Episodes

Beating the drum once again for getting help BEFORE the holidays - addiction does NOT take a holiday. Also the Florida Attorney General - Pam Bondi - has filed a lawsuit against two of the major pharmacies and several drug companies who are...

A few weeks ago we interviewed Michael DeLeon.  Michael is a former addict, former felon and since leaving prison for the last time he has dedicated his life to educating youth and inmates about drugs and the consequences.  His story is one...

July 5th, 1992 and Lillo Brancato is a young man on Jones Beach.  He is seen by a casting agent and ends up being cast in "A Bronx Tale" as Robert DeNiro's son.  After being introduced to marijuana on set by a fellow cast member, he began...

Since Jason is traveling, we are posting today a previous interview of Derek.  We interviewed Derek very near the beginning of the podcast and this interview really brought home the reason we are doing this podcast.  We want to offer help...

This is Emily's story and that of her mom - Linda.  Emily is a recent Narconon graduate.  She started on drugs at 12 or 13 - drinking and smoking marijuana.  She gradually moved onto heroin.  She went to two different rehabs but...

This episode is an interview with two of the producers of a new feature-length documentary by Award-winning Editor Mary Sue Connolly.  The film is an 80-minute documentary set in the small town of Petersburg, West Virginia, a rural community...

Even those in the medical field are susceptible to addiction.  You might think that because they are more educated in the effects of drugs on the body that this would not be the case but today's episode is the story of a nurse who became addicted...

Recently Canada legalized recreational marijuana countrywide.  This is really such a bad idea.  States in the US have legalized marijuana because they think they will make money, yet the states where it has been legalized are making less...

Kathy Dion has worked inside the addiction arena for more than 20 years.  She's worked with addicts and rehab facilities.  She is a certified specialist in addiction.  In her book - After Rehab - A Simple Guide to Aid in Lasting...

Make sure you are sitting down and are prepared for an emotional roller coaster ride with Micheal DeLeon's story.  The story of addiction and crime and redemption doesn't get any more astounding than this.  Pot, heroin, cocaine, opioids,...

Jason is traveling to visit his folks but recently we had a father reach out on our Facebook page with the story of his son's addiction and treatment.  We thought you would like to hear his story.  As we've touched on over and over again,...

A white paper was published in May wherein over 100 people who had done the New Life Detoxification Program (one of the components of the Narconon program) were examined and surveyed and the results are quite telling.  The experts have said it,...

Jason just came back from LA where he met with people in rehab from Narconons across the world.  He also got to see parts of LA that are rife with drug addiction.  More on the commentary about the use of methadone and suboxone.

Dave Chase is - among other things - the author of a new book - The Opioid Crisis Wake-up Call.  This book is available as a free download at healthrosetta.org.  In it, he talks about how the healthcare system is contributing to the opioid...

We're heading into the holidays.  This is the time of year when some the friends and families of addicts don't want to "rock the boat" because they think that if they and the addict can just get through the holiday, all will be different. ...

Kurt was an addict for 26 years starting at age 15 in high school, to a 'functioning addict' to homeless. Happily married, two kids, nice house. Starting with pot, acid, alcohol and "I'll never do the needle", to cocaine, ecstasy but it wasn't until...

Stories from the Emergency Room

In today's episode Joanie and Jason talk about the K2 (spice) overdoses in Connecticut - 76 at one park all at virtually the same time.  One of the dangers of spice is that you never know what you are actually ingesting.  Instances of rat...

We have spoken many times about the tragedy of the death of some of our most beloved musicians, actors, sports figures and other artists due to drug addiction and ultimately overdose.  This episode is an interview with Fabian Padro and Sam Hobson...

More and more we are hearing of celebrities and artists who are overdosing with the most recent being Demi Lovato.  More attention needs to be put on the addiction epidemic across the world but especially in the US.  The US is one of the...

Professional drug interventionist Bobby Newman tells stories of his experiences in helping families and addicts make the ultimate decision-get treatment. Usually the friends and family don't know what to do or have tried everything, to no avail....

Angela's journey included Percocet, Oxycodone to handle a sports injury, then alcohol and heavier doses of painkillers. Her downward spiral as a mother of three included a DUI, jail and losing custody of her children. Still in denial, an emotional...

Pot and alcohol in high school. Cocaine and heroin in college. School dropout, recluse. Four rehabs and still craving. Sound familiar? Today we interviewed Jillian, a recent graduate of the Narconon program.Her final call for help to her caring mother...

In this episode Jason recounts the story of a family whose daughter had been through several 12-step programs and once again had disappeared into the dark hole of addiction.  Jason was able to give the parents hope and help for the daughter and...