Narconon of Georgia Featured in Story About Prescription Drug Abuse

NORCROSS, GA, March 16, 2011 (Press-News.org) A recent crackdown on prescription drug sales in Florida prompted customers, not to be deterred, to drive up 75 to the next place they could get prescription drugs - Georgia. They knew they could get their drugs in Georgia, because Georgia is the only state in the Southeast without a prescription monitoring program. Prescription drug abuse escalated out of control in Georgia with the addition of the Florida business and federal investigators took notice.

Channel Five Fox News investigated and reported how it was affecting local drug treatment centers and abusers. Director of Narconon, Mary Rieser, described in an interview with the news channel how easily individuals can get hooked on prescription drugs and that 75% of her clients were abusing prescription drugs.

Former professional wrestler, John Paul, receiving treatment at Narconon of Georgia, volunteered to tell the story of his ordeal with prescription drugs. He described how his managers and doctors would do anything just to get him into the ring. Every fight started out with a shot of 100 mg, of Demerol. 19 surgeries along the way brought more pain and more prescription drugs from different doctors. John calls these doctors who willingly gave him prescription drugs, "legalized drug dealers". John became hooked and needed more and more drugs, just to make it through the day. He had gotten to dangerously high levels and knew that he needed to do something.

John is now dealing with his addiction, through the Narconon drug rehab program. There are two phases of the program. The first phase deals with the bio-physical aspect of addiction. Exercise, nutrition and sauna time, all under medical supervision, are used to help the addict become healthier and more in control of the physical cravings. The second part of the Narconon programs addresses the psycho-social issues that contributed to the problem to begin with.

Prescription drug abuse keeps Narconon busy. Accidental prescription drug overdose is now the number one cause of death in thirteen states, surpassing car accidents. Rieser stated the goal of Narconon is to get help to as many people as possible before it is too late for them. In addition to treatment, Narconon provides drug education lectures to thousands of children in an effort to keep them from ever having to get treatment.

"It's an epidemic," stated Ms. Rieser, "and not enough people truly understand how fast this epidemic is sweeping the country. It's like a wild fire and it' s going to take some effort to get it under control."

Narconon of Georgia provides drug treatment and education. Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia is a non-traditional drug abuse treatment program with a 76% success rate. For more information or if you know someone suffering from addiction please contact us at 877-413-3073.

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