Drug Rehab for Argentina
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Buenos Aires
The city of Buenos Aries perches on the south side of the Rio de la Plata, where the long river that forms the border between Uruguay and Argentina opens up into the Atlantic Ocean. Along the waterfront you’ll find Club Harrods Gath & Chavez of Buenos Aries. It’s a posh club with 13 tennis courts, a swimming pool, volleyball court, yoga classes and much more for the privileged class. Children of the wealthy could learn fencing or play badminton or join a soccer team that played on the full-size soccer field to the north of the club.
Ciudad Oculta and "Paco"
Just 10 miles away lies Ciudad Oculta—the Hidden City. This is a city within a city, a district of Buenos Aires with 16,000 inhabitants. Those living in Ciudad Oculta live in the most severe poverty with no hope of recovery. The area has been hit with an overwhelming plague of addiction to a highly toxic form of cocaine called paco. Paco may be made in different ways, mainly by mixing raw coca paste with kerosene or another solvent, and then smoking it.
Paco is so toxic and so addictive that those who become addicted destroy everything around them. One man who was addicted sold everything he owned to get more of the drug then began to commit violent robberies. He destroyed his house in a delusional rage and then sold the land the house had been on and wandered the streets until a family member took him in. After repeated stints in psychiatric hospitals or being helped in a church-run drug rehab, he could not shake his addiction and returned to the drug use once again. This is a common story among the young people in Ciudad Oculta. Violence associated with the sale of this drug claims many lives.
Economic Downturn and Drug Enforcement Elsewhere Darken Argentina’s Prospects
A economic crisis in the early years of this century and porous borders with Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and other South American countries set the stage for an increase in drug trafficking and consumption in Argentina. With economic hardships increasing, those already in the lower economic echelons could be exploited by a drug dealer with a product to move. It’s estimated that 4 million people in Buenos Aires live in poverty. Many of these poverty-stricken people began to resort to drug use to allay their desperation.
At the same time, the United States was applying pressure on the Mexican government to break up the powerful drug cartels that were moving cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the U.S. As Mexican law enforcement began to damage the cartels’ business, the heads of the cartels began to look for new channels of manufacture and transport.
The drug lords of Colombia, responsible for the production of thousands of tons of cocaine each year, began to feel the pressure of the Drug War in their country as well. Coca crops were sprayed or burned. Key personnel were lost. They had to find a way to continue to manufacture cocaine and get the product out of the country to the U.S. and Europe, huge consumer markets.
Some of these drug traffickers found their relief in Argentina.
Precursor chemicals for cocaine production and for methamphetamine production could be obtained more easily in Argentina. There was little or no border control. Government officials were sufficiently corrupt that the drug lords could expect protection. Mexican drug traffickers began to set up methamphetamine production facilities. Some Colombian cocaine operations began to send raw coca paste to Argentina to be turned into cocaine hydrochloride, powder cocaine, which could then be sent on to other lucrative markets.
Addiction
Addiction takes a heavy toll on those who become addicted to drugs, turning their lives into a never-ending struggle to find that next fix. Relationships are destroyed, jobs are lost and dreams disappear. For an addict, it is very easy to get pulled into a life of crime. Lies and deceit become the normal way to operate. An addict seems to constantly use manipulation of those closest to him. There is only one way to turn this all around and that is to have an effective drug rehab for Argentina that provides lasting recovery. Narconon is that solution.
Drugless Withdrawal at Narconon is Effective and More Comfortable
The holistic approach of Narconon treatment addresses all aspects of addiction - both the physical and mental dependency. The program transforms the recovering addict into a useful and productive member of society.
The effective management of withdrawal is done without the use of substitute drugs. This is the correct way to approach the process, since using addictive drug substitutes is only replacing one addiction for another. Withdrawal is made more tolerable through the use of nutritional supplements and careful monitoring of the recovering individual by the trained staff.
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Narconon is Saving Addicted Lives with a Thorough Detox and Life Skills Courses
Too many addicts relapse into drug abuse after traditional drug rehabs are completed. Many of these drug rehab programs even say that “relapse is part of recovery.” However, this is far from the truth. At Narconon, the addicted person gets a unique detoxification program done as well as study and gain important knowledge so they can easily reintegrate socially and remain drug-free.
On The Narconon New Life Detoxification, the drug residues lodged in the fatty tissues of the body are flushed out. These stored residual drugs are known to contribute to the triggering of drug cravings, even years after someone has stopped using drugs. Having them eliminated from the system helps protect the recovering addict against relapse. It reduces or even sometimes fully eliminates drug cravings.
The detox is accomplished using a regimen of moderate exercise, nutritional supplements and time in a low heat sauna. Afterwards, with a clean body and mind, the participant feels brighter, more alert and energetic.
A series of Life Skills Courses is the last phase of the Narconon treatment. With study of the fundamentals of the needed life skills followed by a number of therapeutic exercises, the student can understand and apply the lessons easily, applying them to his new life without drugs. For instance, the Communication and Perception Course teaches the person working toward full sobriety how to improve his or her communication skills. Those familiar with an addict can see that his perceptions become dull when engaging in long-term drug abuse. This course also has exercises that help brighten the person’s perceptions until he has a fresh new viewpoint of life.
Argentina Now a Destination for Illicit Drugs
Drug traffickers used to only use Argentina as a stopover, but now the country is a destination for illegal drugs and distribution. Criminals who at one time took refuge in the country temporarily now move here and base their operations. With this incursion of drug criminals comes other crime, like shootouts and assassinations.
Numerous arrests and even killings of drug dealers and those working for them have occurred in Argentina. One of the most prominent was the murder of a man who had at one time been an assassin for a Columbian drug lord. It was suspected he was targeted by the Sinaloa drug cartel for stealing a half a ton of cocaine. Other arrests have included a Columbian woman running a drug trafficking operation out of her upscale suburban home and a beauty pageant winner who was suspected of running a ring of drug-smuggling models.
Narconon provides the tools and knowledge needed for a recovering addict to remain drug-free. Contact the Narconon center today.
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