DETROIT, Mich. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ramsy Darwish knows what it’s like being addicted to prescription pain medication. In a recent story called America’s ‘Other’ Drug Problem Prescription Medication Abuse with CNN’s Rick Sanchez, Ramsy shared his story of addiction and recovery and how he got help, finally ending up at the Narconon Freedom Center drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.

TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The very first live Narconon graduation broadcast on the Internet, took place last Friday, June 26, to help celebrate the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This was the very first time a Narconon drug rehab center had publicly broadcast a Narconon graduation ceremony. The live feed started with different public service announcements from former graduates supporting the International Day Against Drugs.

DESTIN, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Narconon® Gulf Coast, a world-class substance abuse residential drug rehabilitation facility located in Destin, Florida, announces the graduation of its 300th student. Narconon Gulf Coast was founded by Randy and Deborah (Debbie) Ross after undergoing multiple unsuccessful attempts with other rehabilitation centers trying to help their own son.

TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Narconon drug rehab program has just put together a small trailer of a very compelling and emotional interview of a former addict, now 11 years clean, and her baby sister. With the full release of the video to come out within the coming days, this sixty-second trailer gives a glimpse of this powerful interview. Filmed in Montreal, Canada, Sabrina started using drugs at a very young age, and prior to her drug use she was also a runaway.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 4 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘More drug rehabilitation and broader drug prevention, not less, is needed if we intend long-term reduction in drugs and crime along our border,’ says Clark Carr, president of Narconon International, a network of over 150 drug rehab and education centers. ‘The ONDCP, the UNODC, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, in fact, governments everywhere agree that reducing drug demand must parallel military and police interdiction.’

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ‘Narconon drug rehabilitation techniques are exactly what we have been searching for,’ says Victor Capaceta, director of two Mazatlan rehab facilities, named La Loma and La Veinte de Noviembre. Victor and other staff are currently training at the Narconon Navojoa center in the state of Sonora. They intend to bring home what they learn to help their more than 100 students struggling with addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, May 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The month of May proved to be a major turning point for the Narconon network with the recent discovery of a drug education lecture recorded in 1968, by Narconon founder William Benitez. His lecture, which could have very well been an original drug education lecture for Narconon, proved to be a very inspiring story of one man’s ability to pull out of a 19-year-long life threatening addiction.