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Narconon
Italy
Italy boasts more Narconon centers than any other country in the
world. Nearly 4,000 students have completed the full Narconon program in Italy
since the first Narconon center opened in the Lombardy region in 1981. The
staff have also distributed tens of thousands of drug education booklets
nationwide as a public service to their communities.
In the last few years several Narconon centers have combined and
moved into spacious, beautiful facilities in the countryside. The current
Narconon Centers are: in the Calabria region, Narconon Il Falco, Narconon La
Fenice and Narconon Albatros; in Puglia, Narconon Il Gabbiano; in Marche,
Narconon Astore and Narconon Alfiere; and in Sicily, Narconon Grifone.
As many other Narconon
areas are doing, Narconon Italy has launched a massive national drug education
campaign. In Italy, they have published a series of drug education booklets
with key knowledge regarding drugs and their effects on the mind, how to talk
to your kids about drugs, nutritional aids to withdrawal, the dangers of
substitute drugs, etc. These have been distributed broadly to government
officials, the armed forces, media, schools, mayors, etc. The result has been
an upswing in large drug education events, where towns band together to create
community events, delivery of drug education to personnel on military bases,
and so forth. Hopefully, this is evidence of a long-range educational campaign
that will be continued until it dramatically reduces drug use among Italian
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