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STATISTICS & TRENDS

Thousands of Kids Have Fallen Prey to Fatal Poisonings on Opioids

In December of 2018, Yale University released a research paper that outlined the effects of the opioid epidemic on our nation’s children. When we look at the opioid problem, we almost always look at the adults who are addicted to these drugs, who lose...

DRUG INFORMATION

Cocaine Cut with Fentanyl – A New Hybrid Drug to Hit the Streets

If you’ve kept your ear to the ground on the drug crisis as it currently stands, you’ve likely heard the term “synthetic drugs” several times in the last year or two, particularly “synthetic opioids.” But what are synthetic opioids?

DRUG REHABILITATION

Are Safe Injection Sites Really the Answer?

Turn on the news any day of the week and you’ll witness all manner of controversy and “juicy drama.” Let’s face it, drama and controversy sell airtime, regular events and good news do not. So it was really no surprise to me when I turned to U.S.

DRUG INFORMATION

Are There Different Levels of Alcohol Addiction?

One concept that gets tossed around is this idea of there being different “levels” of drinking. This could lead to the conclusion that some types of drinking are “okay,” and others are not. You see this show up in common phrases such as “problem...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

More Than Just Opioid Overdoses: Psychostimulant Abuse and Overdose Now on the Rise

Today, overdose statistics are at all-time highs, and not just with opioids either. Addicts are overdosing on psychostimulants too, drugs like meth, cocaine, amphetamine, crack, etc.

ADDICTION

Drug and Alcohol Addiction Rests at the Foundation of a Crumbling Society

The 21st-century might not have brought flying cars, convenient space travel, or the utopian, science fiction world that many pop culture books and movies from the 1900s might have indicated that it would. But the 21st-century did bring with it a lot of...

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICTION

How Should We Treat Addicts in Our Society?

We can all agree that our nation is struggling with a difficult substance abuse crisis. But what we can’t seem to agree on is how we are going to address this problem. Time and time again, we have the proof displayed for all to see that rampant incarceration,...

DRUG REHABILITATION

Addiction Rehab Centers Rebuild Lives

When we think of drug and alcohol rehab centers, what is our first thought? Most likely, our first and only thought is that drug and alcohol rehab centers are places where people go to get off of drugs and alcohol.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

My Future Has No Place for Drugs

I really don’t know the best way to summarize my time here at Narconon. That being said, I will do my best to guide you a brief synopsis of my wins and achievements. I made many friends in my time here and memories that will last a lifetime.

DRUG INFORMATION

What is Kratom?

A growing drug trend has surfaced in the U.S. which supports the use of an organic drug called kratom. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, kratom is the term for the tropical tree (Mitragyna speciosa) . This tree is native to Southeast Asia.

DRUG INFORMATION

The Real Story Behind Opioid “Abuse-Deterrent” Pain Relievers

According to The Associated Press , eleven “abuse-deterrent” opioid pain reliever drugs are available, with thirty more in development. Talk to any doctor in America today about pain relief, and odds are you’ll hear the phrase, “abuse-deterrent”...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Abuse on College Campuses: What College Students are Doing on the Drug Scene

When we think of college campuses, the upper echelon of educational attainment in the United States, a bunch of students smoking marijuana is not the first concept that comes to mind. However, on hundreds of colleges across the country, cigarette smoking...

DRUG PREVENTION

The Average First Age of Drug Use: A Crucial Number in Addressing the Drug Crisis

When we consider the prospect of young adult substance abuse, many factors must be kept in mind. When young people misuse drugs and alcohol, they take on pretty serious risk, potentially even more risk than any other age range does.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

I Now Want to Live a Sober Life

“Thanks to all the staff here at Narconon Arrowhead for pushing me through the program. This program really helped me out to wanting to live a sober and successful life. I really appreciate it.”

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Narconon Gave Me the Tools to See the Errors in My Lifestyle

Coming to Narconon has been a very interesting journey. When I arrived, I still felt like I didn’t have a problem. Boy was I wrong. Narconon not only cleansed my body with it’s amazing sauna program, it gave me the tools to see the errors in my lifestyle.

DRUG PREVENTION

How Every American Can Do Their Part to Reduce the Drug Problem

It goes without saying that our country has been struggling with a pretty significant drug problem for quite some time now. The United States of America has been a hotspot for addiction, drug abuse, and alcohol misuse for almost two decades in a row.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

When Drug Use Becomes So Common that Workers Overdose on the Job

When the number of drug users in the United States climbs to absolutely unprecedented levels, it is a logical assumption of course that drug use will begin to appear in the workforce.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

The “War on Drugs” Didn’t Work in Other Countries Either

Here is a phrase that gets tossed around quite often, “The war on drugs.” This phrase actually came from the Reagan Administration, when First Lady Nancy Reagan pioneered the War on Drugs in 1983.

INTERVENTION

When an Adolescent must Help an Addicted Parent

“It’s a wild world” as the Cat Stevens song goes, and that couldn’t be truer now. We are living in the second decade of the 21st-century, a time period of technological advancement and big, international change. But this has not all been changes...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Drug Use in Middle-Class America

In just about every unpleasant factor or daily occurrence in life, we have the stereotypical concept of what we think of when we think of that thing, and then there is the factor of what actually occurs. Sometimes they are not the same thing.