Category: Narconon

An organization that uses Scientology-related quackery gets an endorsement from a Canadian MP.

A Sunday Times investigation has found that devotees of the Church of Scientology have gained access to thousands of British children through a charity that visits schools to lecture on the dangers of drugs.

The head of Narconon International says Bouquet Canyon is a great place to open a drug rehab center. But some neighbors strongly disagree, citing state records to back up their opposition. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will have a public hearing Tuesday morning in downtown Los Angeles on plans for the Scientology-based drug rehabilitation program in Leona Valley. Narconon Southern California plans to turn an abandoned boarding school on Bouquet Canyon Road into a rehab center for 66 people, people Narconon refers to as “clients.” Stays at the facilities typically last several months and cost some $20,000. Clark

LEONA VALLEY – An organization with ties to the Church of Scientology that wants to open a drug treatment center in Bouquet Canyon was cited for dozens of violations by state inspectors within the last five years, according to documents. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will vote on whether to allow Narconon International to open a 66-bed facility near Leona Valley. Narconon runs four treatment facilities in the state. At the Newport Beach facility, state inspectors found in January 2003 that staff members administered medication to residents without authorization and had alcohol on the premises. In February 2003,

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. The Narconon program is marketed as “100-per-cent natural,” and prescribes intensive saunas, exercise and high doses of vitamins to cleanse the body of “radiation, drugs and toxins.” Advertisements for the Narconon program have appeared in recent months on Edmonton’s CKUA radio and in weekly newspapers throughout the province. Addiction experts and academics in Canada, the United States and Europe have long warned the Narconon program has no scientific basis for its claims. University of Alberta sociologist

Counseling experts have issued a warning about a drug and alcohol treatment group operating in the Capital, linked to the controversial Church of Scientology. The group, called Narconon Scotland, is targeting the city’s drug and alcohol addicts to join its rehabilitation programme. Leaflets have been put through doors in Leith and Muirhouse urging addicts or their families to get in touch. The leaflets contain no references to the quasi-religious group despite using the principles of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard to treat addicts. What you should know about Narconon The Scientology organization is a commercial enterprise that masquerades as a

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. Despite City Hall’s enthusiasm, the Health Ministry and the Israel Antidrug Authority have not approved the program. “In my opinion, the Tel Aviv municipality cannot start such a process without the approval of the Health Ministry and the Antidrug Authority,”