Some people think drugs enhance creativity.  In fact when I was in school that was the main reason most of my friends started using drugs.

It is not true.  The truth is drugs ultimately kill creativity, if they don’t kill you first.

Elvis Presley was a classic example, and his ex-wife brought this up yesterday when she attended the grand opening of Narconon Stone Hawk.  

Here’s what it says in the Battlefield Enquirer:

 
Priscilla Presley speaks at drug rehab center
The Enquirer

ALBION — Priscilla Presley, actress and ex-wife of the late Elvis Presley, addressed a crowd at Stone Hawk East Rehabilitation Center, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, during a celebration of the center’s grand opening Saturday.

The 120-bed residential facility is the second center to open its doors in Michigan and is located at Albion’s former Trillium Hospital on Erie Street.

Narconon Stone Hawk Rehabilitation Center of Battle Creek opened four years ago as a 100-bed facility.

Stone Hawk provides drug-free treatment for alcohol and chemical dependencies. The program follows the Narconon treatment model, using a holistic approach to addiction treatment.

Presley has long championed the Narconon program, according to Stone Hawk officials. Since Elvis Presley died from the effects of pharmaceutical drugs, Presley seeks to help others avoid the same tragedy, officials said.

Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center, spoke about Narconon in the speech he gave at the grand opening of the Church of Scientology of San Francisco.  Mr. Miscavige said: 

And for all the materialistic advances—all the fancy cars, computers, worldwide communication—we yet see the very fabric of the culture being torn asunder with addiction, illiteracy, criminality, and immorality at all-time levels.

So if we had workable solutions, it was time to bring them everywhere, on a planetary scale, to both reverse those trends and show that something can be done about it.

First was our assault on drugs and the establishment of our Flagship Narconon in Oklahoma—as both the largest residential drug rehab facility on Earth, and as a center to train people to take it everywhere. As a result, our Narconon program now extends across thirty-seven nations while today we are consulting with the governments of China, Pakistan and the Philippines.

Meanwhile, we are also now opening new rehab centers—at the rate of one every eight weeks. So yes, we are doing something about "addiction."

Narconon Stone Hawk is an example of one of these new rehab centers, and the work it is doing is incredible as this excerpt of a testimonial of one of their students:

"I thank Narconon and all who made it possible for me to experience this wonderful life I now have."

Three months ago I arrived at Narconon with what seemed at the time only a glimmer of hope. After twenty years of heroin and methadone addiction, countless efforts of attempted help that failed, happiness as a drug free person seemed as likely as hitting the lottery at five million to one. As overwhelming as it seemed, I couldn’t bring myself to accept the alternatives; death or prison. Not without exhausting all possible solutions. Somehow I still cherished the thought of drug free existence. Happiness had its price and upon arriving at Narconon I’d decided that if I could, if it was possible, I’d make a real, genuine effort. Then, after being exposed to the loving, caring and committed staff members at Narconon, my commitment became "I can", and "I will". And sure enough, three months later I am drug free and in control of my life for the first time in my adult life.