Drug Abuse

While figures for some kinds of drug use among teens have dropped slightly over the last several years, prescription drug abuse shows no signs of letting up. Supporting this abuse is the ease with which our young people can lay their hands on prescription drugs to abuse, particularly prescription pain relievers such as hydrocodone, often marketed as Vicodin.

A recent report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University shows that one-third of teens who know prescription drug abusers say that these kids get their drugs from home. Another third say they can get these drugs from a friend or classmate.

The annual survey of teen attitudes on substance abuse drew the conclusion that probably half of all prescription drugs being abused by teens are coming from someone’s home medicine chest.

And this ease of acquisition showed in the statistics on prescription drug abuse. By 2007, one in every twenty high school seniors had found and tried OxyContin, a powerful narcotic painkiller with a high, when abused, similar to heroin. While this is bad enough, the statistic of seniors who had abused Vicodin, a painkiller containing hydrocodone, was almost twice as high.

“Prescription pain relievers like hydrocodone and oxydcodone are addictive, whether it’s teens or adults abusing them,” stated Derry Hallmark, Director of Admissions and a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor at Narconon Arrowhead. Narconon Arrowhead is one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “We help people of all ages, from eighteen to seventy-five and up, recover the drug-free life they lost. Seventy percent of our graduates remain drug-free after graduation, as a result of our holistic program that addresses the three main barriers to recovery: the cravings, guilt and depression experienced by every addict.”

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Prescription Drug Abuse: The Positive Art of Hip Hop supports Narconon with anti-prescription drug abuse message

www.narconon.org The Positive Art of Hip Hop(tm) supports Narconon(r) with an anti-prescription drug message. Abuse of prescription drugs has become more of a serious problem than street drugs. The recent death of Michael Jackson due to prescription drug abuse has roused many artists to take a stronger stand against prescription drugs. Hip hop artist Tru-Ace and R&B singer Luigi, deliver a message to their public in Los Angeles, CA about prescription drugs with the solution to find the truth about drugs through visiting the Narconon website at narconon.org. Both of these hip hop artists and their dancers are drug-free. Tru-Ace and his dancer-J Blu Luigi and his dancers, Raul and Ray Ray. © 2009 Narconon International. All Rights Reserved. Narconon and the Narconon logo are trademarks and service marks owned by the Association of Better Living and Education International and are used with its permission.

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