Narconon Educates Sheriffs

On June 25th Narconon Drug Rehab GA gave a lecture on drug trends to a local sheriff’s training seminar.

Topics covered included the rising trend of opiate abuse in Georgia, the trends of teen prescription drug abuse, binge drinking among high school students was up 25%, and other facts.

“Many sheriffs are called to do drug education lectures to schools,” commented Mary Rieser, CCDC. “The more information they can give to students and parents, the less likely they will have drug abuse problems.”

Sheriffs in Georgia routinely deal with drug-related cases, and these are on the rise. One commented, “I see more and more people being put in jail for drug related crimes. In many cases these are people that don’t belong in jail, they belong in drug rehab or drug treatment.”

Narconon Drug Rehab GA has long advocated the use of drug treatment instead of incarceration. “if someone is dealing drugs and killing people, then of course they belong in jail,” comments Ms. Rieser, Executive Director of Narconon Drug Rehab GA. “But if someone is addicted, and commits a crime because they want to get more of their drug, they need help. We see more and more non-criminal housewives, business owners, teachers, even doctors, addicted to prescription drugs and never considering they are part of the ‘drug culture’. Yet they are unfortunately addicted. They need help, not jail.”

Some facts covered in the lecture:

Eighty percent of children in high school in Georgia have seen drugs, people on drugs, or drugs being sold on campus, and a shocking 44% of middle-schoolers see the same.
 
Almost 50% of fulltime college students binge drink or abuse drugs

Almost 25% of fulltime college students meet the medical criteria for substance abuse and dependence.

Prescription Benzodiazapines, such as Valium, are second only to cocaine in drug related deaths in Georgia.

Prescription drug abuse among college students is almost 4 times that of 10 years ago.

“If we don’t educate parents and grandparents to lock up their prescriptions, these can be stolen by college or high school students, or their friends,” stated Ms. Rieser. “Keep these locked up; you don’t want a loved one addicted.”

For more information on drug addiction rehabilitation or drug education, call Narconon Drug Rehab GA at 1-877-413-3073.

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