Press Releases

Feb 23
Narconon Of Georgia Celebrates 44 Years of Changing Lives

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the Narconon drug rehab program and Narconon of Georgia is celebrating with a special event hosted by one of the original members of the program.

Feb 19
DJ AM: Spiraling Drug Addiction Death

The recent death of noted Disk Jockey Adam Goldstein from a drug overdose has left many of his friends and fans shocked. Goldstein was known as DJ AM to his fans and had battled drug addiction in the past. Recently MTV networks filmed a reality show featuring DJ AM performing drug interventions and [...]

Feb 01
Cocaine Abuse

Forensic pathologists in Spain have released a report in the European Heart Journal which shows that cocaine related deaths are on the rise

Jan 28

A troubling consequence of the hard economic times faced by many is the increase in demand for relatively cheap heroin. In larger cities such as New York and Chicago officials are seeing a rise in illicit heroin use and are attributing it to the availability of very pure and low cost heroin supplied by [...]

Jan 18
Addiction Treatment Need Seen By Many

Across the country local, state and federal governments are beginning to change their attitudes. The “War On Drugs” is changing to include a emphasis on addiction treatment and drug education. This includes programs which offer treatment as an alternative to incarceration.
Gil Kerlikowske, the Obama administration’s director of national drug control policy, indicated during [...]

Jan 06

South Florida has begun to see an alarming trend; pain clinics which supply thousands of addictive pain killers are also providing addiction treatment.

Jan 03
Marijuana Users Experience Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms

Studies and interviews with people who are habitual pot smokers and have come to our drug rehab have shown all the signs of withdrawal

Jan 02
New Drug Rehab Approach Has Success

A new approach to drug rehabilitation shows promise of reducing the suffering caused by drug addiction.
Until recently most drug rehabilitation programs followed a 12 step method of recovery and the key theory for treatment was that addiction was a disease.   Success with new type of drug rehab program is suggesting that the disease theory alone [...]

Dec 31

Narconon Drug Rehab Offers Advice for a Safe New Year
To ensure a safe and happy New Years, Narconon of Georgia, a non 12-step long term drug rehab, is working to bring in this New Year with the lowest incidence of alcohol related traffic accidents on record through a public awareness campaign that has been ongoing [...]

Dec 30
Brittany Murphy | List of Deadly Prescription Drugs Found

List of Deadly Prescription Drug Cocktail
Brittany Murphy was found dead in her home days before Christmas. While the talented actress was rushed to the hospital, revival efforts failed and she apparently died of heart failure.
Toxicology reports are still forthcoming, but the discovery of prescription drugs at her nightstand raises the possibility that a mix of [...]