YOU ARE RIGHT REGARDING “NO YOU’RE WRONG”

Anyone working in drug treatment for any period of time has become familiar with the oddity that lots of community resources are devoted to catching the drug users and locking them up without much effect on the tide of drug abuse or much return to the society that is footing the bill.    This article says it all.

“No You’re Wrong: Reform state drug laws or leave them alone”

“The draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws have been on the books for 35 years and they have failed to curb drug use, drug sales and drug trafficking.

Yet what they have accomplished is arguably nothing short of dastardly.

These laws have been aimed primarily at minority offenders, further broadening the gap between races.

They have forced judges to mandate costly incarceration for low-level dealers and non-violent addicts, and prevented meaningful rehabilitation.

They have torn apart families, robbed children of mothers and fathers and in some ways assured these children a life of poverty and substance abuse.

My colleague may think that important information has been gained with the threat of harsh sentences looming over their heads; but the truth is that people without information to give were instead given the hardest time of all. And that, in my opinion isn’t justice. That is how racism continues to flourish.

My colleague may think that the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 corrected some of the law’s flaws, but it didn’t go far enough.

It didn’t restore judicial discretion. It didn’t fund alternatives to incarceration, such as more beds for drug treatment, and it didn’t significantly reduce sentences.

According to the Drug Policy Alliance Network, the DLRA did not significantly lower prison populations, and in fact, the number of people incarcerated, non-violent drug offenses increased in 2006 to 6,039 as compared to 5,657 in 2004.

Furthermore, the state Department of Correctional Services has not expanded drug treatment in prison, as required.

The thing is we have to stop looking at drug addiction as a crime and look at it as a societal ill. We must make its treatment — medically and mentally – a priority if we ever want to see a reduction in the true crimes that drugs cause. We must stop equating being smart on the drug problem as being soft on crime. They are not one in the same.”

— Siobhan Connally

For the entire article and the opposing view, go to http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/01/23/opinion/doc49791ade2d9e5494335761.txt

Narconon works to get addicts help before they get caught up in the legal system. Whether it is cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin or pot abuse, the abuser can be helped before it is too late.  877-413-3073

A Winning Team Member

 

In one day many lives can turn around and head in an entirely new and better direction here at Narconon.  Here is an example.

 

“This course helped me to realize I was angry because I could have had anything, but I chose drugs over life.  I realized that drugs add obstacles and distance to achievement of dreams.  Having a clean mind and clean body helps me go straight to my goals.

 

I have just begun – I am off towards the finish line, leaping over hurdles with ease and striving for personal bests.  I realize that I have already chosen knowledge, love, spirituality and most of all life over drugs. 

 

I am fighting for the good life now and I am on the team I’ve wanted to be on for so long.”

 

Anyone can join the winning team.  Whether they have abused marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, Oxycontin or alcohol – the team is waiting for them and ready to show them a new life.

 

 

A winning team member. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99olGbZhPaY

Confront The Demons

Another success – another new life.

 

“The Objectives Course was a huge success for me mentally and emotionally.  Throughout my sessions I had strong revelations about my personal wellness.  Now that I am drug free I know how to sustain that life style.

 

I am an objective person more than an emotional one, most often than not.  Still, during my drug use I was stuck in the past and very introverted.  Through sauna, I was able to start physically feeling normal again.  The Objectives Course reminded me of who and what I am mentally and reinforced how aware I can be of my environment and that I have the power to control myself.  The course cleared my skewed perceptions and denial of the past and allowed me to confront the demons and move back into present time.

 

In a sense, this course has given me my vision back.  I know where I’ve been, where I am and where I am going.

 

Objectives have replaced blindness and ignorance with clarity and knowledge.”

 

 

This type of success is amazing for anyone, whether they have done drugs or not.  Narconon is not just drug treatment – it is the new life program.  877-413-3073

 

A Narconon graduation video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsIYPBt5PrM

Enhance Communication

Here is another success story for the day, though it will change this student’s life forever.

 

“The Communication Course training has helped me in my social and work environment.  I was never aware that I lost my cool in situations that I shouldn’t before.  I always felt justified in my actions, my arrogance and my confidence.  Using my new communication skills makes me come off as respectful and down to earth and less intimidating.  It seems to quicken and enhance communication between my peers and allow smoother relations.”

 

Often when a person is abusing drugs, they have had difficulty communicating and try to cover up the problem with drugs.  Drugs just worsen communication.

 

Yet communication is the essence of life and necessary for any kind of success.  Part of creating a new life is creating the ability to communicate.

 

Whether a person has used heroin, oxycontin, pot, methamphetamine or cocaine the Narconon program can help them realize a new life through new communication.

 

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