http://www.sanepr.com/ NARCONON OF OKLAHOMA, INC. - Press Releases en xml@sanepr.com xml@sanepr.com http://www.sanepr.com/Prescription-Painkillers-A-Godsend-or-a-Devils-Curse_62593.cfm it is a press release about the addiction people have to narcotics that are prescribed by a doctor or off the streets. [SANEPR 29 December, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/How-Do-We-Save-Our-Kids-from-Drug-Use_62595.cfm It is a press release about what we can do to keep our kids off drugs [SANEPR 29 December, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Is-Methadone-Treatment-Obsolete_62596.cfm It is a press release about the use of methadone as a form of treatment for opiate addiction. [SANEPR 29 December, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Young-Musician-Restores-His-Goals-After-Overcoming-Cocaine-Addiction-_62597.cfm It is a story about how a young musician overcame an addiction to cocaine. [SANEPR 29 December, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/ELIMINATING-DRUG-OR-ALCOHOL-ADDICTION-MAY-BE-THE-FASTEST-WAY-TO-FIGHT-NATIONAL-CRIME-RATES_59729.cfm It is press release about the effort that we are in against drug and alcohol addiction [SANEPR 2 December, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Another-Reason-to-Prevent-Prescription-Drug-Abuse-Saving-Young-Childrens-Lives_58342.cfm America needs to get together in order to fight the war on drugs. [SANEPR 7 November, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/60-Million-Still-Being-Poured-Into-National-Anti-Drug-Campaign-Proven-a-Failure_46382.cfm The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign was reviewed and showed no results, validated by the GAO. So why is another $60 million being allocated to this campaign now? [SANEPR 9 July, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/ The pros and cons of marijuana use are hotly debated across the country. Those in favor of legalization assert that the substance is not addictive. But if you ask those who are in rehab for marijuana use, you get a different story. [SANEPR 9 July, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Catching-Addiction-Before-it-Starts-The-Five-Stages-of-Drug-Use-_46395.cfm Anxious parents and willing teachers may not know the phenomena that indicate that drug use has started, or that it is progressing on to a serious problem. This article describes the five typical stages of drug use, starting with curiosity and ending with addiction. [SANEPR 9 July, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/NO-PLACE-TO-HIDE-DRUG-ABUSE-IN-AMERICA_42229.cfm By Gary W. Smith, C.C.D.C., Executive Director at Narconon Arrowhead Drug Rehabilitation and Education Center located in Canadian, Oklahoma COCAINE ADDS A NEW PAGE TO THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ADDICTION Part IV [SANEPR 19 May, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Thousands-of-Crack-Users-Returning-to-Society-Increase-Need-for-Effective-Rehab_40194.cfm Under new sentencing guidelines, as many as 19,000 prisoners in the federal system for crack cocaine offenses may have their prison sentences reviewed and shortened. This action comes as a result of a 2007 Supreme Court decision that eliminated stiffer sentences for those caught selling crack cocaine than for those who sold powdered cocaine. [SANEPR 23 April, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Alcohol-Related-Traffic-Fatalities-Rise-during-Prom-and-Graduation-Season_39538.cfm The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data from its Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) showing that alcohol-related fatalities increase between the middle of April and the middle of June. [SANEPR 15 April, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/New-Reports-Point-Out-Life-Threatening-Dangers-of-Alcohol-Use-by-Teens_39058.cfm Two new reports issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration give parents all the reason they need to crack down on teen drinking. [SANEPR 10 April, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Narconon-Arrowhead-Releases-Free-Booklet-that-Reveals-the-True-Causes-of-Drug-and-Alcohol-Addiction_38348.cfm Facing the problem of addiction is never an easy task. If that wasn’t tough enough, there are so many choices in drug rehabilitation that making the right choice can seem impossible. [SANEPR 2 April, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Addiction-Is-Not-A-Disease_37941.cfm For several decades now alcohol and drug addiction has been viewed and treated as a brain disease by the medical and psychiatric communities. [SANEPR 28 March, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/Mechanics-of-Addiction-Overcoming-the-Barriers-to-Successful-Recovery_36609.cfm There are different methods utilized in substance abuse counseling to bring about positive moral change in an addict. [SANEPR 14 March, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/The-Life-Cycle-and-Mechanics-of-Addiction-Depression-The-Second-Barrier-to-Successful-Recovery_35564.cfm Depression is another factor that keeps an addict harnessed in his addiction. [SANEPR 3 March, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/The-Life-Cycle-and-Mechanics-of-Addiction-Cravings-The-First-Barrier-to-Successful-Recovery_35094.cfm Overcoming the mental and physical cravings for drugs is the first challenge of any drug rehabilitation program. Cravings are the uncontrolled desire to use again. [SANEPR 25 February, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/LEDGERS-ACCIDENTAL-DEATH-HIGHLIGHTS-POTENTIAL-RISK-OF-DEPENDING-ON-PRESCRIPTION-DRUGS_33999.cfm With the release of the New York City medical examiner’s report on Heath Ledger’s death, we finally understand that a combination of prescription medications ended his short life. [SANEPR 11 February, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/BILLIONS-OF-AMERICAN-DOLLARS-SPENT-IN-ANTI-DRUG-TACTICS-THAT-FAIL-TO-REDUCE-DRUG-ABUSE-AT-HOME_33852.cfm As far back as the Nixon Administration, the U.S. government decided to attack the American drug problem at the source end of the supply channel. [SANEPR 7 February, 2008] http://www.sanepr.com/THE-MARIJUANA-CONTROVERSY-HARMFUL-AND-ADDICTIVE-OR-NOT-ASK-THOSE-IN-RECOVERY_32645.cfm Review the subject of marijuana on the internet or at the library, and you’ll find a blizzard of contradictory and confusing information. [SANEPR 21 January, 2008]