Narconon
®: the fraud
continues
Last week, my local newspaper published some Narconon propaganda
by a John Duff, described as president emeritus of Narconon
International. Duff mentioned that Narconon was based on
"breakthroughs" in drug rehabilitation made by L. Ron Hubbard.
The following letter to the editor is my reply:
Begin
Readers should know that Narconon, described by John Duff in last
week's paper as a drug rehabilitation program, has also been
described by others as a recruitment center for the cult of
Scientology.
®
Some of the books used by Narconon were written by
Scientology's founder and are the same books used by the
so-called Church of Scientology in its "religious" teachings.
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology whose books are used
by Narconon, is famous for telling his friends that if you want
to make a million dollars you should start your own religion.
Hubbard started Dianetics in the 1950's, which claimed that a
person's troubles in this life were all based on bad experiences
in past lives. Later, Hubbard founded Scientology, a science
fiction cult. Scientology claims that 75 million years ago a
galactic tyrant named Xenu rounded up the excess population of
his empire, stuffed the people inside volcanoes on Earth, and
blew them up with H Bombs. The bodies of the dead space aliens
became invisible and they are now sticking to us and causing all
of our problems, from baldness to pneumonia.
Narconon's program of drug rehabilitation has been described as
including a schedule of jogging and saunas designed to "sweat
out" drugs from an addict's body. Hubbard taught that drugs stay
in the addict's fatty tissues and unless they're removed they can
come back out and make the victim intoxicated again, even years
after he stopped taking drugs. Massive doses of vitamins are
administered to Narconon patients, including mega doses of
niacin. Hubbard taught that niacin can counteract the effects of
nuclear radiation as well as drug addiction (Hubbard also once
said that nicotine was a cure for radiation poisoning).
Before anyone contacts Narconon or any other self proclaimed drug
treatment programs he or she should check them out with local law
enforcement, local and state health departments, and his or her
family physician and minister. Above all, beware of claims of
"breakthroughs" that are based on the teachings of a pulp
science fiction writer whose goal in life was to get rich off your
money.
End
Goodboy
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If you or a loved one needs help -- real help -- there are
a number of rehabilitation programs you can contact. The real
Narcotics Anonymous organization
can get you in touch with real people who can help you.
Click [HERE] to visit Narcotics
Anonymous's web site. Narcotics Anonymous's telephone number is
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Goodboy <goodboy@somewhere.com>
Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:16:38 GMT
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