives. This long-term residential program, delivered in centers across the U.S. and around the world, has proven to enable seven out of ten graduates to live sober, drug-free lives after graduation.
For more information about the Narconon drug treatment program, visit www.narconon.org
Pregnancy and Cocaine Definitely Do Not Mix, Says Narconon Spokesperson
We think of pregnant women as glowing with pride during the term of her pregnancy. But not every mother-to-be takes care of herself in a way that is best for the health of her unborn baby. A mother-to-be who abuses cocaine leaves herself open to a tragic list of complications and even the possibility of miscarriage.
Cocaine is a stimulant drug that creates stress on the mother’s heart, brain, lungs and other organs. Cocaine speeds up the heart and increases blood pressure while it constricts the arteries that provide the heart with blood. Mothers-to-be risk heart attack, seizures and strokes, even when young.
When a pregnant woman takes cocaine, the drug goes right through the placenta into the baby’s body. It also clears from a baby’s body more slowly than it does the mom’s, meaning that there is a greater chance for damage to be done.
“What is ironic is that teenaged pregnant women have rates of drug abuse nearly twice the rate of young women who were not pregnant,” stated Bobby Wiggins Spokesperson of the Narconon drug rehabilitation program. Narconon is an international organization dedicated to helping young people avoid substance abuse and rehabilitating those who have become addicted. “And women who are addicted to cocaine may not be able to quit even if they know the risk to themselves and their babies. That’s the nature of addiction. Each year, a third of a million babies are born who show signs of being affected by illicit drug use.”
Cocaine-abusing women put their babies at risk for birth defects like abnormalities of the brain, skull, intestines, genitals and urinary tracts. Some affected babies may be born with symptoms of stroke or suffer deformed arms or legs.
If a newborn cocaine-exposed baby manages to escape birth defects, he or she may still go through a period of drug withdrawal marked by poor sleep, trembling, irritability and an increased risk of sudden death. They may feed poorly and suffer from vomiting or diarrhea.
“No baby should be forced to experience these terrible symptoms,” added Bobby. “Proper care for a pregnant woman including effective drug rehabilitation treatment can reduce the chance of cocaine-related birth defects. What is even better is for a women of child-bearing years to enter a drug recovery program before she becomes pregnant.”
The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program provides women with a chance for lasting sobriety that can save their lives and the lives of their future babies. In Narconon centers around the world, seven out of ten graduates, both men and women, go home to lead sober, productive live.
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Children May be the Most Critically Affected Victims of Methamphetamine, Warns Narconon Spokesperson
When adults ruin their own lives by using or manufacturing methamphetmine, at least they had a choice in the matter. But for children endangered by meth abuse and addiction or by living in a home used for meth production, they don’t have a choice.
Unfortunately, the effects of meth addiction are practically calculated to set up a mental condition that is conducive to child neglect, endangerment and abuse. Those high on meth will not feel hungry and so may neglect to provide food for children. Common effects of meth use include paranoia and hallucinations, meaning that parents may not even be in contact with reality, should their child need care.
“A person who has become addicted to methamphetamine will feel that chasing that high is more important than eating, sleeping or caring for their children,” stated Bobby Wiggins, spokesman of the Narconon drug rehabilitation program. Narconon is an international organization that is dedicated to preventing drug abuse and addiction and rehabilitation of those who have become addicted. “Across the nation, hundreds of children each year are injured, killed or repeatedly exposed to toxic, caustic chemicals, drugs or other dangers.”
Story after horrific story can be found in every corner of the U.S. In Tulsa, four children were taken from a home after feces, uncapped needles, human blood sprayed across a wall from a person shooting drugs and other dangers were found throughout the home where meth was being used and sold. The children’s ages ranged from 19 months to 10 years of age. In South Dakota, a baby died after his parents fled a fire that broke out while they were cooking meth. When the parents got to safety, they realized that neither one had brought the baby with them.
In Tennessee alone, more than a thousand children were present on the premises during methamphetamine lab seizures between 2001 and 2010. It’s common for children to test positive for methamphetamine in this situation.
Saving the children starts with saving the caregivers. As much love as a parent has for his or her child, meth may subvert it. That’s why those addicted to drugs or alcohol need the most effective drug rehabilitation program possible. For most people, long-term, residential treatment is the solution they need to enable them to become productive citizens and trustworthy parents once again.
The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, delivered in countries around the world and across the United States, allows participants to proceed through the phases of recovery at their own pace. The program focuses on thorough detoxification using dry-heat sauna, exercise and nutritional supplements and extensive training on life skills that may have been destroyed during addiction.
Addicts to often lose their sense of self-esteem and personal integrity while they are addicted. The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program not only helps each person develop a new, drug-free lifestyle, it also helps lift the person out of the depression and guilt that results from addiction and replaces it with an understanding and ability to practice heightened personal ethics.
With a healthier, detoxified body, knowledge how to make drug-free decisions and a fresh understanding of ethics, seven out of ten graduates from the Narconon program stay clean and sober when they go home.
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