This is the story of a man we will call Robert. Robert is not his actual name, but one used to protect his privacy. Robert grew up in a single parent home. He was very close to his mother and his two sisters and one brother. He said that he used to fight with his [...]
In our society today, there are many people who are suffering from addiction to one kind of drug or another. This trend to use and abuse drugs has not been excluded from the youth of America. The number one drug that most teens use these days is still marijuana, but the other drugs that teens [...]
Designer drugs are drugs that are made to mimic the effects of other drugs that are illegal. They are made with ingredients that are sometimes similar to their street counterpart but different by one molecule so technically it is not the same chemical and therefore not illegal. Other times the ingredients are not in any [...]
Opiate addiction is not to be taken lightly. Opiate prescription pain killers are the number one prescription drugs that are abused in America today. At this point the number one opiate that is abused is oxycodone, with hydrocodone falling in at a close second. Recently drug manufacturers have decided to lay another opiate pain killer [...]
Narconon is non-traditional rehab that was started in 1966 by a man named William Benitez. Willy (as his friends called him) had been a heroin addict since the time he was in his late teens. He, like many other kids, started off smoking pot when he was twelve years of age. By the time he [...]
Narconon is one of the most successful drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in the world. The reason for this is because of the unique way that Narconon approaches addiction. Unlike most other rehabs that are available these days, Narconon approaches addiction as a disability as opposed as a disease. Willy Benitez, the founder of Narconon, [...]
Addiction amongst school kids in America today is just as bad as it ever was. Statistics show that the use of illegal drugs is down, but this does not mean that drug use in itself is down. Kids are just using different types of drugs these days. Surprisingly many of these drugs are very easy [...]
Recently there has been a new line of drugs that has gained popularity to almost epic proportions. These are the latest in the designer drug market. Designer drugs are drugs that are created in a lab by chemist. They are made to mimic the reaction that other illegal drugs have. The difference between the designer [...]
Recent research indicates, including results of latest Monitoring the Future Survey-shows teen smoking and alcohol use down, marijuana use up. This is good in some ways and negative in others. It is also true the use of illegal drugs is down these days in teens as well. Although drinking rates are down in teens, they [...]
This is the story of a young man we will call JP to protect his identity. JP became addicted to meth while in college and this is story of how he went to a Narconon Rehab Center and got the help that he needed. JP’s Early Childhood JP says that he grew up in great [...]
