NARCONON BLOG

STATISTICS & TRENDS

National Workplace Drug Tests Reveal Increasing Drug Use

Every year, workplace drug testing company Quest Diagnostics releases a report on positive drug tests by American workers. Their most recent report on these tests shows that workplace drug use is up which is bad news for employers and communities.

DRUG REHABILITATION

Why Do Heroin Addicts Continue to Endanger Their Lives?

It’s utterly incomprehensible to an unaddicted person—why would a heroin addict continue to inject or smoke this substance that could kill them at any moment? Indeed, it makes no sense at all. But then, when a person is well and thoroughly addicted,...

ADDICTION

The Chaotic Roller Coaster of Addiction

When you have a loved one who’s addicted to drugs or alcohol, very often your life becomes as chaotic and tumultuous as your loved one’s. When you understand what’s really going on behind the scenes, it’s a little easier to survive the chaos.

DRUG INFORMATION

Fentanyl, Acetyl Fentanyl, Carfentanil and Now, Furanyl Fentanyl: What’s the Difference?

These four names refer to powerful painkillers of similar chemical composition. Fentanyl is the only one you would ever have received from a doctor and even that is rather unlikely. All four are being manufactured illicitly overseas and are causing overdoses...

DRUG INFORMATION

Stimulants Could Be the Most Dangerous Drugs on the Planet

Stimulants could be the worst drugs on the market because some of the most heinous crimes and abuses occur related to methamphetamine use.

DRUG INFORMATION

Why Reformulating Painkillers is No Solution to Oklahoma’s Pill Abuse Problem

In the last several years, there's been a trend toward the reformulation of prescription opioids so as to prevent their abuse. While there might have been good intentions to prevent people from becoming addicted or overdosing by changing this formulation,...

NATIONAL NEWS

Oklahoma Sees Less Prescription Drug Abuse, More Illicit Drug Use

For years, prescription drug abuse has been a major plague affecting Oklahomans across the state, resulting in far too much addiction and numerous overdose deaths. In fact, for several years, Oklahoma was number one for prescription drug abuse. What is...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Thanks to Narconon I Feel 100 Times Better Now!

This student has just finished the withdrawal phase and he says: “I feel like I’m out of a trap I was in for so long. I feel 100 times better now and able to eat, sit, and live what we call ’normal’ and it is a great feeling.”

DRUG INFORMATION

The Deepening Problem of Marijuana

Recent news reports from Colorado have revealed that apparently, residents of that state were misled about the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana. One of the promises of legalization advocates was that legalizing the drug would bring its distribution...

DRUG INFORMATION

The Alcoholism of Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Pine Ridge sits just across the state line from Whiteclay, Nebraska. Surrounded by the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, it’s a typical small town in this rural area. It’s got a hospital, small college, propane supplier and pizza restaurant.

NATIONAL NEWS

The Cost of Fentanyl: Three Lives Lost in One Night in Oklahoma Home

In a quiet neighborhood of large, new houses in Oklahoma City, a man got ready to go to work as usual. When he went to find out why his family members were not showing up, he found two of them dead from fentanyl overdoses.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Steffon’s Narconon Arrowhead Story

When an individual turns to drug use, whatever their initial reason for doing so, the fact is that they are giving up some control of their life to these dangerous chemical substances.

DRUG INFORMATION

Substance Abuse is Most Common Type of Poisoning According to Survey

A University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) research study reported in the journal of Clinical Toxicology brought to light the fact that health surveys may be underestimating the number of U.S. poisonings by as much as 60 to 90 percent.

DRUG INFORMATION

Triple Lithium Meth Causing Dangerous Psychotic Effects in Users

According to the Illinois Attorney General website, meth cannot be made without ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. These are substances found in over-the-counter cold medications such as Claratin, Sudafed and others.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Graduating Narconon

What is it like to complete the Narconon program? Hear it from one of our Narconon program graduates.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Client Amy Discusses Narconon Arrowhead Treatment Methods

Most individuals who turn to drug use do so in order to try and escape from their problems. Unfortunately, few individuals recognize the fact that trying to solve their life problems with drug use is like fighting fire with fire – not only incredibly...

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

How Chris Took His Life Back

Drugs are chemical substances that begin by slightly altering an individual’s life in a way they think makes things better, and then finish by taking over the individual’s entire life and leaving only destruction in their wake.

NARCONON ARROWHEAD REVIEWS

Narconon Arrowhead Program Reviews

“Thank you Narconon for helping me get my life, social skills and confidence back!” Here at Narconon, we refer to those on the program as students. We do not believe an addict is an addict for life. We do not believe addiction is an incurable disease....

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Are Medical Students More Likely to Become Addicted?

A recent survey of medical students in the U.S. revealed that more of these individuals are struggling with serious substance abuse issues than the general population. Alcohol abuse was noted…

NATIONAL NEWS

The Tricky Relationship Between Painkiller Addiction and Medicare

The Tricky Relationship Between Painkiller Addiction and Medicare Could having Medicare coverage be associated with higher rates of addiction to painkillers? A new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association seems to lean in that...