Coven Mondav, Feb. 24,11986
Cocaine rehab ads not allowed
Bv Tim Kraon
A drug-rehabilitation company which recently put up unauthorized publicity
posters on several bulletin boards at Humber's North campus is not covered
by OHIP.
The poster suggested that students who "can't stop using
cocaine" call a company called Narconon on St. Clair Avenue
in Toronto.
According to company spokesperson G. Pagliuso, fees for counselling and
purification range from $50 t o "thousands of dollars for the
complete program.
An OHIP spokesperson said the company's fees are not covered because
they have no qualified doctors on staff.
Pagliuso confirmed that no doctors are on staff, but said everyone must
have a physical examination before the purification process. That is a
series of treatments to clean narcotics residue from the body.
Helen Swann, the health nurse at the North campus, said she
"would certainly not refer anybody to Narconon."
Michael Rubenstein, a spokesman for the Better Business Bureau in
Toronto, said "we tell people to stay away from Narconon."
According to Pagliuso, Narconon uses the technology of Dianetics to
cure drug-addicts.
Dianetics is the book written by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church
of Scientology.
Rubenstein expressed concern that some groups use these kinds of
programs to attract members.
"We had five calls in one month from people with severe drug
problems who went into Narconon and then asked why they were being
sold on Dianetics.
Rubenstein said "there is a strong likelihood that Narconon is
used to recruit members for the Church of Scientoloy. "
Pagliuso said that is not true.
"The goal of Narconon is to rehabilitate people from drugs,"
she said.
Now, if they happen to see Scientology as something they want to
pursue, that's fine. That's not our goal.'"
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If you or a loved one needs help -- real help -- there are
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