Narconon Alfiere: Anniversary, Drug Education, and Community Cleanup in Pesaro

 

Narconon Alfiere is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Pesaro, on Italy's Adriatic coast, a couple of miles from the sea and surrounded by open fields. It is one of the Italian Narconon centers organized under Narconon South Europe. For more than thirty years it has run the Narconon program in the region, taking each person from a supported, drug-free withdrawal through the New Life Detoxification and life skills training that follow. In 2024, the center marked its 30th anniversary, and throughout the year it worked both inside its walls and out in the community around Pesaro.

A Thirty-Year Milestone

In February 2024, Narconon Alfiere held an event for its 30th anniversary. Local television station Rossini TV and the local newspaper Vivere Pesaro covered it.

 

Dr. Andrea Biancani, then Vice President of the Council of the Marche Region, recognized the center for the milestone. “On the 30th anniversary of the center Narconon Alfiere, I want to remember the thousands of people saved from drug addiction and brought back to life by this commendable organization.” Biancani was later elected Mayor of Pesaro.

Drug Education in the Schools

In January 2024, staff delivered four drug education lectures to 280 students at the IPSIA Benelli Institute in Pesaro. Vivere Pesaro News published a press release on the lectures on 25 January 2024.

A Cleanup at Miralfiore Park

Later in the year, Narconon Alfiere organized a “Syringe Collection and Cleanup” at Miralfiore Park, a place commonly used by drug dealers and people struggling with addiction. Andrea Biancani, by then Mayor of Pesaro, took part. Two media outlets, Rossini TV and Fano TV, covered the activity.

In 2024, Narconon Alfiere continued the work it has carried out in Pesaro for three decades, rehabilitating people struggling with addiction and taking its prevention message into the schools and public spaces of the community it serves.