Hendersonville, NC 6/23/2009 11:42:07 PM
News / Education

Drug Addiction Growing Among Youth

THEY AREN’T GROWING APPLES

Mexico is experiencing an all out drug war and it is spilling into the US


The source of the violence is Mexican drug cartels scrambling to fill the demand for drugs in the United States.  These same cartels are even recruiting young American teenagers to gain ease of access to American youth.  If this situation is not controlled, then predictably the United States may soon see a rise in violence similar to what is happening in Mexico, where troops are being deployed.


This is a well thought out campaign and it is working.


The cartels operate a distribution network which operates from more than 300 cities and more youth are being lured into taking drugs.


Where it was once only the big cities that were distribution areas, small towns are now being used to house and distribute these drugs.  Often these are towns with immigrant populations.

One such town is Hendersonville, North Carolina which over the last decade has had a growing immigrant population. 


The town, once a small retirement community with tourism as its major source of revenue, is now a major distribution hub for the cartels. The distribution network is hidden in the many rural areas which once housed seasonal migrant workers for Hendersonville’s many apple groves.  Most of the citizens are unsuspecting, but the evidence is the increase in methamphetamine abuse in the area.


Before the Mexican cartels came here, drug use was not a major problem.  Now the court system is clogged with hundreds of drug cases, and violence is on the rise.


This is the where the battle has moved and this is where an effective defense of drug education and drug rehab must begin.   No more lives need be lost.


Narconon of Georgia services the Southeastern United states.  Narconon utilizes a sauna detoxification and life skills training for a 76% success rate.


This is the program that will make a difference for the citizens of Hendersonville.