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Narconon is not associated with Narcotics Anonymous, which is sometimes abbreviated "Narcanon".

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History

Narconon was established February 19, 1966 as a drug rehabilitation program based on "The Fundamentals of Thought" by L. Ron Hubbard and delivered to drug abusers in the Arizona State Prisons. The name "Narconon" originally referred not to an organization but to the program. Its creator was William Benitez [2], a former inmate at Arizona State Prison who had served time for narcotics offenses. His work was supported by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard [3], and in 1972 Hubbard sponsored the incorporation of Narconon as an organization. It was co-founded by Benitez and two Scientologists, Henning Heldt and Arthur Maren. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Official language(s) None Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq. ... Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific American author and founder of Scientology and Dianetics. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

The Narconon website reports from its inception, the program promoted an approach to rehabilitation without recourse to alternative drugs. This early program did not, however, deal directly with withdrawal symptoms. In 1973, the Narconon program adopted procedures to include drug-free withdrawal, using vitamins and mineral supplements in tandem with training procedures adapted from basic courses in Scientology. [4]

Their affiliation with the controversial Church of Scientology has made Narconon itself a focus of controversy. The organization has taken steps to publically distance itself from the Church, though it has never denied that many of its administrators are committed Scientologists or that its methods are based on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard. In the early days, Narconon used unaltered Scientology materials in its courses, and Church of Scientology executives were directly managing the organization (founders Heldt and Maren were high-ranking members of the Church's public relations department known as the Guardian's Office.^[1]) However, as Narconon promoted its drug-treatment services to a variety of governmental jurisdictions within the US, the organization repeatedly found itself at the center of controversy when the Scientology connection was raised by journalists or politicians. Not only did the Church of Scientology have serious public image problems, but the link with Scientology raised questions about the constitutional appropriateness of governmental bodies sponsoring a religiously-affiliated organization (see Lemon v. Kurtzman). These problems were further intensified by claims that the treatment program was medically unsound and anecdotal allegations that the Narconon treatment program serves as a Church of Scientology fundraising and recruitment program.^[2][3] Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded in December 1953 in New Jersey by the late fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, his then wife Mary Sue Hubbard and John Galusha. ... Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded by author L. Ron Hubbard as an organization dedicated to the practice of Scientology, an applied religious philosophy formulated by Hubbard. ... Holding For a law to be constitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, the law must have a legitimate secular purpose, must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion, and must not result in an excessive entanglement of government and religion. ...

Narconon has developed its own secularized course materials in response to these concerns. These have evolved through several iterations to produce Narconon's current "New Life Program." While this program is very similar to pre-existing Scientology courses, Narconon insists that it is entirely "non-religious" in nature and rarely if ever mentions Scientology in its publications.

These changes have not silenced the controversy. In the early 1990s, Narconon opened a large treatment center in Oklahoma, resulting in a series of critical articles in a local newspaper. The Oklahoma Department of Health demanded that Narconon be licensed with the state^[4], but the Board of Mental Health refused approval, stating "No scientifically well-controlled independent, long-term outcome studies were found that directly and clearly establish the effectiveness of the Narconon program for the treatment of chemical dependency and the more credible evidence establishes Narconon's program is not effective ... The Board concludes that the program offered by Narconon-Chilocco is not medically safe."^[5] Narconon's Scientologist attorney Tim Bowles filed a series of lawsuits against Oklahoma institutions and officials and eventually obtained accreditation through the Arizona-based Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities in 1992; Oklahoma officials then agreed to exempt Narconon from the state licensing requirement and the facility was allowed to operate. Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq. ... Tim Bowles is an American attorney who has worked for the Church of Scientology and its related organizations for the majority of his career. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

More recently, Narconon offered an anti-drug program to public schools in California, free of charge. A series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle on June 9 and 10, 2004 resulted in California school officials investigating Narconon's claims. As a result of the investigation, on February 23, 2005, the state's superintendent of public instruction, Jack O'Connell, officially recommended all schools in the state reject the Narconon program after the evaluation found it taught inaccurate and unscientific information. ^[6]

While the effectiveness of their treatment program is a subject of dispute, a number of celebrities have publically attested that it was helpful in their own lives. Musician Nicky Hopkins and actress Kirstie Alley both credit Narconon for their recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Alley has since become a public spokesperson for Narconon. Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was a British musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... Kirstie Alley Kirstie Alley (born Kirstie Louise Deal on January 12, 1951) is an American actress. ...

By the end of 2005, according to the International Association of Scientologists, Narconon was operating 183 rehabilitation centres around the world. New centres opened in that year included Hastings, UK, and Stone Hawk, Michigan. ^[7] The International Association of Scientologists (IAS) was formed in October 1984 by a group of selected Scientologists, who assembled at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Largest city Lansing Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 102,384 sq. ...

