EDMONTON - A drug and alcohol treatment program backed by the controversial Church of Scientology is promising addicted Albertans an extraordinary 70-per-cent success rate.

Counseling experts have issued a warning about a drug and alcohol treatment group operating in the Capital, linked to the controversial Church of Scientology.

Narconon Louisiana-New Life Retreat plans to open a drug rehabilitation center on a 12-acre site in Denham Springs.

The Tel Aviv municipality will soon be running a drug rehabilitation program developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Drug addicts enrolled in the program, called Narconon, spend extended periods in a sauna and receive food supplements and vitamins to increase their perspiration rate and speed up the detoxification of their bodies. The program is being financed by private donors.

Doors to a Scientology-based drug rehabilitation center are expected to open near Leona Valley after county planners gave conditional approval Wednesday for the facility in rustic Bouquet Canyon.

Drug rehab center meets resistance

• Officials unable to stop advice sent to inmates

LOS ANGELES (AP) - City school officials were surprised to learn that the Church of Scientology was involved in a planned school event, a potential violation of the separation of church and state.

A drug program run by Scientologists and labelled dangerous by medical authorities is being given free rein at dozens of Melbourne schools.

Eschewing psychiatry and antipsychotic drugs, secular arm of church offers rehab. Some corrections officials have promoted its use.

The California Medical Association has declared unanimous support for school districts that have dropped Narconon and other "factually inaccurate approaches" to antidrug instruction from their classrooms, and will urge the American Medical Association to do the same.

It boasts an 80 per cent success rate, the rock star Beck is a fan, and schools are inviting the Narconon centre into the classroom. So why are some people worried? Jamie Doward reports

Scientology-linked teachings inaccurate, superintendent says

Scientologists place a lot of stock in their church's drug-treatment program.

Norway's government has spent large sums sending drug addicts to a controversial Danish treatment run and supported by Scientologists.

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