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[NOTE: After it was discovered that Scientology's NarCONon is a quack
medical fraud with no scientific basis, the crooks were thrown out
of our children's schools. There's no telling how much damage the
norotious cult did to the kids who were subjected to their frauds.]
http://starbulletin.com/2005/02/25/news/story8.html
Friday, February 25, 2005
DOE to review fake California anti-drug program
State Department of Education officials are expected to review a negative
evaluation of an anti-drug program that wants to serve Hawaii public school
students.
Kendyl Ko, educational specialist with the department's Safe and Drug-Free
Schools, said he had sent the evaluation on the Narconon Drug Abuse and
Prevention Program to Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto and Deputy
Superintendent Clayton Fujie.
Ko noted that he was concerned about the findings in the evaluation by the
California Health Kids Resource Center. He said he was particularly concerned
with part of the evaluation that stated, "Narconon's program is often
inconsistent with research-based practice."
"We're not going to do anything that's going to give our kids any false
information or tell them untruths," he said.
Jack O'Connell, superintendent of public instruction of the California
Department of Education, called for an independent evaluation on Narconon
after the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the organization taught
some beliefs and methods of Scientology.
San Francisco and Los Angeles schools banned Narconon after the reports
appeared in the Chronicle.
The evaluation was released Wednesday by the California Department of
Education.
Narconon representatives have met with Hawaii officials about its
interest to serve public school students here.
"We need to look at all the data," Fujie said. "With
all this coming from California, we need to be prudent."
Clark Carr, president of Hollywood-based Narconon International, had
said there is extensive science to support the program's curriculum.
Carr also had said their drug prevention programs taught in schools are
not based on Scientology methods.
The evaluation is available on the California Department of Education's
Web site at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/narcononevaluation.asp
The Associated Press and San Francisco Chronicle contributed to this
report.
California Healthy Kids Resource Center
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A report criticizes Narconon, which seeks to help isle kids
By Rosemarie Bernardo
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