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Heroin Addiction Treatment

Heroin Addiction CAN Be Overcome!

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While the good news is that heroin addiction treatment statistics show that lifetime heroin use declined by 16 percent (from 3.7 million people to 3.1 million), there are still many thousands of people in the United States who need rehabilitation for their heroin addiction.

Heroin was used by 0.1 percent of the population ages 12 and older in the past month in 2004. There were 166,000 current heroin users last year according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Narconon Drug Detox and Rehab Program helps individuals seeking treatment for heroin addiction through effective drug-free Withdrawal, rehabilitation and education. Don't let yourself or a loved one continue to drown in the trap of Drug abuse.

Call today at 1-888-966-3784 or fill out the confidential online assessement (top left of this page, Get Help Now)and one of our counselors will contact you to see how we can help you overcome addiction.

Thousands of people from all over the country have received help to beat their addiction to heroin and other drugs and have gone on to lead successful, happy and productive lives free from drugs and Alcohol. You can do the same.

Toll Free: 888-9NO-DRUGS or 888-966-3784

Definitions of Terms Used

Term	Description
Addiction	Strong physiological, emotional and/or psychological dependence on a substance such as alcohol or drugs that has progressed beyond voluntary control. For more on addiction see the section Addiction Information in this website.
Alcohol	Refers to ethyl alcohol or ethanol.
Drug	Any substance, other than food, that changes the function or structure of the body or mind when ingested. Drugs essentially are poisons. The degree they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant. A greater amount acts as a sedative. A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead. This is true of any drug. Each has a different amount at which it gives those results.
Drug abuse	The use of illegal drugs or the inappropriate use of legal drugs. The repeated use of drugs to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, or to alter or avoid reality - or all three.
Heroin	The potent, widely abused opiate that produces a profound addiction. It consists of two morphine molecules linked together chemically.
Narconon	A non-religious, non-profit drug rehabilitation program using technology developed by author L. Ron Hubbard. The Narconon program was originally organized in Arizona State Prison in 1966 by William Benitez, an inmate who was himself a drug addict. He applyed basic principles regarding self awareness and self assurance contained in books by L. Ron Hubbard and, by doing so, completely cured his own addiction to heroin. Mr Benitez then went on to help twenty other inmates do the same. Today there are Narconon centers in 45 countries.
Withdrawal	Symptoms that occur after chronic use of a drug is reduced or stopped.