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If there was a disease suffered by one out of every ten Americans over twelve years of age, wouldn’t you agree that this disease was raging out of control? That’s exactly the situation that exists with drug abuse and dependence.
The government agency that monitors the statistics on drug abuse and dependence is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA). In 2006, SAMHSA estimated, based on tens of thousands of surveys, that more than twenty-two million Americans were suffering from drug or alcohol abuse or drug or alcohol dependence. This compares to the Centers for Disease Control’s estimate of 1.1 million Americans who are HIV positive and it’s twice the number of people who suffered from all types of cancer combined.
To read the entire article, go to Guide to Addiction Recovery for a Lifetime. Or visit the website at Narconon Arrowhead.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
New Booklet Supports Efforts to Conquer Addiction
New Guide to Addiction Recovery for a Lifetime Supports Senator Jim Webb's Efforts to Conquer Drug Abuse and Addiction. As acknowledged by Senator Jim Webb in this month’s hearing of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, America’s drug war has failed to curb the numbers of citizens abusing and becoming addicted to drugs.
The most recent National Survey of Drug Use and Health reported record-breaking levels of illicit drug abuse. Other federal agencies report rapidly multiplying numbers of Americans in custody and hundreds of billions of dollars spent each year in a vain attempt to curb the problem.
In 2006, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, more than 23 million Americans aged 12 or older needed treatment for illicit drug or alcohol abuse. The Bureau of Justice Statistics cites more than half a million more were in custody for drug charges.
“These raw figures by themselves don’t tell the whole tale,” stated Gary Smith, the Executive Director of Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “You have to look at the fact that those needing treatment have families and that more than twelve million of them are employed either full-time or part-time."
For the entire press release, please go to: New Guide to Addiction Recovery for a Lifetime.. Or visit the website at Narconon Arrowhead.
The most recent National Survey of Drug Use and Health reported record-breaking levels of illicit drug abuse. Other federal agencies report rapidly multiplying numbers of Americans in custody and hundreds of billions of dollars spent each year in a vain attempt to curb the problem.
In 2006, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, more than 23 million Americans aged 12 or older needed treatment for illicit drug or alcohol abuse. The Bureau of Justice Statistics cites more than half a million more were in custody for drug charges.
“These raw figures by themselves don’t tell the whole tale,” stated Gary Smith, the Executive Director of Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “You have to look at the fact that those needing treatment have families and that more than twelve million of them are employed either full-time or part-time."
For the entire press release, please go to: New Guide to Addiction Recovery for a Lifetime.. Or visit the website at Narconon Arrowhead.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Five Stages of Drug Use
Every minute of every day, around the clock, five people try an illicit drug for the first time. That adds up to nearly three million people per year. Tragically, more than half of these initiates are under 18.
People using drugs go through several stages on their way to full-blown addiction:
Stage 1: They’re curious about drug use; they may ask questions or ask to join those using drugs. They willingly listen to stories about the effects of drugs. They watch others obtaining drugs or using them.
Stage 2: They experiment with drugs and discover the effects. This is usually social, recreational use carried out as part of a group, usually on weekends. The peer pressure of the group use is enough reason for many people to continue to use drugs.
To read the entire article, please go to: Five Stages of Drug Use. Or visit the website for Narconon Arrowhead.
People using drugs go through several stages on their way to full-blown addiction:
Stage 1: They’re curious about drug use; they may ask questions or ask to join those using drugs. They willingly listen to stories about the effects of drugs. They watch others obtaining drugs or using them.
Stage 2: They experiment with drugs and discover the effects. This is usually social, recreational use carried out as part of a group, usually on weekends. The peer pressure of the group use is enough reason for many people to continue to use drugs.
To read the entire article, please go to: Five Stages of Drug Use. Or visit the website for Narconon Arrowhead.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
NEW! Guide to Addiction Recovery for a Lifetime
When a loved one is addicted to drugs, alcohol or other substances, families can be desperate for help. But what kind of help is often provided? Addiction treatment using other addictive substances is the norm. In fact, most medications used for addiction treatment become substances of abuse themselves -- which means that people use them to get high.What any family wants -- and what addicts themselves want, down deep -- is addiction treatment that truly brings about addiction recovery for a lifetime.
Now, Narconon Arrowhead is releasing the Guide to Addiction Recovery for a Lifetime. This new booklet, available free for the asking, will guide a person from my loved one is addicted to drugs or alcohol all the way to my loved one has made a lasting recovery from their addiction. This valuable guide even includes instruction on how to do an intervention to get the addicted person into treatment.
For your free copy, call 1-800-468-6938 today or visit www.stopaddiction.com. Or visit the Narconon Arrowhead website.
SALVIA: Hallucinogenic drug legal in most states
While many people have never even heard of Salvia divinorum, an estimated 750,000 Americans not only knew about it but consumed it last year. Salvia divinorum is a variety of sage plant, fully legal in most states, that is used by those looking for a drug-induced altered perception experience.
Depending on how the drug is taken, onset of the effects may just take seconds and last for five minutes to half an hour. The Drug Enforcement Agency lists these effects of the drug: Perceptions of bright lights, vivid colors and shapes; distortion of body movements and body or objects; state of feeling unwell; uncontrolled laughter; a sense of loss of body; overlapping realities; hallucinations; incoordination; dizziness; slurred speech.
