Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada – In the world of professional music Glenn Miller has done it all.  First with the internationally-renowned Collectors and then with Canadian music sensation Chilliwack he’s toured North America, enjoyed numerous hits and played on the same stage with legendary bands like The Doors and The Grateful Dead.  In a recent interview Miller talks about his extensive career, his role as an industry pioneer and how the Narconon drug detoxification program gave him a “second chance” in life.  It restored his creativity and gave him valuable tools to face the future.  Speaking from his home in Hamilton, Ontario, Miller says his experience has shown that the Narconon program can restore life and action in musicians and all artists who have been exposed to alcohol and drugs.

“I did the program and started feeling a lot better,” he says.  “The Detoxification part of the program really made a difference, sweating all those drugs out of my system.  I started having emotions again and got rid of the ‘dead’ feeling.  I started experiencing pleasure in life once more and this was a very welcome improvement.  I didn’t have to just go around in a dull ‘funk’ all the time, now I could be happy or sad or whatever.  I started waking up and did the rest of the program and it was remarkable.”

After doing the program Miller worked for Narconon for more than a decade and had a chance to experience first-hand some of the incredible benefits of the program: “I’ve gotten a lot of people through the program including a fair number of musicians.  It’s always the same kind of thing: They are kind of beaten down by the drugs and alcohol and they are experiencing almost a complete loss of creativity, because the drugs tend to kill any creativity.”

After doing the program artists are “rejuvenated,” he says, and “they get interested in life again. The program gives someone a second chance in life, and it is not only for artists but anybody working in any field.  It is a second chance in truth: It makes you alive again and you can face the future because the Narconon program gives you the tools to be able to do this.  You can face your future and handle your life.”

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Narconon is a non-profit drug rehab program dedicated to eliminating drug abuse and drug addiction through drug prevention, education and rehabilitation.  The Narconon network consists of over 100 drug rehab and drug prevention and education centers around the world.  Our rehab centers and programs produce graduates, the majority of whom have demonstrated they can live stable, ethical, productive, drug-free lives. The Narconon drug prevention and education centers educate hundreds of thousands of people each year with live presentations and bring the truth to many more through video presentations and written materials, thus reducing and eliminating drug addiction and abuse.

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Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada 8/06/2009 02:46 GMT

The downtown east-side of Vancouver is definitely one of the more popular downtown sections of any major city in Canada.  It’s not necessarily popular for its breathtaking sites and tourist attractions, unless you are filming an in-depth documentary on drug addiction, crime, and prostitution, which has been done with much success.  This particular section of Vancouver; however, does have some significant history to it, when speaking about drug addiction.  Operating primarily with a harm reduction program, it was the place for one of the first free needle exchange programs in North America, started by John Turvey.  When the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users program (VANDU) first started in 1989, they managed to give out close to 130 thousand free needles to local drug users.  Since then, close to three million needles are given out each year to over ten thousand addicts.

In 2003, one of the first safe injection sites opened in the downtown east-side.   In 1998 there were 396 drug overdoses in the city of Vancouver, and when 2008 rolled around there were only 133 drug overdoses.  “Harm reduction does look out for the safety of the addict especially in preventing the spread of disease and infection,” says Nick Hayes, a representative of Narconon Trois-Rivieres, “this combined with effective treatment can help lower the recidivism rate.”  In 1997, there were close to 1200 arrests in the downtown east-side, which made up of 75% of the cities total arrests.  In 2002, there were 1782 arrests made, but this only comprised of 36% of the total arrests in the city of Vancouver.  For more information call 1-877-782-7409, or visit the Narconon drug rehab website at, http://narconon.ca/

(Ref:  The Province “Did you know… Drug arrests waning, drug deaths also down” Canada.com 7 July 2009: http://www.theprovince.com/know+Drug+arrests+waning+drug+deaths+also+down/1765919/story.html)

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