Cocaine and Crack Cocaine

Cocaine is extracted from coca leaves and was originally developed as a painkiller.   Cocaine is known as one of the most dangerous drugs out there because once you have taken it, it has proven extremely difficult to get out of its physical and mental grip.

It has many names, a couple of common ones are coke or nose candy.  It is also commonly known as dice or jelly beans, and there are many, many other names. 

When it is in powder form it is known as cocaine and when in crystal form it is known as crack cocaine.

Crack cocaine comes in blocks or crystals and varies between yellow, pale pink and white. It is heated and smoked and gets its name from the cracking sound it makes as it is heated. Crack cocaine is usually 75% to 100% pure which is drastically stronger than normal cocaine, because of this, and the fact it is smoked, it is a lot more potent. Smoking it allows the drug to reach the brain faster and therefore bring about a more intense, though shorter, high. For this reason, people often get hooked after only one try.

The physical and mental effects of coke and crack cocaine are the same, however in crack they can be stronger or more immediate.

Some of the short-term effects are bizarre, erratic, violent behaviour, hallucinations, mood alteration, including euphoria and paranoia, depression, panic, convulsions, increased heart rate, disturbed sleep and the list goes on.

In the long term it is just as bad, effects can include high blood pressure, heart problems, stroke, liver, kidney and lung damage, respiratory failure, sexual dysfunction, hallucinations, disorientation, exhaustion, psychosis or death.

If you need any more information about the 
true effects of other drugs or help with someone you know addicted to cocaine or crack, then 

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A student’s joy with the successful outcome of our comprehensive New Life Detoxification.
“The New Life Detoxification is really an amazing experience where oneprogressively cleans the entire body system, giving an increased feeling of improvement in many aspects of body and mind performance—until a point where one really feels reborn for a new world full of opportunities and future.”   G.C. Call today to discuss the full Narconon Programme and how it may help you or a loved one overcome addiction.

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Student Experiences “A Feeling That Was Better Than A Drug,” During Narconon’s Drug-Free Withdrawal

Withdrawal is often the most feared stage of getting off drugs. Withdrawal symptoms can be any combination of the following: insomnia, restlessness, irritability, muscle cramps and twitches, excessive sweating, loss of appetite, depression, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, shakiness, and headaches.

At Narconon we use simple yet precise and effective techniques, along with a specialised Nutritional programme that helps relieve the symptoms associated with drug or alcohol withdrawal. 

Here is what one student said about his Narconon Drug-Free Withdrawal:

“I wanted to come to Narconon to get off drugs because I had no other place to go. I couldn’t do it on my own. I did try, and I just kept going back. My girlfriend said I was making her ill and my dad nearly had a nervous breakdown. I was ringing loads of rehabs, and never really followed it through. And then Narconon rang me back. I said I need you to get me there today.

The first night I didn’t want to be there. And then I got to sleep—I slept right through to the next day. I never do this normally because my mind is never settled. But then I got to sleep. And then I slept most of the day too. Then I got more of my appetite back and every time I felt low, I got an assist and Cal-Mag (calcium and magnesium drink). That calmed me down and made me want to sleep and relax. This is a new feeling for me. It took my mind off the emotion. I feel this is an achievement for myself.

The techniques from the staff, and how they are—like how they talk to me—really helped me. Objectives really did help and give me a new sensation in my body. One of the objectives gave me a feeling that was better than a drug, a feeling it was unbelievable. It’s just unbelievable.”

L.H.

At Narconon we do not use any substitute drugs to get someone off drugs. Many of our students say their drug-free withdrawal was nowhere near as bad as they thought it was going to be.

If you want to get off drugs but are in fear of withdrawal, contact us to discuss your own personal case and how the Narconon programme could help.

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The Problem of Opioid Painkiller Addiction

When you think of people addicted to opium you may think of the illicit drug heroin. However, as many prescription painkillers and even over-the-counter painkillers containing opium, this is far from the only problem.

Often when people start out on painkillers they may not realise that it is in fact opium-based or, though aware of it, are following the doctor's recommendations and don't think further on it—until it is too late and the addiction has fully set in.

