Narconon Blog
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
The Dangers of Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat a number of different things but many do not realize how deadly they can be. When mixed with alcohol or opiates, it can create a cocktail that’s ended the lives of many.
It All Started With A Pill
Counterfeit pills are hitting the market and causing a huge uproar and overdoses. One of our graduates tells her story of counterfeit pills and how she lost everything and almost lost her life because of them.
The Destruction of Prescriptions
One of our graduates talks about how doctors prescribe pills to be the fix-all for problems. This leads to an even larger problem, leading people to abuse drugs and prescriptions as they think that’s the cure-all for their pains and aches.
Drug Company Executive Is Facing Prison
For the first time since our nation’s opioid crisis began in 2013, criminal charges have been filed on big pharma executives. The former executives of Rochester Drug Co-Operative (RDC), which is one of the top-10 largest drug distributors in the US, have been criminally charged.
Mental Health and Pain Pills
It is widely agreed that opiates are being over-prescribed in the United States. Over 115 million opiate prescriptions are written to patients each year. Out of this number of prescriptions, over 50 percent are written for people who have a diagnosed mental health disorder.
Vaccine for Heroin Abuse
Recently there has been pioneering research into the possibility of engineering a vaccine that helps the body identify heroin as something that shouldn’t be metabolized. The implication of this finding is that, since the body identifies the byproducts of the ingested heroin as toxic, it does not allow them to cross the blood/brain barrier.
The Letter that Fueled the Opiate Epidemic
Thousands of Americans have already lost their lives to the health crisis caused by opiate addiction in this country. Between 2000 and 2015, over half a million people died from drug and alcohol abuse with the highest numbers coming from opiate abuse.
How Far Would You Go to Get High?
It’s early afternoon and withdrawals are beginning to kick in. I used the last of the drugs I had last night and all I can think of now is how to get more. I have no money and nothing left to sell. I am beyond desperate.
Why Drug Replacement Doesn't Work
"I spent one year and three months on Suboxone, which then turned into me taking Xanax and planning days where I could do heroin by coming off it. When I quit taking it, I went into my fifth rehab to get off the Suboxone and heroin.…“
Top 5 Alternative Methods of Pain Management
With Americans spending 14 billion out of pocket each year on holistic alternatives to pain medication, it is about time to bring up the subject as a viable option.