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Karen

After writing promotional content for non-profit organizations and healthcare professionals for 25 years, Karen turned her focus to drug addiction and recovery. She spent two years working in the trenches in a Narconon drug rehab center and two more years at Narconon International with their drug information services. For nearly two decades, she has followed the trends of drug abuse, addiction and drug trafficking around the world, as well as changes in the field of addiction treatment. As a result of her constant research, she has produced more than two million words of educational and informative material on drug use and recovery so those who are addicted and their families can find lasting solutions. She gives talks and presentations to educate and inform those interested in countering substance use and arming people with educational tools to improve their communities. She continues to travel across the United States to learn the experiences and opinions of individuals related to substance abuse and recovery.


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Karen in Drug Rehab
September 9, 2019

Which Drugs Are Sapping the National Spirit of Denmark?

Like other European countries, Denmark struggles with use of cannabis, alcohol, heroin, cocaine and amphetamine among its citizens. Unlike other countries, cannabis is the primary drug creating 70% of rehab arrivals.

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Karen in Drug Information
May 14, 2019

Finns Fight a Battle with Both Opioids and Alcohol

A review of statistics related to which drugs send Finns to drug rehabilitation brings a significant difference immediately to view. In Finland, a much larger proportion of people are struggling with opioid addiction than in other Nordic countries.

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Karen in Drug Rehab
May 13, 2019

Fentanyl’s Assault on Swedish Lives

While drug abuse and addiction has long been a challenging social problem in Sweden, this problem became far more life-threatening when illegally manufactured fentanyl and its many analogues (chemically similar drugs) arrived in the country.

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Karen in Drug Rehab
April 25, 2019

Effective Drug Rehabilitation for Germany — Restoring Health and Traditional Values

In Germany, popular nightlife locales lure both Germans and tourists into long weekends of partying and drug use. Lasting addiction may follow these lost weekends. Once addiction starts, an effective method of returning a person to an enjoyable sober life is needed—a method found at Narconon Europe in Denmark.

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Karen in Drug Information
April 19, 2019

Even Far-Northern Norway is Subjected to Drug Trafficking and Addiction

Norway has taken dedicated action to overcome drug addiction problems but still, overdose death rates are high compared to the rest of Europe. With a holistic recovery program just hours away from the core of its drug use problem, many Norwegian families are finding another route to recovery and sobriety.

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Karen in Drug Information
April 16, 2019

Drug Addiction in France

France struggles with drug and alcohol addiction of its citizens. An estimated 230,000 are high-risk opioid users who may not be receiving treatment. A similar number are being treated for addiction to drugs like cannabis, cocaine, heroin or MDMA.

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Karen in Drug Information
April 15, 2019

Recovery from Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Sweden

Any country, no matter how beautiful, has individuals who prey on others by trafficking and selling drugs. In Sweden, land of endless fir forests and Northern Lights, traffickers are moving cannabis, amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, MDMA, synthetics, prescription drugs and stimulants through the country.

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Karen in Heroin-Assisted Treatment
August 29, 2017

Is Heroin-Assisted Treatment a Solution for Addiction in the EU?

In the early 1990s, images of Zurich’s “Needle Park” sent shock waves around the world. In an effort to solve this problem, some people were given pharmaceutical heroin daily. Was this a good idea or a bad one?

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