Narconon
®
was found -- in two separate reports, in 1974 and 1992 --
to be medically unsafe and even potentially *lethal*.
From the 1974 report of an evaluation conducted at the request of the
California State Department of Health (the entirety of which may be
found at
a. Detoxification procedures should be stopped on the premises
since their procedures are WITHOUT PROPER MEDICAL SUPERVISION and
MAY BE DANGEROUS.
(Emphasis added.)
From the 1992 Findings of Fact by the Board of Mental Health in the
state of Oklahoma (which may be found in its entirety at
http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/Co$/narconon/osb1992.html). These are
just a *few* of the paragraphs that indicate the dangers of Narconon:
Narconon has not sustained its burden of proving its program is
either safe or effective. However, regardless of whether Narconon
International has the burden of proof the Board concludes there is
substantial credible evidence, as found by the Board, that THE
NARCONON PROGRAM IS UNSAFE AND INEFFECTIVE.
The use of high amounts of vitamins and minerals in the amounts
described administered by Narconon can be POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS to
the patients of Narconon according to the more credible medical
evidence.
Clients of Narconon suffering from psychiatric illness, when taken
off their prescribed medications, did poorly in the Narconon program
and were placed in a segregated facility called destem. This
practice ENDANGERS THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND/OR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
WELL BEING of Narconon's clients.
Narconon's program LACKS ANY ACCEPTABLE DEGREE OF QUALITY CONTROL of
the sauna temperatures and treatment. Such a lack of control
ENDANGERS THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND/OR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING
of its clients.
This practice of touch assists could likely lead to improper sexual
contact between drug addicts or alcoholics in the process of
recovery. An accepted standard in such programs is for the patients
to keep their hands to themselves. The practice of touch assists
between male and female patients who are recovering drug addicts or
alcoholics in private rooms RENDERS THE PROGRAM UNSAFE in this
respect.
Narconon clients are counseled by Narconon staff that it is
acceptable for the client to drink alcohol after being discharged
from the Narconon program and if the client is incapable of being
able to drink alcohol, then this fact evidences the client's need for
further treatment. Such counseling ENDANGERS THE CLIENT'S SAFETY,
HEALTH AND/OR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING, and is not in
accord with acceptable drug and alcohol counseling and treatment.
The Board concludes that the program offered by Narconon-Chilocco is
NOT MEDICALLY SAFE.
(Emphasis added.)
More information about Narconon, including the Skeptics' FAQ, may be
found at
http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/Co$/narconon/faq-skep.html
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Narconon also advertises detoxification with mega-vitamins and
other non-medical procedures that MAY BE HAZARDOUS and in some
cases LETHAL.
The Narconon Program EXPOSES ITS PATIENTS TOT HE RISK of delayed
withdrawal phenomena such as seizures, delirium and/or
hallucinations.
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