Narconon Florida Attends Drug Czar Aronberg’s Prescription Drug Pill Mill Exposé

Nov. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Clearwater, FL - Narconon Florida’s Executive Director, Cheryl A. Alderman and two of her staff attended “Drug Czar”, Mr. Dave Aronberg’s eye opening exposé on Florida’s prescription drug abuse and pill mill operations. The widely attended event, hosted by the Florida Citizens For Social Reform and Drug Free World was held at the historic Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Fl. on November 5, 2011

Alderman was invited to a VIP pre-event reception to personally meet with Aronberg other state and local officials including Acting Sheriff for Pinellas County, Mr. Robert Gualtieri, Circuit Court Judges, Hon. Patrice W. Moore and Hon. Pat Siracusa to exchange information to positively improve and unite efforts to completely eradicate prescription drug abuse in Florida. Efforts from all parties to do this include law enforcement, intervention, prevention, treatment and drug education.

Event guests where privy to undercover footage inside a “Pill Mill” showing the inner workings of a pain clinic and their creative ways to divert law enforcement.

It was prevalent throughout the presentations that Aronberg’s effort are in coordination with legislature, law enforcement, judges, treatment facilities and drug education groups to bring about a brighter drug-free future in the years to come.

“It was an honor to meet Mr. Aronberg as I have avidly followed his achievements in shutting down the pill mills, helping to enact new tougher legislation and working to get the drug data base in place. At Narconon Florida we see the terrible affects prescription drug abuse have on people as we help them recovery a happy, productive drug-free life,” says Alderman.

The Narconon program is unique from other drug rehab programs with it steps that are entirely drug-free; that is, the Narconon drug rehabilitation program does not use drugs or medications to solve the problems caused by drugs, but does use nutrition and nutritional supplements as an important component of its delivery. Drug cravings are handled in the Narconon New Life Detoxification program helps remove the drug toxins are stored in body. These steps are then followed by life skills courses that locate why a person starting abusing drugs in the first place and gives them, the skills needed to make better choices. Thus the program is neither a psychiatric nor medical, but a social education model of rehabilitation.

About Narconon Florida

Narconon Florida, Inc. is located in Clearwater, Fl and is a private non-profit agency that is licensed by the State of Florida. For over a decade they have provided Detoxification and Treatment Services to individuals throughout the nation that are dealing with alcohol and substance abuse with a 78% success rate. The goal of Narconon Florida is to offer effective drug education as well as technology to those in need. The objective of the program is to assist the student back into society by addressing the reduction of incidence with the legal system. The program improves damaged relationships with his/her family, and also gives guidance in making realistic decisions and contributions to society. For more information visit their website at http://www.narcononflorida.org or call 727-796-1011.

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Narconon East US is a group of Narconon Centers in the East US that offer the Narconon non-profit drug rehabilitation program dedicated to eliminating drug abuse and drug addiction through drug prevention, education and rehabilitation.