Oklahoma – Over the last ten years, the abuse rates for heroin rose to a level that it hadn’t
reached since the 1970’s. Heroin, a highly addictive opiate, has had many new young
users as the method of use has changed from injecting the drug to snorting it and smoking
it. The result has been an increase in heroin deaths, as well as prison costs and other
negative consequences to society as a whole.
Narconon Arrowhead, one of the largest and most successful drug rehabilitation
programs in the country, has been helping heroin addicts to fully recover from addiction
since the 1960’s. The drug rehabilitation program has a more than 70% success rate for
permanent recovery from addiction and has a long-standing reputation for getting people
off drugs.
Narconon’s advice to those looking for a heroin rehab is to specifically look for a very
clear list of components essential to ensuring that the treatment has a good possibility of
working and getting results. These include ensuring the program has certification from
the Department of Mental Health or other state organization in charge of certification
for rehabilitation in the state. Additional certification is also important and this would
include accreditation from organization such as Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and other such organizations.
Letters supporting the program are also important as well as a reference list of those who
have gone through treatment as well as their family members, that clients can call and
speak to about the program [this would be pre-approved from those on the list, not to
violate confidentiality].
Narconon also adds that having the treatment center provide a success rate for the resultsof the treatment is also key.
“Finding the right drug treatment program can be difficult,” says Derry Hallmark
Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor and Senior Director For Expansion for
Narconon Arrowhead. “But if you know what to look for it is very possible to find a
program that gets positive results for permanent recovery from heroin addiction.”
For more information about getting help for yourself or a loved one who is struggling
with heroin addiction contact Narconon Arrowhead today at 800-468-6933 or log onto
www.heroinaddiction.com.
