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JO-ANN RICHARDSON

Jo-Ann Richardson

Jo-Ann has always loved helping people. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and Elementary Teaching credential from California State University, Chico, Jo-Ann worked at non-profits around the United States and the world for more than 40 years. This path led Jo-Ann to Narconon Arrowhead, where she has been the Director of Legal Affairs since 2017.


I Got My Life Back!

Through a series of courses, I learned to live in the present, how to stay here in the now, and how to overcome my past. I came to Narconon Arrowhead to get alcohol-free, and what I got was my life back!

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I Feel a Renewed Zest for Life

I wasn’t sure what to expect before I arrived at Narconon Arrowhead, but this place exceeded my expectations. The staff was great, and the students were all smart, cool people.

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Your Life Can Change

I am feeling great physically, mentally, and spiritually, and I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of the Narconon Program. I am looking forward to this new chapter of life—living clean and sober.

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Jo-Ann Richardson In News
April 22, 2026

Inside Narconon Arrowhead: A Nursing Tour from Kiamichi Tech McAlester

Practical nursing students and instructors from Kiamichi Tech’s McAlester campus visited Narconon Arrowhead for an educational tour. The visit offered a detailed look at both the scope of substance use in Oklahoma and the rehabilitation approaches used to address it.

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Jo-Ann Richardson In Success Story
April 11, 2026

Sobriety is Obtainable Through the Narconon Program

With the help of my sister in enrolling me, I arrived at Narconon Arrowhead. Since being here, I have made improvements in my life. I wake up with a purpose and drive I have never felt before. I’m healthier and happier, and I've got my desire to live back.

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Jo-Ann Richardson In Success Story
April 10, 2026

Becoming the Person I Was Born to Be

Thank you to all the staff members at Narconon Arrowhead and to the Narconon Program for this new person I have become. I am ready to start my new life clean and drug-free, with a different mindset, so that I can become the successful person I was born to be.

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Jo-Ann Richardson In Local News
January 28, 2026

Inside Narconon Arrowhead: The Kiamichi Tech Nursing Tour

Kiamichi Tech nursing students were briefed on the drug problem in the society and given a tour of Narconon Arrowhead.

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Jo-Ann Richardson In Success Story
October 16, 2024

Moving Forward

My name is Dale, I’m 46 years old from New Mexico, and since completing the Narconon drug rehabilitation program in Oklahoma, I can honestly say my life has changed dramatically from a life going downhill in a hurry due to substance abuse to a much better life and a way more meaningful, lasting relationship with family and loved ones.

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Jo-Ann Richardson In Drug-Related News
September 5, 2024

IMF: Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl

The DEA's One Pill Can Kill campaign is not hype. How is fentanyl getting into so many drugs on the market and on the street?

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Jo-Ann Richardson In Success Story
August 8, 2024

From Nowhere: A Graduate’s Story

I use the word ‘nowhere’ not to describe my current situation but to convey to others where I was at in life. Before entering the Narconon program in 2014, my state of existence would best be described as a scene from a horror movie that, no matter how hard I tried, I could not escape.

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