According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, an estimated 1.4 million residents of the continent are problem opioid users, particularly heroin. The EMCDDA also reports an unprecedented increase over the past five years in the number, type and availability of new psychoactive substances in Europe and a concurrent surge in reports of subsequent illness and death. During the September 5 opening event on Lake Arresø, the largest lake in Denmark, Drug Abuse Consultant Mr. Leif Carlsen shared why he considers the Narconon program to be essential to society.