It's well known to drug and law enforcement agencies that prescription addiction is the fastest growing form of drug addiction. Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health show that 80% of the time people 12 and older abusing prescription drugs obtained them legally.
The only real answer lies in educating children and adults as to the dangers of addiction from prescription drugs and providing effective rehabilitation. A group that provides highly effective treatment programs as well as award winning drug prevention materials on overcoming addiction is the organization called Narconon.
Narconon Drug Education is world renowned. Narconon is a non-profit organization that has delivered drug education lectures to over 3 million school-aged children. Survey results from these children show an increased understanding about drugs and the dangers of addiction and why one wouldn't want to take them in the first place.
Narconon started out as a drug rehabilitation organization in 1966. The program was first done by heroin addicts that were inmates at Arizona State Penitentiary. The founder of Narconon, William Benitez, was himself a heroin addict and with the help of a book he read in the prison library, written by American humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, he and his fellow inmates all kicked life-long heroin addictions.
From this simple beginning, Narconon grew to over 100 centers and groups world-wide, helping millions of people off drugs and educating them on drug addiction. They also operate the largest non-governmental drug rehabilitation facility. The Narconon program is unique to the rehabilitation industry, with an outstanding success rate of over 70% of permanent recovery from addiction.
Many people are now turning to prescription drugs as a solution to their problems, or as in the case of many children, they simply start to use these drugs in an effort to "fit in.” In the last 2 years Narconon centers have seen a larger increase in prescription drug addicts than ever before. The Narconon program safely withdraws one from prescription drugs and as the person continues through the remaining steps of the program they learn key information and life skills that help them handle the reasons they turned to drugs as a solution to their problems in the first place.
Narconon also offers drug education programs to schools and community groups to prevent people from becoming addicted to begin with. The answer to prescription drug addiction is two-fold, drug prevention education and effective drug rehab. Narconon provides both.
If you know of someone who needs help in overcoming addiction, contact Narconon East U.S. at 877-237-3307.
