Dark Ages

THE DARK AGES
Intense marketing and a resultant 150% rise in the numbers of prescriptions written has resulted in a growing number of people addicted to prescription drugs.
In a recent press conference Joseph A. Califano Jr., the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University’s director and president said:
"Aggressive marketing of controlled drugs to physicians . . . is designed to increase profits with little regard for abuse potential, Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction."
The ease by which many Americans can get a prescription for powerful pain medications and psychiatric drugs is alarming.
Drug seekers are people that are trying to get high. They will say or do almost anything to get what they want. Health care professionals who are just trying to help are unfortunately easy prey for these individuals.
Very few physicians receive any training in spotting drug seeking behavior. Pharmacists report more training but it is not they that actually write the prescriptions.
More than 15 million Americans abuse controlled substances—double the amount from a decade ago, according to a report issued by CASA. This represents a clear problem for America because there is virtually no increase in drug treatment available.
Califano said, “I am disturbed that more than 28 percent of pharmacists say they fail to regularly validate the prescribing physician's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number when dispensing controlled substances.Today more people are abusing controlled-prescription drugs than the combined number who abuse cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, and heroin.”
Without educating pharmacists and physicians who prescribe these drugs on the signs for potential abuse, drug companies are guilty of criminal negligence.
Unless there is a dramatic increase in the availability of drug treatment for those already addicted, the epidemic will only increase.
History will view this era as a dark age – if civilization exists long enough to move into a more enlightened age.

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Prescription Drugs

Michael Jackson’s Death Calling Attention to Prescription Drug Abuse

Close friend to Jackson, Deepak Chopra, reported that Jackson had asked him for prescriptions to pain killers in the past. Chopra said that he then realized that Michael must have been asking many people for prescriptions to the powerful drugs.
In an article in the Huffington Press, Chopra in part blames Jackson’s dependence on these drugs on medical colleagues who failed to realize Jackson’s growing addiction could lead to his death.
Jackson is known to have taken prescriptions ranging from Xanax to Demerol.
Oxycodone and hydrocodone are both synthetic opiate pain relievers similar to Demerol which Jackson is reported to have been injected with shortly before his cardiac arrest.
It is unfortunate that prescription drug abuse becomes alive as a topic for media discussion after a celebrity death. Anna Nicole’s and Heath Ledger’s deaths took center stage earlier, but the problem with prescription medication abuse continued to increase and emergency rooms are still seeing too many accidental overdoses.
In a recent press conference Joseph A. Califano Jr., the National Center on Drug Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University’s director and president said:
"Aggressive marketing of controlled drugs to physicians . . . is designed to increase profits with little regard for abuse potential, Our nation is in the throes of an epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse and addiction."

The ease by which many Americans can get a prescription for powerful pain medications and psychiatric drugs is alarming.
More than 15 million Americans abuse controlled substances—double the amount from a decade ago, according to a report issued by CASA. This represents a clear problem for America because there is virtually no increase in drug treatment available and no controls on marketing.
Narconon of Georgia provides drug treatment and education for the entire southeast region. Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program.
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Reflection

NARCONON REFLECTION


Here is a Narconon reflection – written by someone who was abusing alcohol – but written for anyone who is abusing any drug. Whether it is oycontin, adderal, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine or any drug of abuse, the Narconon program is here to help you.


“Today in class I learned that pinpointing my problem and releasing my energy on it – I can let the thought pass. I think a problem is a kind of blemish to my well being and healthy life style – a blemish that can vanish with the right medicine. The medicine is how I handle situations – and I can handle them the right way from now on from what I have learned.

The medicine is also in my action and thoughts. I will use my mind and strength to touch and get what I want. It is my choice, now that I know right from wrong.

I am a stronger individual today.

This can also apply to unhealthy relationships, friendships and disagreements.

I believe that sometimes it is just better to let things go and avoid trouble in my life.”

Simple realizations like this can take the course of someone’s life and move it in a different direction.

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Insecurities

NARCONON SUCCESS STORY







“I realize that I can dispense with my insecurities and how I have felt about myself in the past. I know that those thoughts are really not what is happening. I need to keep what is real and what is true for me up front, because those thoughts are not worth my time or energy. I need to get rid of these thoughts as soon as they come up.



Things in my life are really moving and I can see that I have a lot of work to do to repair the damage that I did in the past. I can do that and still allow my life to move forward. It’s up to me to keep my sobriety in place and as long as this is my number one priority I can deal with and accomplish anything.”



Anything can be accomplished, whether a person has abused heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine or pot. A new life is waiting for those who honestly do the Narconon program.

Drug Dealers vs Drug Addicts

See the article below from the Independent Mail. It seems that the District Attorney has the right idea here and at Narconon we are anxiously awaiting the outcome of finding treatment for offenders who are addicts. According to the article:

“TOCCOA, Ga. — Brian Rickman, district attorney for the Georgia Mountain Judicial Circuit, draws a clear line between drug addicts and drug dealers.
“We believe there is a fundamental difference in the addict and the dealer,” he explained. “The addict, while they have to be responsible for their actions, can be helped with treatment. The dealer is making money off the misery of someone else.”
With that distinction, Rickman and his staff at the Mountain Judicial Circuit DA’s office are taking a new and creative approach to handling drug crimes.
The DA’s office has recently begun partnering with the Stephens County Anti-drug Coalition to match drug addicts who have been arrested for drug possession with qualified treatment programs. Part of the condition of that person’s bond is successfully completing the treatment program, Rickman said.
“Our philosophy is that with non-violent addicts, we want to find creative ways to use treatment rather than have them sit in the county jail. On the flip side, by freeing up resources that we would use on those cases, our time can be spent on taking it to the dealers,” he said.”
Good idea Toccoa! Any addict at least deserves one chance at treatment – whether they have abused heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine or prescription medication – Thanks for giving them a chance.

The Past

Narconon Success Story



Here is another Narconon Success Story. It is another victory over slavery and celebrated by this student with the same enthusiasm that many celebrated Martin Luther King’s birthday (which is obviously quite important.)



“I have faced my past and everything in it – my old friends and my old life style. The past is behind me and the future with its new friends and life style is in front of me. I cannot see my future if I am focused on the past.



I learned today that drugs are nothing but a repetitious cycle of damage. The end result is always the same with drugs.



I know I am powerful because I will not let drugs back into my life. I’m the only one who had control over my past and I’m the only one who has control over my future and my future can be anything I want it to be!”



Whether they arrive for addiction toheroin, pot, methamphetamine, cocaine or any other drug of abuse, the result is the same for those who honestly complete the Narconon drug treatment program - a new life. 877-413-3073

Drug Free

NARCONON SUCCESS



While the world is worried about financial stability, Narconon students remind us that many things in life don’t cost much at all, but are priceless. Here is another Narconon success story.



“I can find just about anything these days. Since beingdrug free I find that working out, eating well, sleeping well and being positive are all the things that touch me the right way.



In the present, being drug free allows me to live life the way I want to live it. I have also made up my mind to let go of the past and live in the present. I decide what I do and don’t do because I am empowered to do so. I have faith that being drug free will allow good things to happen. The program will give me the skills to deal with the bad and let go of it when the time is right. I make up my mind and have faith that it is going to work out because my mind and body are working the way that they are supposed to.



I have now confronted the damage drugs have done, gotten better and taken control.”



The wins are there – whether a person has abused pot, alcohol or methamphetamine, there is a new life waiting for those who want it. Narconon is the New Life Program. 877-413-3073.