Released on = June 17, 2007, 11:30 am

Press Release Author = Narconon Arrowhead

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = No School and No Parents at Home?
Summer Months Provide Youth with Opportunities to Start Abusing Drugs

Press Release Body = School\'s out and there is a feeling of freedom in the air. For
some teens this means spending time with old friends and meeting new ones. For
others this means no adult supervision and plenty of opportunities to find and use
drugs or alcohol. Statistics show that many of our teens are doing just that.

Every day during summer vacation, an average of 6,000 youth try marijuana for the
first time. Twenty-four percent of teens drink alcohol for the first time during
summer break. Unfortunately, for many, drug or alcohol abuse does not stop there.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, one in ten of our children aged 12-17 binge
drink each month. Eighty-three percent of high school seniors state that it is \"easy
to get\" marijuana and nearly 40% of them smoked it in 2005. In 2001, almost 3
million youths aged 12-17 had used prescription-type drugs nonmedically at least
once in their lifetime.

All told, a full 50% of high school students have used an illegal drug by the time
they graduate, more than 20% of them starting in eighth grade.

\"Do you think drug dealers have missed the fact that school-aged children have
plenty of free time during the summer?\" asks Ryan Thorpe, Director of Admissions at
Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country\'s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation and
educations centers located in Canadian, Oklahoma. \"Statistics show higher initial
drug and alcohol use in the summer. The Drug Enforcement Agency reports increased
sales of club drugs-most popular among teens and young adults-during the summer
months, and marijuana availability increases because domestically grown plants
flourish in the warmer months. This is a critical time for parents to educate
themselves and their children on the dangers of drugs and addiction. This is why we
are making the Healing Addicted Lives booklet available to parents at no charge. We
want parents to truly understand how addiction occurs so they can use this knowledge
to effectively educate their children on the problem\"

To receive you own copy of Healing Addicted Lives at no charge, call 1-800-468-6933
today or visit the website www.healingaddictedlives.com. The Narconon program was
founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State Prison, and is based on the
humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard. In more than 120 centers around the world,
Narconon programs restore drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober
lifestyle.

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