Narconon Launches 'Operation Medicine Cabinet' in Georgia - Prescription Drugs Commonly...

Narconon Launches 'Operation Medicine Cabinet' in Georgia - Prescription Drugs
Commonly Abused Targeted
Narconon of Georgia warns parents to safeguard their medication and properly
dispose of it when it is no longer needed or wanted.

ATLANTA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Operation Medicine Cabinet, a campaign
sponsored by Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia and a local Sheriff's department,
provides individuals with a safe way to properly dispose of unused and
potentially dangerous medication. Proper control and disposal of potentially
dangerous medication is vital, due to the trend of prescription drug abuse
with youth.

Every day 2,500 youngsters age 12 to 17 try a painkiller for the first time
and prescription drugs are more abused by teens than any illicit street drug,
except for marijuana. This is according to the 2006 National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.

Kids think that taking prescription drugs and over the counter medication for
their next high is safer than street drugs and they are easy to get according
to a survey done by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
(CASA). This recent survey found that one in five teens can get prescription
drugs within an hour and the most common source is their own home or friends.

This same survey found that two thirds of kids report that drugs are used,
kept or sold at their school.

These "friends" or classmates providing the drugs are not likely to report the
truth about abusing prescription drugs. That truth is that abuse can lead to
paranoia, drug addiction, seizures or even death.

The goal of "Operation Medicine Cabinet" is to enlighten the community on the
dangers of prescription drug abuse and to provide a safe means to curtail it.
Some kids will already need treatment and their families will be provided with
information as to how to get it.

Mary Rieser, the Director of Narconon of Georgia stated, "We used to look to
the schools to provide drug education. Now, statistics show that the schools
actually need our help. Obviously, with so many drugs passing hands at
school, the kids are not learning the truth about prescription drug abuse and
many of their parents are unwittingly contributing to it. 'Operation Medicine
Cabinet' provides an outside source of help to schools, kids and parents. If
this campaign is aggressively run in every major city we can make a huge dent
on the prescription drug abuse problem. Too many kids are getting addicted
and too many have died. It is time to do something about it."

For more information on "Operation Medicine Cabinet" and how you can have this
campaign in your community, contact Narconon of Georgia at 770-379-0208.

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*(Photo Caption: What's in it? Operation Medicine Cabinet to enlighten the
community on the dangers of prescription drug abuse.)

This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by Send2Press(R),
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SOURCE Narconon of Georgia

Mary Rieser of Narconon of Georgia, 1-800-253-3168, narcononofga@yahoo.com