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| October 2, 2004 | Church's Drug Program Flunks S.F. Test | A free anti-drug program that teaches children concepts from the Church of Scientology earned a failing grade Friday from public health officials who were asked by San Francisco school administrators to evaluate it. The program, Narconon Drug Prevention & Education, "often exemplifies the outdated, non-evidence-based and sometimes factually inaccurate approach, which has not served students well for decades," concluded Steve Heilig, director of health and education for the San Francisco Medical Society. | |
| August 25, 2004 | San Francisco Chronicle: Narconon Banned from S.F. Schools | Narconon, an anti-drug program with ties to the Church of Scientology will be barred from San Francisco classrooms because of concerns about its scientific accuracy, city schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said Tuesday. | |
| June 10, 2004 | San Francisco Chronicle: Narconon Put on Notice by Schools | A popular anti-drug program with ties to the Church of Scientology will be ousted after 13 years in the San Francisco schools unless it agrees to stop teaching what the district calls inaccurate and misleading information, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said Wednesday. | |
| June 9, 2004 | San Francisco Chronicle: Scientology Link to Public Schools | As early as the third grade, students in S.F. and elsewhere are subtly introduced to church's concepts via anti-drug teachings. | |
| March 21, 1993 | Bittersweet - Cocolat and Scientology | Two years since an employee's embezzlement forced the sale of Cocolat Chocolate Co., an unlikely mix is brewing at the company's Hayward plant: Scientology and chocolate. The mixture has been volatile. Cocolat is the latest in a small but growing number of California companies whose employees claim religious harassment because their employers are using management techniques based on the teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. | |
| January 21, 1990 | Akron Beacon Journal: A Tale of Capture and Brainwashing | A Medina dentist, Geary said he also nearly lost his 5-year-old practice, and his wife wound up requiring hospitalization after allegedly being held captive for more than two weeks by Scientologists in California. |