Salvia is acquired through the internet or from retail stores in states where it is not yet illegal. The effects are so powerful and uncontrolled that it’s recommended that new users or those about to use a high potency of the drug have a “sitter,” a person who remains sober and looks out for the safety of the drug user.
There are no federal laws controlling its possession or use. Twelve states have made this drug illegal or regulate its sale and use while thirteen more states have pending legislation. For the last two years, a debate has been waged online and in various media about the need to prohibit the possession of the substance. But once you’re outside the circle of those interested in taking or controlling mind-altering drugs, the name Salvia divinorum may draw a blank among parents, school officials and even some law enforcement personnel.
The most vivid way of finding out for oneself what this drug is like is to tune in to www.YouTube.com. Do a search for “salvia” and more than four thousand results will come up. Watch a few of these videos and then decide for yourself how you think the drug should be handled.
“Young people who are not educated about drugs and their dangers may try Salvia or other drugs just because they hear their friends talking about them,” said Ryan Thorpe, Director of Admissions of Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation and education centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “Peer pressure is one of the biggest influences in the initiation of drug use and in the decision to continue to use drugs. Unfortunately, just a few uses of some of the drugs our young people use is enough to get them addicted. Preventing drug use initiation is far easier and less expensive than rehabilitation.”
For more than forty years, the Narconon network of more than 120 centers around the world has restored drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State Prison, and is based on the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard. For more information on how you can help a loved one addicted to drugs or alcohol, contact Narconon Arrowhead at 1-800-468-6933 or visit the Narconon Arrowhead website. Or visit the Narconon Arrowhead website.
Depending on how the drug is taken, onset of the effects may just take seconds and last for five minutes to half an hour. The Drug Enforcement Agency lists these effects of the drug: Perceptions of bright lights, vivid colors and shapes; distortion of body movements and body or objects; state of feeling unwell; uncontrolled laughter; a sense of loss of body; overlapping realities; hallucinations; incoordination; dizziness; slurred speech.
Salvia is acquired through the internet or from retail stores in states where it is not yet illegal. The effects are so powerful and uncontrolled that it’s recommended that new users or those about to use a high potency of the drug have a “sitter,” a person who remains sober and looks out for the safety of the drug user.
There are no federal laws controlling its possession or use. Twelve states have made this drug illegal or regulate its sale and use while thirteen more states have pending legislation. For the last two years, a debate has been waged online and in various media about the need to prohibit the possession of the substance. But once you’re outside the circle of those interested in taking or controlling mind-altering drugs, the name Salvia divinorum may draw a blank among parents, school officials and even some law enforcement personnel.
The most vivid way of finding out for oneself what this drug is like is to tune in to www.YouTube.com. Do a search for “salvia” and more than four thousand results will come up. Watch a few of these videos and then decide for yourself how you think the drug should be handled.
“Young people who are not educated about drugs and their dangers may try Salvia or other drugs just because they hear their friends talking about them,” said Ryan Thorpe, Director of Admissions of Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation and education centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “Peer pressure is one of the biggest influences in the initiation of drug use and in the decision to continue to use drugs. Unfortunately, just a few uses of some of the drugs our young people use is enough to get them addicted. Preventing drug use initiation is far easier and less expensive than rehabilitation.”
For more than forty years, the Narconon network of more than 120 centers around the world has restored drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State Prison, and is based on the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard. For more information on how you can help a loved one addicted to drugs or alcohol, contact Narconon Arrowhead at 1-800-468-6933 or visit the Narconon Arrowhead website. Or visit the Narconon Arrowhead website.
Understanding Addiction and How to Heal Addicted Lives
If you've ever been baffled by addiction, you're not alone. Family members and close friends are commonly baffled by the phenomena their loved ones go through -- often for years before they realize what they are up again.
The manifestations of addiction are very often missed by parents, wives and employers. All they know is that they are having problems with a loved one. They are missing work, money is suddenly in short supply, there are lost days and weeks and tempers are short.
To help educate the public on addiction so they seek help in time to save the addict, and to provide the true data about how addiction is truly eliminated, Narconon Arrowhead has published the booklet Healing Addicted Lives.
An article describing the availability of this booklet can be found here: Healing Addicted Lives article
The booklet can be read online at: HAL booklet
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Introduction to a DrugFree World
This is my own personal blog as a Narconon Arrowhead staff member. You may know that we're the largest Narconon in the world, treating hundreds of drug or alcohol addicts at any one time. I wanted a way to tell people about the world inside Narconon and wonderful life-saving wins that people have here. I also wanted a place to explain to people why drug education and addiction treatment are such vital ways to put your energies.
I am constantly researching the worlds of drug use/addiction/trafficking and drug treatment. More of this information needs to be made available to the public because the media has the lid clamped on pretty tight. There are cities with terrible drug problems in which the media is not saying a thing, perhaps to protect the city's image and property values.
As I come across information that I think it is important, I'll post it here.
I am constantly researching the worlds of drug use/addiction/trafficking and drug treatment. More of this information needs to be made available to the public because the media has the lid clamped on pretty tight. There are cities with terrible drug problems in which the media is not saying a thing, perhaps to protect the city's image and property values.
As I come across information that I think it is important, I'll post it here.
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