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Politicians slammed over mistaken support for Scientology's Narconon
19 May 2003
This article is in response to some parliamentarians of the
Council of Europe (CoE) in Strassbourg, signing a "Written
Declaration No 342" from 30 January 2003, recommending
"Narconon", the "drug rehabilitation technology
of L. Ron Hubbard". See:
http://whyaretheydead.net/Narconon/
Meanwhile on 2 April 2003 another document was signed, "Written
Declaration No 345"
http://www.ingo-heinemann.de/Europarat+Narconon-2003.htm#345
which says that combatting drugs is a good thing and a legitimate
concern.
A cause for concern however was pro-Narconon Declaration No. 342. They
now say the Narconon method was invented by Hubbard, the founder of
Scientology, and "Its users become easy prey, more receptive to
brainwashing. This programme in fact replaces drug dependence with
dependance on Scientology."
The new counter Declaration would have been a good opportunity
for the Council members who erred the first time and signed the
pro-Narconon Declaration and didn't know at the time what they
were signing. Sadly not everyone took the opportunity and so
need to be taken to task.
Like in the following article, which was sent to me. Keep in mind
it is a badly OCR'd text so I can't guarantee its word for word
accuracy. Most obvious errors I did remove and used a spell checker:
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Page 6 News The Sunday Tribune 18.05.03
RICHARD OAKLEY
Two senior Irish politicians have landed themselves in hot water by
supporting a campaign to gain Council of Europe recognition for a drug
treatment programme linked to the controversial church of scientology.
The two, senators Jim Higgins of Fine Gael and senator Brendan Daly of
Fianna Fail, a former government minister, last week distanced themselves
from the matter and have claimed they lent their support mistakenly
The two were included on a list of members of the Council of Europe
who s1gned a declaration supporting a drug treatment scheme known
as Narconon. The scheme is controversial as it follows the drug
rehabilitation methods of L Ron Hubbard the founder of the church of
scientology.
It has been claimed that Narconon has been used to recruit members
to the Church, described as a cult by many experts, at the same
time as treating their drug addiction. The church of Scientology
has denied these claims and has defended itself in legal actions,
but controversy still surrounds its activities.
The move to seek official recognition of Narconon at EU level is
understood to have been started by a member of the council. According
to Higgins and Daly, they became involved only after signing a
declaration supporting the scheme.
Both politicians say they signed the declaration without knowing
that the treatment scheme was linked to scientology. The
declaration did state that Narconon used the methods of Ron
Hubbard; however, the two said they did not make the connection
with scientology.
It seemed like a commendable organisation and so we signed the
declaration. We get asked to sign hundreds of these things,"
Higgins said. "I didn't realise it was linked to scientology
I just though it was a drugs prevention and treatment support
scheme," said Daly.
Both Daly and Higgins said they would not have signed the
declaration if they knew Narconon was linked to the church of
scientology and both have said they did not want to be connected
in any way to the church. Daly said he asked soon afterwards for
his name to be removed from the declaration but was told this
could not be done.
In the Council of Europe, declarations can be drawn up and signed
by individual members. However, unless they are approved by the
parliamentary assembly they have little or no meaning. They are
merely supported by those who signed then.
However, in response to the Narconon declaration, a second one
was drawn up by another member refuting the first; it was signed
by more members. It said protecting young people from drug abuse
is a legitimate concern for member states of the Council of
Europe, but those who signed it "urge member states to
exercise extreme caution regarding methods for the treatment of
drug addicts which are not implemented under the responsibility
of suitable trained specialists". It claimed that Narconon
programme "replaced drug dependence with dependence on
scientology". Supporters of Narconon would deny this.
The church of scientology has many well-known followers such as
film stars John Travolta and Tom Cruise, but has always been
controversial because of concerns related to some of its activities
and the fees it charges.
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Mike Gormez
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