There are probably over 300 graduates of the Narconon program in Ontario. There also are graduates in Alberta, in Quebec, in British Columbia and Manitoba. Their ages range from 19 to 60. These are persons who had at one time or another needed addiction treatment. Some were cocaine users, some heroin, crack, crystal meth, oxycontin [...]
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Narconon addiction treatment centers world-wide have accumulated hundreds of successes from detoxifying the body of drugs and toxins using the evidence based New Life Detoxification Program. Professional studies documented evidence of the removal from the body of stored cocaine, amphetamine, benzodiazepine (benzos), heroin and other foreign particles and poisons; which in turn markedly reduce drug [...]
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Use of heroin after World War II reached epidemic proportions between the 50s and 60s in New York City. The number of deaths from heroin over doses went alarmingly up, and 75% of the deaths were between 15 to 35 year olds. Heroin was the leading cause of death amongst that age group in NY [...]
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William Benitez in 1968 was no longer in the penitentiary and no longer using heroin. He had two years earlier started a movement in the world of drug rehabilitation. He’d seen the worst of himself and experienced wasted years struggling for his next fix. He learned how to cut lose of addiction and how to make others able to do the same. Well the years were not wasted really, because now he knew how to save others from the same fate. And he knew how to communicate a message.
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I don’t know how many of you readers have heard of the term HARM REDUCTION. The term has been out for many years now with a vast amount of controversy, arguments and studies. Here is what it is: HARM REDUCTION: (in simple terms) The consideration that many people will use drugs and therefore the humane [...]
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Neither alcoholism nor substance (drug) abuse is a disease. In recent years, it has become a popular theory that both are diseases and the addict himself is ‘sick’ with addiction. This line of thought gives the alcoholic/addict an easy out—they can’t help their drinking or using drugs because they are sick. The truth is both alcohol and drugs are addictive; the user wants and needs more and more of his abused substance. Both actually do affect the user’s brain, but it is not a brain disease.
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Oxycontin VS Heroin? They are so nearly the same drug, most users would take either one. Why is Oxycontin legal and Heroin illegal? Oxycontin and Heroin are both opioids, which are synthetic or real derivatives of opium. Everybody has heard of Heroin addiction, and in more recent years, Oxycontin addiction. But, just what exactly are these two drugs?
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Heroin is one of the strongest painkillers known to man. Addiction to this drug is hard and fast. While it may be extremely difficult finding out someone we care about is addicted to heroin, there are things you can do to help. The first thing you will want to do is find out all you can about the drug. There is a lot of information on the Internet about heroin that you may find helpful.
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