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Narconon Rehab Called Front for Scientology

ReligionNewsBlog.com • Friday October 22, 2010

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (CN) – A father claims Narconon International and the Association for Living and Education International are fronts for Scientology, and that he paid them $35,500 for “essentially worthless treatment” for his drug-addicted son.
He says the groups run rehab programs “to enrich themselves and to provide a recruit base for the Church of Scientology rather than to provide competent treatment for chemical dependency.”
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David Compton sued the two companies, and Narconon Vista, alleging fraud and breach of contract. He wants his money back and $1 million in punitive damages.
“The conduct of defendants is pervasive and plaintiff and his son are not the first victims of the conduct of defendants,” the complaint states. “Defendants are engaged in a scheme or plan to enrich themselves and to provide a recruit base for the Church of Scientology rather than to provide competent treatment for chemical dependency. As such, their actions are intended to inflict harm upon the persons entering their programs while obtaining large sums of money for essentially worthless treatment. Such pattern of conduct has resulted in harm not just to plaintiff and his son but many other families who have been traumatized by actions of defendants.”
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Compton says he “was informed that defendants utilize accepted standards of treatment for chemical dependency when, in fact, the treatment by defendants is not accepted in the treatment community as being within the standard of care.”
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He claims he “was informed that defendants had a 70 percent success rate in treatment of drug dependency when, in fact, their success rate is much lower.”
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- Source / Full Story: Narconon Rehab Called Front for Scientology, Tish Kraft, Courthouse News Service, Oct. 21, 2010 — Summarized by Religion News Blog

Note: The proper name of the organization reported as “Association for Living and Education International” is “Association for Better Living and Education.”