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Narconon research: still missing, by Shy David
Shy David
12 Mar 2003
This morning I got out of "bed" at 5:03AM and rushed into the
sinister, stewing, dehumanizing heart of Los Angeles California 100+
miles away to continue the Search For Narconon Effectiveness Evidence
(SNEE). I went, after receiving advanced permission, to the mighty
impressive and damn huge [censored due to cult retribution policy]
building and spent the time from 8:00AM to 3:00PM looking up Narconon.
I'm trying to find articles on Narconon's safety and effectiveness in
refereed, peer-reviewed journals.
Out of over 30,000,000 documents spanning over 1,000 publications,
there were about 600 references to Narconon. 90% of those turned out
to be advertisement. Out of the other 60 or so documents, a dozen or
so addressed the USA government's dealings with Narconon. Other than
Spanish, Greek, Dutch, and what I assume is Norwegian (?) language
documents I did not find any material narconon-exposed.org doesn't
already have (which kind of makes me wonder if Chris Owen used the
same document source I went to. Hummmm.).
The score so far: *ZERO* articles concerning Narconon in refereed,
peer-reviewed journals (neither for or against). Lots and lots of
artcles critical of Narconon; a swattingly huge amount of advertising
crowing praise for the miracle program; several articles about the USA
government being swindled via the prison system. Not one damn article
in 30,000,000 showing conclusive evidence that Narconon is safe and/or
effective.
I'm going to write to the American Medical Association and ask them to
perform a study on Narconon. I'll also send the same request to a few
other medical associations and organizations: since Scientology Inc.
refuses to do the job itself, others will have to. (Yes, I'm well
aware of the various studies already done that demonstrate Narconon
worthless.)
The day wasn't a total waste: I rescued a trapped seagull from a wire
trash can (gods know we need all we can keep).
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