Narconon's treatment method

The "New Life Program" consists of two principal stages: "detoxification" and "rehabilitation." The "New Life Detoxification Program", adapted from Hubbard's Purification Rundown, involves a daily regimen of individually tailored vitamins, oil and multi-minerals with special attention to the minerals magnesium and calcium and closely supervised dosages of niacin^[8], plus exercise and lengthy sessions in a sauna. The Purification Rundown, known as The Purif within Scientology, is a program used by the Church of Scientology which, according to the church, results in detoxification, and was developed by Scientologys founder L. Ron Hubbard. ... // Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid or vitamin B3, is a water-soluble vitamin whose derivatives such as NADH, NAD, NAD+, and NADP play essential roles in energy metabolism in the living cell and DNA repair. ... (for options, see option exercise) U.S. marine emerges from the water upon completing the swimming portion of the triathlon. ... A sauna on Lake Vättern, in Karlsborg Municipality, Sweden. ...

The remainder of the Narconon course uses "training routines" or "TRs"^[9] originally devised by Hubbard to teach communications skills to Scientologists. In the Narconon variant, these courses are designed to "rehabilitate" drug abusers. These training routines include TR 8, which involves the individual commanding an ashtray to "stand up" and "sit down", and thanking it for doing so, as loudly as they can.^[10] Former Scientologists say that the purpose of the drill is for the individual to "beam" their "intention" into the ashtray to make it move. ^[11]

Patients spend an average of 3 to 4 months in the Narconon facilities in the United States, for a fee which is different at every Narconon Center. The price ranges from $10,000 to about $30,000.^[12]

Narconon's Communication & Perception course book 4a.

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Controversies

Since its establishment, Narconon has faced considerable controversy over the safety and effectiveness of its rehabilitation methods and the organization's links to the Church of Scientology. The medical profession has been sharply critical of Narconon's methods, which rely on theories of drug metabolism that are not widely supported. Particular criticism has been directed at the therapy's use of vitamins (including massive doses of niacin) and extended sauna sessions. Although Narconon claims a success rate of over 70%, no verifiable evidence for this appears to have been published by the organization, and independent researchers have found considerably lower rates — as low as 6.6% in the case of a Swedish research study.^[13] Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. ... Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) in his steelyard balance, from Ars de statica medecina, first published 1614 Metabolism (from μεταβολισμος (metabolismos)) is the biochemical modification of chemical compounds in living organisms anggjgjhnd cell (b). ... // Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid or vitamin B3, is a water-soluble vitamin whose derivatives such as NADH, NAD, NAD+, and NADP play essential roles in energy metabolism in the living cell and DNA repair. ...

Narconon is part of the Association for Better Living and Education International (ABLE). Narconon refers frequently to its connection to L. Ron Hubbard and its website acknowledges that Narconon's name and logo are trademarks and service marks owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International (ABLE) and are used with its permission. In return for license of the trademarks from ABLE, Narconon centers pay 10% of their gross income to Narconon International.^[14]

In January 2001, Narconon came under fire when they appeared to copy the entire layout and site design of the webzine Urban75.com for their websites heroinaddiction.com and cocaineaddiction.com, among others.[5] The editor of Urban75 posted up comparisons [6] of the copying, showing that Narconon had not even removed Urban75s hidden javascript code, unique to Urban75. Fredric L. Rice, writing to TheRegister, noted the irony of this scandal, writing that "Scientology has sued countless individuals and organizations putatively for "copyright violation" and the organization claims loudly that they're at the "forefront of protecting proprietary information on the Internet."[7] After pressure from Urban75 readers, Narconon eventually removed the copied layout, but never responded to queries about the site or admitted any copying. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... The Register (El Reg to its staff) is a British technology news website focusing on the computer industry. ...

Notes and references

1. ^ United States vs. Mary Sue Hubbard et al., 493 F. Supp. 209, (D.D.C. 1979) [1]
2. ^ Narconon personnel composition
3. ^ "Scientology-link group is banned", Alan McEwen, Edinburgh Evening News, 18 March 2004
4. ^ McNutt, Michael (Jul. 11, 1990). "Narconon Claims It's Not Subject to State Regulation". Daily Oklahoman. Cited at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/sources/media/ok110790.htm .
5. ^ Findings of Fact regarding the Narconon-Chilocco Application For Certification by the Board of Mental Health, State of Oklahoma, 13 December 1991. Cited at http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/CoS/narconon/osb1992.html .
6. ^ "Schools urged to drop antidrug program", The San Francisco Chronicle, 23 February 2005. Also mirrored at http://www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/narconon/narconon25.html .
7. ^ "IAS 21st Anniversary Event, Impact 112, 2006
8. ^ Hubbard Communication Office Bulletin of 6 February 1978RD
9. ^ Narconon training routines
10. ^ Hubbard, Narconon Communication & Perception Course Book 4a, 2004 edition. (pg. 447-482)
11. ^ Reitman, Janet Inside Scientology Rolling Stone, Issue 995. March 9, 2006.
12. ^ "Case for the Cure", Tulsa World, 6 November 2005
13. ^ Swedish research study of Narconon program
14. ^ Narconon license agreement (Archived March 18, 2005)

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External links

Neutral

• California Department of Education

Favorable

• Narconon's Web site
• Scientology's official Purification Rundown Web site
• Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education, a Scientology front group (pdf file)

Critical

• The Communications TRs
• Narconon Exposed — covers media reports, source documents, studies and research papers.
• Stop Narconon (David S. Touretzky)
• Operation Clambake Archive on Narconon (Operation Clambake)