Here in the UK, the problem is starting to reach crisis proportions. Here are some statistic from Opioid painkiller dependency - An overview: a report written for the All-Party Parliamentary Group onPrescribed Medicine Dependency by Harry Shapiro (Drug Information and Policy Analyst).

• In 2012, some ten million people in the UK were prescribed an opioid painkiller, more than double the next nearest EU country, which is France at four million.
• In 2013, the UK had the highest sales of morphine and opiates like codeine, by volume, than any other country in the EU.
• In 2011, Northern Ireland had the highest annual prevalence of prescription opioid use in the world.
• Just in England, the number of opioid prescriptions rose from around 3 million in 1991 to 23 million by 2014.

One of the reasons we, in the UK, are starting to particularly worry about these statistics is we have the USA to look at as an example of what happens when it gets to epidemic proportions. Looking at overdose and mortality figures in the US is quite startling. The figures in the UK are nothing as dramatic but worrying trends can be seen.The problem of prescription drug addiction has not been spoken of extensively, but these statistics give some idea of the prevalence of opium drug use in our society.

• In the USA in 2010 there were 16,500 deaths from opium painkillers. This is more than double the figure from 2002 and more than twice the number of deaths caused by cocaine and heroin combined!
• In the UK in 2013 there were 757 deaths from opium painkillers, which is a 30% rise from 2012.

Here is a more specific example using the opiate painkiller Tramadol here in the UK.

• In 1996 only one death from Tramadol, in 2011 that had risen to 154 and by 2014 it had reached 240.

So, you can see why now is the time that we have to do something about it. There are variations in who you see addicted to these opiate painkillers. One is the respectable working family man/woman who is following the GP instructions as a handling against some chronic pain. The second are those using it for recreational purposes.

There are a few important factors that need to be looked into here.

• The quantity of prescriptions being given out.
• Whether or not opium-based drugs should be able to be bought over the counter.
• What other solutions are out there, to help people looking to these drugs as the answer.
• How to help those already addicted.

Some ideas of what you can do about it,directly 

• Start increasing awareness of this problem. Do things like circulating this article and other related pieces, talking to your friends and family about it is a good start. If you want to do more you can try things like getting your local community centres together or working with a local newspaper to get it known about.
• Start a petition calling for stricter guidelines on over-the-counter medication and prescriptions. 
• Or if you know people actually within the industry then try to make some changes directly there.

Drugs are always used as a solution for some unwanted life condition, whether chronic pain or for recreational purposes—maybe even boredom or stress. If you know anyone in this situation but not yet addicted, help them to look at what other solutions there are. For pain, maybe some alternative remedies. For boredom or stress, maybe help them look at what lifestyle changes can be made so that life itself can be more enjoyable without drugs as the solution.

If you know someone already addicted then look for a good drug rehabilitation centre. I am writing from Narconon which is a drug rehabilitation centre you can check out here: Narcononuk United Kingdom

It is time that opium painkillers are widely known for what they truly are, and the devastating affects that addiction from them can cause.

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Drugs in the Work Place

Drug use affects all parts of life and that most definitely includes the workplace.

For each individual, a job is vital not only for keeping busy and active but for the means to live and support a family. For executives having happy and productive staff is vital to keeping the company running and viable.

Drug use has an affect on all of these things. Often it comes from not liking your job, not feeling challenged or feeling bored. Alternately or on the other side of the coin it can be from stress, or an unpleasant boss or work environment.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence gives some statistics and findings on just how severe the effects of drugs are on the workplace. A couple of stronger examples are these:

• Workers with alcohol problems were 2.7 times more likely than workers without drinking problems to have injury-related absences.
• One-fifth of workers and managers across a wide range of industries and company sizes report that a co-worker’s on- or off-the-job drinking jeopardized their own productivity and safety.

The most common affects are not as severe as this. They often include showing up late, missing a high number of days of work, doing work slowly or with mistakes. This of course is often the precursor of worse things to come.

Often drugs or alcohol is used as a solution to stress at work or a way to relax on the weekend. Unfortunately, this doesn't usually stay on the weekend and it will start to impinge on the work days too. It can often lead to more drugs too. What started as pot to relax on the weekends leads to cocaine to wake up during the week and so the vicious cycle goes.

If you believe you or a colleague or employee may be in need of help call us and see what we can do to help you  
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