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 

please call us on 00800 802 1375

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A New Lease of Life and a Future 

That Seems Brighter and Clearer Than Ever 

Narconon’s New Life Detox aims to free the person from toxins that may be hindering their

physical and mental progress towards a drug-free life. It is a carefully designed programme to help re-establish their nutritional status, clean up their body and prepare them for the ensuing courses to increase their mental and emotional well-being. A student shares her story here:

"When I came to Narconon my life was on the road to ruin. Drugs overtook my zest for ambition and had set up my happiness for a disastrous fall—as I was finding out quite rapidly. When I reached my lowest ebb I didn't know who to turn to and I felt trapped. Narconon was a glimmer of hope in my otherwise vanquished life. Speaking to a Narconon representative for the first time was the first step to my life repair.

I am now in the latter stages of my sauna program on the New Life Detoxification and feel closer to my goal for a drug-free life than ever. I exercise, eat healthily, take vitamins and ensure every day that my problems are dealt with properly with help of the supportive staff at Narconon.

Not only do I have a new lease of life, but my outlook for the future seems brighter and clearer than ever. 

I will always remember and cherish Narconon for the help given me."

Call us today on 00800 802 1375

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New Life Detoxification positive change

The Future Was a Black Hole 
until the New Life Detox

“I have found that during Narconon’s New Life Detoxification step, I have been thinking about all the things I can do in the future to make mine and my family’s lives better.

While I do not want to forget the past, I do not want to dwell on it either. I have taken what I can from it and am looking forward to the many options I have. 

Before, I allowed my worries of how things would or could turn out control me, and my emotions; the future was a black hole. 

Now it is full of hope, faith and love, and more opportunities than I could ever have imagined before.“  E.R.

If your family needs help call Narconon today on

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The New Life Detox:
An Amazing Experience!

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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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  
0800 802 1375 

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