NARCONON AUTHOR

Jemima J. Jones

A writer that tells it like it is. She has been there done that and got the T-shirt.

DRUG INFORMATION

Made In Hell Not Heaven

Fentanyl is a manmade, copycat drug. It copies heroin and produces very similar effects—such as euphoria, sleeplessness, relaxation and the masking of pain. It also causes constipation and confusion. What addicts may forget when using it is that it is lethal in extremely small doses.

DRUG INFORMATION

The Route to Oblivion—Opium>Morphine>Heroin

Processing plants deep in the jungles of South East Asia, Pakistan, Mexico and Colombia transform the liquid extracted from poppy seeds into morphine and from there the manufacturers either process it themselves or ship it out for conversion into heroin.

DRUG EDUCATION

From High Up to Low Down

There has been a lot written about cocaine recently, especially with the advent of the internet. Distribution of articles and notes about it, where it comes from, how its use expanded after the 1960’s and much more can be found on the much-loved site,...

DRUG EDUCATION

It’s Up, Up and Away—Then Down and Out

While there are rituals that users go through when doing cocaine, the drug itself is sometimes misunderstood by those who use it—what it is and what effect it will have, both good and bad.

DRUG INFORMATION

Skunk or Dope—An Education as to What it Is and Where it Comes From

Cannabis is commonly known these days as Skunk. It is made up from the dried leaves and stalks of the hemp plant. In my day it just used to be called Ganja, weed or just Grass. Now it has even more nick names depending on where you are. Its normal name...

DRUG INFORMATION

Marijuana Mania—Effects on the Mind, Morals and a Message

Marijuana is a Class B hallucinogen. It brings on altered perceptions of the environment one is in, ones thoughts, and ones feelings. You simply don’t see the world as it actually is, you see something else.

NATIONAL NEWS

Celebrity Influence—Drug Use and the Consequences

A celebrity is someone well-known in their field with the ability to influence others. For example, in the fashion industry Ives Saint Laurent is a design icon and in opera, Pavarotti had much influence as a tenor. He drew 150,000 attendees to his free...

DRUG EDUCATION

Designer Drugs—The Scourge of a Modern Society

If you want to emulate and manufacture designer drugs for your ’home use’ beware of the advice you may be given about using a home kit set up and the use of cleaning materials to make it from.

ADDICTION

What Happened in the Summer of 1970

For those of us at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 we saw what we thought were new horizons, ’peace and love the world over and an end to war’ at the very least. We were I think naive.

DRUG EDUCATION

Designer Drugs—Made-to-Measure they Come with a Sweet Tooth

Designer drugs can involve chemical complexities that only the laboratory scientist can explain to us but which leave the ’man in the street’ baffled and bemused. For the pusher, dealer, supplier and manufacturer of designer drugs they are a no-brainer.

DRUG EDUCATION

Skating on Ice, But Not on an Ice Rink

The supposed upside to Crystal Methylone (methamphetamine) and why its users blindly rate it, is for its ability to make one feel good. The flip side of the coin is the fact that has one of the most dangerous consequences that one could experience—It...

DRUG EDUCATION

The Falsehood of Ecstasy

ECSTASY—That is exactly what this drug is not. A trip away from reality into unknown universes with mind blowing psychedelic effects and dangerous physiological effects are what Ecstasy adds up to. Often known as “Molly”, it is also called, “Mandy”,...

DRUG INFORMATION

LSD Is Risky Business

There are always risks when taking drugs—allergic reactions, overdosing, physical damage, and hallucinations to list just a few. LSD is no exception. Its creator, Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist gave the world LSD back in 1938. It is one of the most...

ADDICTION

“If Only it Were Over—but the Only Way Out is Death—I Don’t Want to Die.”

Take a deep breath—I tell it like it is—Jenny J. Jones. The heading above are the words that a heroin addict said to me one Monday when I visited a squat where heroin was the order of the day. The floors were littered with aluminum foil, boxes of matches,...

DRUG INFORMATION

The Activity With a Payoff—and a Driver Experiences an Unexpected Death

Heroin dealers invariably deal this drug for its monetary payoff. For two of them and four innocent bystanders, the outcome was very different.

DRUG EDUCATION

Misery And Death—A Street Drug Called Cocaine

One of the most destructive sides to cocaine is “the cut.” Suppliers like money and to make more of it, raw cocaine is mixed with a variety of products. Even flour and chalk are used to say nothing of strychnine…

DRUG EDUCATION

All Hail the New Medical Disovery—Never Mind Addiction to It

Starts with Cocaine, followed by crack cocaine, became the drug of choice in many of our UK big cities like London and Manchester in the 1980s. By 2002 crack importing and addiction reached epidemic proportions. Seizures of it had increased by 50% and...

DRUG INFORMATION

Gains or Losses in UK Society—A Look at the Legalising of Marijuana Question

Debate it, tweet on it, write books on it, set up petitions for and against it, print newspaper articles about it and generally flood the communication lines via TV, Radio or the newspaper/magazine industry on it but you cannot change the effects this...

DRUG EDUCATION

Society’s Answer to Drug Addiction—A Better Answer Is Needed

Peer pressure takes its toll in the UK. In the 1960’s the promotion of drug taking by celebrities like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and others probably helped to initiate drug taking into society at large.

NARCONON REVIEWS

Drug Addiction: What Is It Actually and How Do You ’Cure It’

It is probably a good idea right at the start to define addiction so there is no mistake as to what it is and what one is dealing with, after all, one can be addicted to aspirin as well as drugs sold illegally on the street.