NARCONON AUTHOR

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Karen

After writing promotional content for non-profit organizations and healthcare professionals for 25 years, Karen turned her focus to drug addiction and recovery. She spent two years working in the trenches in a Narconon drug rehab center and two more years at Narconon International with their drug information services. For nearly two decades, she has followed the trends of drug abuse, addiction and drug trafficking around the world, as well as changes in the field of addiction treatment. As a result of her constant research, she has produced more than two million words of educational and informative material on drug use and recovery so those who are addicted and their families can find lasting solutions. She gives talks and presentations to educate and inform those interested in countering substance use and arming people with educational tools to improve their communities. She continues to travel across the United States to learn the experiences and opinions of individuals related to substance abuse and recovery.

ADDICTION TREATMENT

Identifying and Helping the High-Functioning Addict

A high-functioning addict is a person with all the trappings of success and happiness but is dependent on drugs or alcohol to cope. Co-workers, family, bosses and members of their entourage may all think this person has an enviable life.

DRUG INFORMATION

Increasing Supplies of Fentanyl Stalk the Addicted

Increasing Supplies of Fentanyl Stalk the Addicted Massachusetts has long been a hub of opioid trafficking in the Northeast, but the drugs being trafficked were usually painkillers or heroin.

DRUG REHABILITATION

How to Recover from Addiction without Drugs

As soon as an addicted person arrives at Narconon Ojai, it will be clear to him that this experience is going to be different from any other rehab he may have been to. The program at Narconon Ojai focuses on rehabilitating the individual so no drugs are...

DRUG REHABILITATION

Four Ways Most Addicted People Reject Rehab

When a family begs an addicted loved one to go to rehab and are met with a refusal, it’s baffling. It’s still possible to help this person arrive at rehab if you understand what’s actually going on.

DRUG REHABILITATION

Is Pindolol a Workable Solution for Alcohol Addiction?

Pindolol is the generic name of a drug that lowers blood pressure (brand name Visken). It’s also being promoted as a good drug to use to treat alcohol abuse. There are claims that this drug can reduce alcohol consumption, especially binge drinking, and...

DRUG REHABILITATION

The World’s Ten Most Addictive Drugs

Narconon outlines the ten most addictive substances in the world.

DRUG REHABILITATION

What Drugs to Look for When Anger or Aggression are a Problem

One of the worst things that happens when someone is addicted is outbursts of anger or aggression toward his (or her) loved ones or friends. This behavior may be at such odds with past behavior that a family may be baffled and upset.

DRUG REHABILITATION

Why Do People Start Using Drugs?

Why do some people start drinking or using drugs? There’s some problem that seems to get solved but this solution can actually ruin everything.

DRUG REHABILITATION

How Drugs Can Change Your Personality

Picture a young person who, for the first time, walks into a party where people are using drugs. He sees people high on marijuana, giggling and running around the garden like children. He sees people drinking and exuberantly talking with friends.

In America alone, there are more than 10,000 drug rehab centers. Add Twelve Step meetings and you have many thousands more choices. But anyone who’s been to rehab knows that not all rehab programs are created equal. There are programs run by expert, experienced staff determined to make a difference.

On February 19, 2016, the international Narconon network took a moment to celebrate fifty years of saving lives. Starting from a single rehab center in Los Angeles, the Narconon network now comprises more than forty centers on six continents.

Have you seen an unusual new ad for opioid-induced constipation? Pharmaceutical companies have not missed the marketing opportunity offered by the numbers of people using painkillers and suffering from constipation as a result.