NARCONON BLOG

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.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICTION

Senior Citizens and Drug Addiction

As the drug addiction crisis of 21st century America continues to expand and grow, no demographic has been completely safe from the crippling grip of addiction. Even demographics that would not normally be associated with drug abuse have fallen prey to...

DRUG INFORMATION

How a Meth House Contaminates the Surrounding Area

When we think of methamphetamine, we often think of just the drug itself, and perhaps the addictions that that drug creates. True enough, that is absolutely something to be concerned about.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

The Addiction Epidemic, U.S. Politics and Our Way Out

When we examine a problem as big as drug and alcohol addiction across the U.S., we need to come at this from every angle possible. Drug and alcohol addiction in the U.S.

DRUG INFORMATION

What Are Pyrethroids, You Ask?

Just when you think the world could not get more crazy… One of the latest disturbing trends popping up around the country involves people using Pyrethroids to get high.

NATIONAL NEWS

Drug Overdoses and Organ Donors—A Debatable Issue

Who would have thought that the American overdose epidemic of the 21st century would have led to a “silver lining” of sorts? Yes, though sadness and misery abound as the death toll from drugs peaked sixty-four thousand in 2016, one silver lining in...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Thanks to Narconon for the Tools I Need to Achieve My Dream

This program for the first time in my life has given me a new view in life and what I want to do for myself in the future. During my time spent here in Narconon, I have learned a lot about myself. I always thought I would have this addiction stuck in my...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Thanks to Narconon for the Tools I Need to Achieve My Dream

This program for the first time in my life has given me a new view in life and what I want to do for myself in the future. During my time spent here in Narconon, I have learned a lot about myself. I always thought I would have this addiction stuck in my...

RECOVERY

Sobriety Is Celebration: How to Stay Sober During the Good, the Bad, and the Everyday

How does one celebrate recovery during the good, the bad, and the everyday? Here we have the real concern, the real question to be asking. This is very relevant, as “how to” and “do it yourself” are highly valued in a recovery setting.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

I Arrived with No Hope for My Drug Addiction

“I arrived at Narconon June 10, 2018, with no hope for my drug addiction. It’s now September 24, 2018, and I have never felt so great. My life has a meaning and a purpose I will never forget that now. Everything has a reason.…“

DRUG INFORMATION

In the War on Drugs, Focus on Demand, not on Supply

It’s easy to make mistakes in addressing a problem that is so disheartening and emotionally upsetting as drug and alcohol abuse is. From a one-on-one, familial level all the way up to a nationwide level, mistakes are understood and expected.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

From Six Feet Under to Loving Father and Husband

Let me just start by saying that a year ago, I did not think I could live this happy and be this happy. I was living at my cousin’s house. I lost my wife, I lost seeing my son every day, and all in all, I lost the will to live.