Here is another Narconon realization – one of many today. It is written with the hope that it will give others encouragement that addiction can be ended.
“I seem to be thinking a lot clearer than I have for a long time and I am more aware of things.
I seem to be able to think more about my future. I event get excited about the new life I am going to enjoy. It is a lot of little things that I am going to do, that I am happy about.
It’s like it is time to get up and smell the roses. I AM READY!”
Anyone can start to get ready for their new life. Whether they have abused heroin, cocaine, pot, methamphetamine or any other drug of abuse a new life can be had.
Drug addiction has always been in the news, whether referring to the latest scandal of a rock star or teen idol or to the deaths of innocent bystanders in drug-related drive-by shootings.
Obviously drug addiction is a very high-profile problem that, while in the past, may have been hidden from view, but as the numbers add up, becomes a more and more obvious ill that society needs to confront.
The death of Michael Jackson, the unfortunate slips of stars such as Britney Speers, only show that no one is immune to the effects of drug addiction, no matter how they were raised as children.
The question remains- what to do with drug offenders? Is locking them up more of a deterrent than treating them as drug addicts?
The Atlanta Recovery Center, NarcononDrug Rehabin Georgia was originally started as a treatment program for non-violent offenders. “A judge let me use the Narconon protocol on drug offenders and drug addicts to see if rehabilitation was a better route than incarceration,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director.
“Our results 7 years ago and today show that fewer people revert to drugs or criminal behavior after completing the program than they would if they had not done a drug rehab program and simply gone to jail.”
Though they are at two ends of the social spectrum, the pharmaceutical companies and Mexican cartels have one thing in common – they are contributing to an ever growing drug addictionproblem and making a good living at it.
In many cases they share the same customers – what an addict can’t get on the street, they can usually get from a pain clinic and vise versa.
Mexican drug cartels operate in 195 cities according to a report released by the United States Justice Department, posing an obvious threat to families. The marketing of these drugs is through word on the street and in the school yard, with the cartels frequently hiring American teens to make their sales.
Pharmaceuticals have access to the airways and a big advertising budget.
In a recent press conference Joseph A. Califano Jr., the National Center on Drug Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University’s director and president said:
“Aggressive marketing of controlled drugs to physicians . . . is designed to increase profits with little regard for abuse potential, Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction.”
As a result of the seemingly runaway and uncontrolled marketing campaigns launched by both groups, more than 15 million Americans abuse controlled substances—double the amount from a decade ago, according to a report issued by CASA.
Even as the world watches Michael Jackson’s memorial there is little talk about solutions. Yet they are available.
Narconon of Georgia provides drug treatment and education for the entire southeast region. Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program.
Reviewing the possibility of pulling prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen and other pain killing ingredients off the shelf, might be one of the most responsible activities that we have witnessed in a while regarding prescription medication.
We have come to the point in our society where too many medications, instead of healing, kill. This has been the case with these particular medications.
Pulling medication off the shelves can prevent future mishaps, but will not help those who are addicted to opiates right now.
“ADELPHI, Md. – Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses.
A Food and Drug Administration panel on Tuesday voted 20-17 that prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen with other painkilling ingredients should be pulled off the market.
The FDA has assembled a group of experts to vote on ways to reduce liver damage associated with acetaminophen, one of the most widely used drugs in the U.S.
Despite years of educational campaigns and other federal actions, acetaminophen remains the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S., according to the FDA.
Panelists cited FDA data indicating 60 percent of acetaminophen-related deaths are related to prescription products. Acetaminophen is also found in popular over-the-counter medications like Tylenol and Excedrin.
“We’re here because there are inadvertent overdoses with this drug that are fatal and this is the one opportunity we have to do something that will have a big impact,” said Dr. Judith Kramer of Duke University Medical Center.”
