NARCONON SAYS WELL DONE

Narconon says WELL DONE to all those health advocates who worked actively against a proposal wherein the federal government would have changed recommendations for alcohol consumption.  The proposed changing could have encouraged more drinking and we certainly don’t need that when we already have enough problems with alcohol.

The dropping of the proposal also shows that we can all MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the quality of our lives.  We don’t have to put up with more drunks behind the wheels or drugged out zombies walking the street.  We really don’t. Read the article from Join Together and learn how we all made a difference on this one and let’s plan for the next topic.  K2?  Bathsalts?  What will it be?

“The federal government has stepped back from its risky proposal last year to change its recommendations on alcohol consumption in a way that could have inadvertently encouraged heavier drinking and more health problems for Americans.

Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a significant change to its guidelines on alcohol for its forthcoming dietary guidelines, last updated in 2005. Rather than stick with its past recommendation of limiting daily alcohol to two drinks per day for men and up to one drink per day for women as it had done in the past, an advisory committee had proposed a guideline based on average weekly consumption.

Anyone who followed the weekly average guideline who drank every day would’ve arrived at a reasonable two drinks/day for men and one drink/day for women. But as Timony S. Naimi, M.D., M.P.H. of Boston Medical Center pointed out last year, most Americans don’t drink daily: over 75 percent drink only two to three days a week.

“So in fact,” Naimi wrote, “the net effect of the proposed change amounts to an endorsement for most men to consume up to 4 drinks and for most women to consume up to 3 drinks on days they actually consume alcohol.”

He went on to say, “Relaxing guidelines delineating ‘moderate’ drinking is not like recommending someone take more vitamins. Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., and causes many net excess deaths even assuming a cardio-protective effect among those with low average consumption.””

ttp://www.jointogether.org/blog/posts/2011/federal-dietary-guidelines.html

Narconon of Georgia is happy to report on some good news for once in the field of drug and alcohol restriction.  And of course, we want to mention that the best solution for all of this is drug and alcohol education.

For those who still think alcohol needs to be part of their daily diet, Narconon drug rehab is here to help.

TV commercials to the contrary, alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse are problems that face this society at every level. What are some statistics on alcohol addiction to date?

Alcohol Addiction Statistics

The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia released these facts about alcohol abuse:

• More money is spent on alcohol advertising than on any other product.  (What most people forget is that alcohol is the most widely abused drug on the planet.)

• Alcohol addiction is one of the toughest to overcome, especially with televisions making alcohol look tasty, sensuous, sexy, or even smart.  (The irony here is that if you have a drunk person, they are none of these things.  How is a stumbling and slurring person who has had too much to drink sexy or smart?)

• The statistics of alcohol abuse are that it leads to permanent damage of vital organs, several different types of cancer, gastrointestinal irritations, nausea, diarrhea, ulcers, malnutrition, nutritional deficiencies, sexual dysfunctions, high blood pressure, and lowered resistance to diseases.  (They don’t tell you these things in their commercials.)

• It is estimated 6.6 million children live in homes with at least one alcoholic parent.

• Eighty percent of American high school students have tried alcohol and sixty-two percent of these teenagers have been drunk.

• There are approximately 14 million people addicted to alcohol in the United States alone.

• Alcohol kills 65 people per day on our roads; this accounts for 50% of all crashes.

• Almost half of all murders, suicides and accidental deaths involve alcohol.

Executive Director, Mary Rieser says, “These are the facts.  They are quite different than what is portrayed by the marketing and advertising agencies.  The truth is that 1 of every 13 Americans is addicted to alcohol, and we see more and more people suffering from alcoholism everyday.”

For more information on drug addiction rehabilitation or drug education, call The Atlanta Recovery Center of Georgia at 1-877-236-3981

If slightly impaired drivers make the bill go up by 4500 dollars, then think what the alcoholics are costing us.

Anyone who arrives at the emergency room drunk or “slightly impaired” should be ordered to report immediately to classes or rehab.

“The social and economic costs of drunk driving are well documented, but a new study from Rhode Island Hospital finds that even minimally impaired drivers incur higher-than-average costs when they land in hospital emergency rooms, Science Daily reported Oct. 7.

Researcher Michael Lee, M.D., of the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital and colleagues found that drivers with any detectable alcohol in their system incurred $4,538 more in treatment costs and stayed in the emergency room an average of 3.3 hours longer than patients who did not have alcohol in their system. “The magnitudes are striking for this minimally injured population,” said Lee. “This represents a burden of alcohol-impaired driving that was underreported in the past.”"

http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2009/drinkers-incur-more-costs.html

Being also bombarded by ads on Facebook, reduces the chances of any drug and alcohol education these kids could possibly be receiving being lost in the din of advertisement.

Whether a youth is abusing cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin or alcohol they learned about these drugs from somewhere.

We need to cut off these lessons and teach kids about drug prevention.

For those who have seen too many ads, they need to learn about drug treatment.

“The Marin Institute is calling on Facebook to stop accepting paid ads for alcoholic beverages and to ban alcohol-related pages, applications and events, citing a study that found that alcohol-related content is reaching underage Facebook users despite company policies designed to prevent such marketing.

Depiction of alcohol and other drug use by minors on Facebook pages has long been a concern of preventionists, school officials and parents. But the latest controversy springs from Facebook’s recent moves to monetize the site, founded in 2004 and currently the world’s largest social-networking site with 300 million members.

Originally intended for use by college students, Facebook now counts among its membership everyone from preteens to retirees. An estimated one-third of the site’s members are under the legal drinking age.”

http://www.jointogether.org/news/features/2009/underage-facebook-members.html