Narconon Drug Addiction News

Trois-Rivières, Canada – In recent years, calls made by teenagers to poison control centers in some areas have as much as tripled, indicating a serious problem with prescription drug abuse. This is according to a study that was published in Pediatrics. As the increase of prescription drug abuse rises amongst teens the prescription drugs of choice amongst them are the stimulant drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The drugs used to treat ADHD are divided into two types – methylphenidates and amphetamines, both being addictive drugs.

While studies show that calls made by teens to poison control centers have been on the rise the actual calls made by teens to poison control centers for ADHD type drugs has risen as much as 75%, which indicated a cause for alarm and a serious problem of abuse amongst teens. Also reported, is the number of prescriptions written for ADHD medications have risen as much as 85% in recent years, which increases the availability of the drugs amongst teens.

Prescription drug abuse amongst teens is rising in epidemic proportions, with ADHD medications being at the top of the list of preferred teen prescription drug use. The drug abuse of ADHD medications is attributed to the fact that it’s so easily accessible.

“Unfortunately, more and more adults who are finding themselves battling drug addiction normally started in their teens by taking prescription drugs, or low level street drugs,” commented Nick Hayes a certified chemical dependency counselor at the Narconon rehab center Trois-Rivières. “While no one wants to have a drug addiction problem, there is help available to overcome addiction with a purely natural approach, no matter what is the nature of the drug addiction,” added Hayes.

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – Family intervention is a successful means of getting an addict who is not willing to receive help, to turn around and want to do something about their addiction.  The Narconon drug rehab program supports this because it is another option for families in need to help their loved ones.  With the continued popularity of the hit show Intervention on A & E, families can rest assure that a drastic approach like intervention can work and save a drug addict.  “Intervention has helped many of our clients successfully enter our rehabilitation program, and it has helped many families handle their loved ones addiction before it got completely out of control,” commented Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.

Recently last month, intervention made the news headlines when an Intervention Specialist was interviewed on CNN, and asked to give insight into how intervention could have helped the Jackson family during Michael Jackson’s possible drug problems.  It was noted during the interview that a properly conducted family intervention could help curb family enabling and help the addict in general get into a drug treatment center.  “Drug and alcohol intervention is not normally an easy process,” said Hayes.  “It can be difficult for a family whom has normally enabled an addict to finally let go and set a bottom line.”  Typically professionally trained intervention counsellors, who are fully capable to counsel and educate the family and help the addict come to an understanding of wanting to get help, conduct drug intervention.

If you are someone you know is addicted to drugs or alcohol, call the Narconon drug rehab at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the website at, http://narconon.ca/

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug and alcohol rehabilitation center has been seeing an ongoing demand of people looking for the proper help handling a pain medication addiction.  Within the recent months there has been much news discussed and published about different pain medications destroying the lives of those who are abusing them.  “This has become a major problem throughout Canada and the United States.  Many of the people who are looking for help and are abusing pain medication have to go through a medical detox just to prevent any major health complications from occurring,” commented Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.  “Some of these pain medications are so destructive, it keeps the addict in complete fear of ever getting clean, due to physical pain the withdrawals can cause.”

During the month of June, the Narconon drug rehab program helped support the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by hosting a live drug rehab graduation.  When the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the 2009 Drug Report, it talked about opiates still being a concern throughout most of the modern world.

Last month the Food and Drug Administration started to make specific drug makers to put warnings of potential overdose on specific pain medications.  For example, it was stated by the Food and Drug agencies Center for Drug Evaluation and Research that between 1969 and 2005, there was a reported 91 deaths due to an overdose caused by pain medications containing propoxyphene.  “These are excellent preventative steps to help warn people of the possible risks involved if these drugs are abused,” said Hayes.  Drug treatment centers across the country have been developing unique and new approaches to help curb this problem and save the lives of those abusing pain medication.

If you or someone you know is battling an addiction to pain medication, call the Narconon drug treatment center at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the web site at, http://narconon.ca/.

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug rehab video production team was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to document a very touching story of a young woman’s struggle with a heroin addiction, and the emotional impact it took on her family.  Shown on a very popular Narconon drug rehab blog site, this full-length interview tells all and gets pretty emotional when heart-wrenching details start coming out.  “It was an absolute pleasure for the video team to work on a project like this, it really hit home with them,” commented Nick Hayes, a representative   of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.  “Working at a rehabilitation center you see so many families torn apart and brought back together again, a story like this is truly inspiring.”

This video release is part of a large Internet campaign dedicated to drug addiction stories, the stories that tell of real life events, or events based on true stories.  Some of these stories based on drug addiction are so compelling; it’s an emotional roller coaster when reading them.  The publishing team is working with a great deal of talented writers and they are also working on speaking and getting these stories from the actual people that have been there, experiencing the pain of addiction and accomplished life long sobriety.  “It’s important that articles with this subject matter be written; many people do not have the true reality on drug addiction,” said Hayes.

There are more video interviews in the works with real life people telling their real stories about addiction.  The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation center is a residential treatment center that provides prevention, detoxification, and rehabilitation to people from all across Canada.  For more information you can visit the web site at, http://narconon.ca/

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – The Narconon Trois-Rivieres video production team has just released a new emotionally charged drug rehab video interview depicting two sisters, one of whom battled a life threatening drug addiction that nearly tore her family apart.  “This was an excellent project to work on, and our deepest thanks go to Sabrina and her sister for telling us their real life story,” comments Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres.  “This powerful interview shows two sisters talking about how a heroin addiction ripped their family apart, and gave them both a new perspective on what drugs are.”

Sabrina started using drugs at a very young age and would later run away from home.  Desperate not to give up on their daughter, Sabrina’s parents were continually doing what they could to find her.  The police would come by her house on a regular basis looking for an updated picture or to say they have found her.  Originally from Montreal, Sabrina ran away from everything, and found herself in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, using drug and homeless.

Sabrina’s younger sister spent a good portion of her life trying to understand why her older sister never wanted to have a family.  Not knowing much about drugs or what was happening to Sabrina, she took it upon herself to do what ever possible to help her family.  Everybody in the family took these events very hard, especially their mother, who felt she had failed and took things very personally.  It was not until Sabrina got the help that she needed when this particular family started coming back together again.  Today Sabrina is eleven years drug free, and is much closer with her sister and the rest of her family.  For more information about drug and alcohol addiction visit the website at http://narconon.ca/.

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The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug rehab presented their second live drug rehab graduation on July 31, 2009 and has recently released the recorded video on their website, and throughout many different social networks.  “This was once again another excellent opportunity to show as many people as possible what it is like to see someone complete the Narconon drug rehab program,” comments Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres. “It’s a wonderful sight to see people achieving sobriety and getting their lives back, and we want to continue to share this with the rest of the world.”

Plans are in the work to present another live graduation at Narconon Trois-Rivieres, and continue to do it as often as possible.  The video production team at this Canadian Narconon has been hard at work getting this live-recorded drug rehab graduation video spread across the Internet.  They have also been working on other video projects, recently releasing a compelling video interview of a former heroin addict and her little sister.  This is all contributing to getting the message out about how successful the right drug rehabilitation can be.

With the success of the previous live drug rehab graduation aired on June 26, 2009 to help support the Untied Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, viewers can rest assured that another live segment of a Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug rehab graduation is sure to hit the Net.  For more information, please visit the Narconon Trois-Rivieres webs site at, http://narconon.ca.

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