FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Healthcare, Substance Abuse Treatment, Medical Services) Live Broadcast of Drug Rehab Graduation at Canadian Narconon TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, June 29, 2009 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The very first live Narconon graduation broadcast on the Internet, took place last Friday, June 26, to help celebrate the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This was the very first time a Narconon drug rehab center had publicly broadcast a Narconon graduation ceremony. The live feed started with different public service announcements from former graduates supporting the International Day Against Drugs and then went live to the actual graduation ceremony. Featured in the video are three graduates of the Narconon drug rehab program who all accepted program completion certificates that day. The night before the live broadcast, invitations were sent out through different social media networks and mailing lists. Because the families of these three graduates live so far away, it was an excellent opportunity for them to see how far their loved ones have come. "It was a great opportunity to give the general public and family members of these graduates an inside look into an actual graduation ceremony at a Narconon drug rehab center," comments Nick Hayes, deputy director of marketing and promotion at Narconon Trois-Riveires. "It is also very important to see real people who have battled addiction for so many years finally regain control over their lives, and reunite with their families." Narconon Trois-Rivieres is working to have these live broadcasts of their graduation ceremonies become a regular event. This was the first time something like this had ever been done within the Narconon network, which comprises of close to 150 different rehab and prevention centers in over 40 different countries. The Narconon Trois-Rivieres drug rehab program has been located in Quebec, Canada for ten years, and receives clientele from all over North America and many European countries. For more information about helping someone addicted to drugs or alcohol, contact their toll free hotline at, 1-877-782-7409, or visit the Web site at, http://narconon.ca/ . To view a video news release (VNR) for this story, visit: http://www.Send2Press.com/newswire/2009-06-0629-008.shtml . NARCONON is a trademark and service mark owned by Association for Better Living and Education and is used with its permission. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective parties. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2009. NEWS SOURCE: Narconon Trois-Rivieres # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Nick Hayes Narconon Trois-Rivieres +1-819-376-8181 nick @ narcononrehab.com //Note to editors: * Print-ready images may be requested from the above media contact. ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2009-06-0629-008BP.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2009-06-0626-008BP.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml RSS feeds by news topic: http://feeds.send2press.com/idx_RSS.shtml Add our news to your blog or Web site automatically: http://feeds.send2press.com/ ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com/ ......... JUNE 2009 Press Release / B-NAT US=(CAN) / pre = / ytv = ro9Ktkl50mk / agency = /END/