During the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, many Americans spend large amounts of money, buying gifts for their family, friends, and co-workers. These gifts are then brought home and placed safely under the Christmas tree, or so it may seem.
While you are out shopping for Christmas gifts, so are the criminals. Experts say that criminal activity, specifically home burglary, greatly increases during the holiday season. Many of these individuals who are burglarizing homes use the gifts to fuel their
drug addiction.
“Many burglaries are related to heroin or drug use,” Caulfield Police Sen-Sgt Mathieson said. “Quite often if heroin comes in, with that comes a need to commit crime to pay for it.”
Narconon, a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program offer tips to homeowners to keep their homes safe from crime during the holidays. These include making it look like someone is still home when you leave the house, ensuring all doors and windows are locked and even making sure that your security system is enabled at all times when you leave the house. For those who don’t have a security system, it can be a good idea to invest in something like this if you live in an area susceptible to burglaries.
Residents are urged to protect their home this holiday season and to report anything unusual to authorities if they feel that it could be a possibility that their home may be under threat.
“If you have a family member who is addicted to drugs sooner or later they are going to turn to criminal activity” explains Derry Hallmark, Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor and Senior Director for Expansion for
Narconon Arrowhead. “We also have those who are addicted to prescription drugs and heroin that will break into someone’s house looking for prescription pain medication.”
“We have to stop this criminal activity at the source,” adds Hallmark. “Drug rehabilitation can free an individual from the devastating grip of all addictions, including
heroin addiction, and significantly reduce crime that is related to drugs.”
Narconon, which is one of the largest and most successful drug rehab programs in the world and has had great results with their treatment; achieving a more than 70% success rate for permanent sobriety from addiction. The center specializes in
heroin drug rehab as well as all other types of addictions.
For more information on the
Narconon program or to get help for an addiction for yourself or a loved one contact Narconon Arrowhead today at 800-468-6933 or log on to www.heroinaddiction.com.
