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Narconon is a scientology front
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Dear editor,
This letter is in response to the article, “NARCONON helps student after 23 years of addiction.” After reading this article, I was not certain if I was looking at a paid advertisement for a treatment center, a listing for self-help group or a school. As I continued to read the article, a question came to mind: what exactly is Narconon? The article professes to be an interview with someone with an addiction problem who is allegedly a Narconon of Georgia “student.” It didn’t really read like an interview but more like his personal story. I hope he was not under the illusion that his story would be held in confidence.
The first thing that I discovered was that although the name itself is strikingly similar to other self-help or 12-step groups, and possibly purposely so, it is nothing of the kind. Narconon is a controversial international drug rehab program based on the philosophy and theories on drug addiction of L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology. These theories appear to be ignorant of basic medical facts. Narconon’s ties to scientology are not readily available or disclosed to its clients who are making a decision on treatment for drug addiction at a vulnerable time in their lives. However, scientologists are employed by the centers and its doctrines and organization are similar to scientology.
Many critics claim that Narconon is simply a front group for scientology with the purpose of making money and recruiting new members for scientology. Although Narconon is officially a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization there have been reports of heavy monthly fees for their clients. Additional information can be found on the following websites: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/ http://www.california-rehab-referral.com/. And http://lermanet.com/narconon/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narconon.
I felt it was important for your readers to have access to this information.
Rebecca Smith, Atlanta
COMMENTS ARE OPEN! GIVE IT SOME LOVE
Narconon is a scientology front
Jun 08, 2009 | 70 views | 18 18 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Dear editor,
This letter is in response to the article, “NARCONON helps student after 23 years of addiction.” After reading this article, I was not certain if I was looking at a paid advertisement for a treatment center, a listing for self-help group or a school. As I continued to read the article, a question came to mind: what exactly is Narconon? The article professes to be an interview with someone with an addiction problem who is allegedly a Narconon of Georgia “student.” It didn’t really read like an interview but more like his personal story. I hope he was not under the illusion that his story would be held in confidence.
The first thing that I discovered was that although the name itself is strikingly similar to other self-help or 12-step groups, and possibly purposely so, it is nothing of the kind. Narconon is a controversial international drug rehab program based on the philosophy and theories on drug addiction of L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology. These theories appear to be ignorant of basic medical facts. Narconon’s ties to scientology are not readily available or disclosed to its clients who are making a decision on treatment for drug addiction at a vulnerable time in their lives. However, scientologists are employed by the centers and its doctrines and organization are similar to scientology.
Many critics claim that Narconon is simply a front group for scientology with the purpose of making money and recruiting new members for scientology. Although Narconon is officially a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization there have been reports of heavy monthly fees for their clients. Additional information can be found on the following websites: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/ http://www.california-rehab-referral.com/. And http://lermanet.com/narconon/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narconon.
I felt it was important for your readers to have access to this information.
Rebecca Smith, Atlanta
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