Despite Big Pharma Claims, Less than One-Third of Drugs Offer Relief to Patients A recent study found that despite billions of dollars spent annually on marketing and ad buys, most pharmaceutical drugs don’t work that well on patients who take them. Read More » Narconon…
Feeling Better Day by Day One of our graduates tells his story of how he used drugs everyday and finally got tired of it. He called Narconon and graduated the program. Now he is sober, happy, and appreciates the little things in life. Read More » Narconon…
Why Do Drug Overdoses Spike During Winter? A Look at Cold Weather-Related Risk Factors Research has shown a possible connection between cold weather and a heightened risk for overdose. Several factors may contribute to this, like cold weather making it more likely addicts will use drugs at home by themselves, therefore being less likely to…
Talk to Young People About Drugs and Alcohol With new findings suggesting drug use is more dangerous for youths now than ever before, parents must do everything possible to prevent their kids from experimenting with mind-altering substances. This effort begins by having conversations with kids, and by helping them understand why they should avoid using…
Prescription Drug Take Back Day Provides Opportunity to Make Homes Safer One of the most common ways young people experiment with prescription drugs for the first time is by finding the drugs in the family medicine cabinet and consuming them. Parents might not think there’s any harm in keeping certain pharmaceuticals in the home, but…
Quitting Alcohol Can Produce Positive Outcomes Even During Advanced Illness After years of misusing drugs and alcohol and experiencing the long-term health crises that come from such use, many addicts may feel like there is no hope for them, and there’s no longer any point in seeking help or even trying to cease drug use.…
Alarming Increase in California Fentanyl Busts Shed Light on How Accessible Fentanyl Is California recently conducted a statewide crackdown on fentanyl, seizing over 28,000 pounds of the highly potent opioid in the past year, a nearly six-fold increase over the previous year. Given the exponential increase in the prevalence of fentanyl in the United States,…
Cocaine and Opioid Abuse Connected to Potentially Fatal Heart Disease A recent NIDA press release shows how it’s not just opioid addiction that is connected to endocarditis, but new studies show cocaine addiction increases the risk for potentially fatal heart disease too. These findings highlight how it’s not just the act of drug abuse itself…