NARCONON BLOG

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Use Consistently Underreported Study Shows

A recent study highlighted the large gap between reported drug use when questioned and later quantitative tests on provided samples.

DRUG INFORMATION

Alcohol and Drug Use Prior to Conception by Females AND Males Increase Risks To Pregnancy

New data suggests that what parents do before they even conceive can have an effect on future children. What do parents need to know in order to be the best parents that they can possibly be?

DRUG INFORMATION

Methadone Deaths on the Rise – When Drugs are Used to Treat Addiction

Methadone is seen by some as a solution to heroin and opioid addiction; increasingly it's becoming a death sentence.

DRUG INFORMATION

What Actually Happens During an Opiate Overdose?

Opiate overdoses are likely the greatest fear any parent or family member has for their addicted loved one. But what actually happens during an overdose? Read on to find out.

RECOVERY

The Value of the Arts in Recovery — Part #2

For many addicts in recovery, engaging in the fine arts can be a significant boon to their recovery.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Is Increasing Unemployment Associated with Increasing Drug Use and Overdose Statistics?

The sad story of Gary, Indiana provides a vivid illustration of research that finds increasing unemployment correlates with increasing overdose losses.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

One Percent of Doctors Responsible for 25 Percent of Opiate Prescriptions – A Look at Overprescribing

Sometimes we want to blame the medical community for the opiate epidemic our nation is now stuck in. But as it turns out, the vast majority of doctors have nothing to do with the overprescribing of addictive pain meds. In fact, only a small percentage...

RECOVERY

The Value of the Arts in Recovery – Part #1

Just about everyone enjoys listening to music. Music makes people feel good. Listening to music is calming, relaxing, soothing, enlightening, uplifting. Listening to music is simply a fun thing to do. There are hundreds of music styles and millions of...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

This Butterfly is Ready to Leave Her Cocoon!

This program has truly changed my life! I have gained back my confidence and self-esteem. I am clean in both my mind and body. I have learned so much about myself and those I surround myself with. I am strong and confident and ready to start the newest...

NATIONAL NEWS

What is the Real Scope of Drug Deaths in America?

Every year we're given clear reports on drug deaths in America. But new data suggests that these reports have severely underestimated the real crisis of drug fatalities across the 50 states.

NEWSROOM

Narconon Arrowhead Educates Local Youth on Negative Impact of Drug and Alcohol Use

Canadian, Oklahoma is a community that has been challenged by drug and alcohol abuse for decades. It has suffered from the negative impacts that alcohol abuse and harder drug use including methamphetamine and crack cocaine can have on a small town.

NATIONAL NEWS

The War on Drugs – An Ongoing Issue

The War on Drugs has often been called one of the most unpopular criminal justice reform policies in recent U.S. history. Begun in the early-1970s and accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s, the War on Drugs was a Nixon-era policy that declared drug abuse...

NATIONAL NEWS

Seattle, Addiction, and Getting Addicts Help

There are lots of ideas about how to tackle addiction, many of them excellent ideas. But one concept is agreed upon amongst a considerable majority of Americans: We need to move away from the constant criminalization and incarceration of addicts and drug...

DRUG PREVENTION

Solving America’s Addiction Nightmare and Helping Our Young Adults

Since the turn of the century, the United States has experienced what might be its worst-ever drug problem. Just in the last two decades, millions of people have fallen prey to drug habits, and hundreds of thousands of people have died from drug overdoses....

DRUG INFORMATION

Military Service and Addiction

Unfortunately, military men and women often experience struggles that most people in the civilian population never have to face. When soldiers return home from a tour of duty in a foreign country, they often come back with more than just a duffel bag on...

DRUG INFORMATION

Unregulated Substances are Often not What They Appear to Be – Part #2

A look at the dangers of vaping and THC.

DRUG INFORMATION

Unregulated Substances Are Often Not What They Appear to Be – Part #1

What is the real deal behind unregulated substances such as Kratom?

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

An Open Letter From One Addict’s Mother to Another

To anyone who reading this that either has a family member or you yourself are struggling with addiction: Narconon Arrowhead saved my daughter’s life.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Prevention and Rehabilitation Solution to the 21st-Century’s Worst Public Health Crisis

With the onset of the New Year and the new decade ahead , I decided to do some light reading of health-related reports for the last twenty years, as well as projections for the coming decade. I happened across a report from Brookings. Its opening statement...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

I Have Myself Back

“Being able to be my very best self and live my life the very best way I possibly can, means the world to me—it is all I could ever ask for and all I ever wanted.“ —Julie, Narconon Graduate