Narconon

Home » Taxonomy

Scientology falsely claims that front group Narconon is not part of Scientology.

Narconon in the News

Datesort iconTitle
January 12, 2007Labour Given Thousands By Scientology Charity The Labour Party received thousands of pounds from an offshoot of Scientology, the Evening Standard reveals today. The decision to accept money from a charity linked to the controversial cult was taken at the highest level by members of the National Executive Committee. They allowed the charity, the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE), to take a stall at the party's annual conference in Manchester.
November 15, 2005Guardian: Alarm in Prisons at Scientology Drug Cures Aimed at Inmates The Prison Service has warned that activists linked to the Church of Scientology are targeting offenders in British jails with unauthorised anti-drug and education programmes. Narconon, the drug detox and rehab programme developed by Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard, and Criminon, his drugs education and rehab programme, are both being offered to prisoners through correspondence courses. Officials frown on the programmes but can't stop them.
November 15, 2005Alarm In Prisons At Scientology Drug Cures Aimed At Inmates The Prison Service has warned that activists linked to the Church of Scientology are targeting offenders in British jails with unauthorised anti-drug and education programmes. Narconon, the drug detox and rehab programme developed by Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard, and Criminon, his drugs education and rehab programme, are both being offered to prisoners through correspondence courses. Though officials frown on the programmes, they are unable to stop the practice because they cannot justify tampering with inmates' mail in these circumstances.
October 2, 2004Church'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 The program, Narconon Drug Prevention & Education, "often exemplifies the outdated, non-evidence-based and sometimes factually inaccurate approach, which has not served students well for decades," concluded Steve Heilig, director of health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, 2004San 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, 2004San 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, 2004San 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 18, 2004Scientology-link group is banned A drug counselling group linked to the controversial Church of Scientology has been banned from Edinburgh University's student union. The organisation called Narconon put up posters about its services on Edinburgh Student Association (EUSA) notice boards without permission.
November 3, 2003Rehab Facility Draws Gripes Neighbors of an oceanfront drug treatment center in Newport Beach are complaining to City Hall that facility operators are violating the occupancy limit in one house while expanding by renting another home nearby. Neighbors say Narconon's incentive to overcrowd is the $20,000 fee that clients are charged.
November 21, 2002Prison Drug Program To Be Studied About 100 female legislators from the United States will visit the state prison in Ensenada today to see firsthand the results of a program for drug-addicted inmates. The state began the program, called Segunda Oportunidad, or Second Opportunity, seven years ago, based on the Church of Scientology's prisoner rehabilitation program, called Narconon. It is based on the philosophies of the late L. Ron Hubbard.
June 10, 2000Foes of drug rehab center take battle to state level Oklahoman: Foes of drug rehab center take battle to state level
April 13, 1999School Panel Rejects Anti-Drug Program A Pinellas school district committee has refused to allow students to hear an anti-drug program based on the teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The program is a product of Narconon International. Presentations included Scientology's tone scale and required giving thanks to L. Ron Hubbard.
March 3, 1998Boston Herald: Scientology Reaches into Schools through Narconon An organization with ties to the Church of Scientology is recruiting New England schoolchildren for what critics say is an unproven — and possibly dangerous — anti-drug program. And the group — Narconon Inc. of Everett — is being paid with taxpayer dollars without disclosing its Scientology connections.
December 22, 1996article on Narconon Ponca City News: "Three of Narconon Chilocco's senior executives have been certified as chemical dependency counselors by the National Board of Addiction Examiners...
October 11, 1996Letters To The Editor: Narconon Ponca City News: Letters To The Editor: Narconon
April 11, 1994US Drug Program Being Peddled On Reserves A drug treatment program backed by a controversial church is trying to sell Alberta Natives addiction-cure services that medical experts have warned are unsafe and ineffective. As many as 10 Alberta reserves have been approached by Narconon, a U.S.-based program associated with the Church of Scientology. The program - which costs about $18,000 U.S. and prescribes daily saunas and megavitamin doses - has been rejected by a U.S. and state board of health because it "may endanger the physical or mental well-being of (its clients)."
March 25, 1993Indian Leaders Want Narconon Chilocco Audit Some Indian leaders are disappointed with the amount of revenue being generated by a drug and alcohol abuse treatment center that promised to pay five tribes millions of dollars over the next two decades. The leaders of the Kaw and Pawnee tribes have asked the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to audit the Narconon Chilocco New Life Center to determine whether the non-Indian facility is meeting payment terms of a 25-year lease.
March 12, 1992Narconon To Ignore BIA Order To Close Chilocco Facility Daily Oklahoman: Narconon To Ignore BIA Order To Close Chilocco Facility
December 19, 1991Narconon Backers Demand Probe Group Fights State Rejection Of Certification Wichita Eagle: Narconon Backers Demand Probe Group Fights State Rejection Of Certification
May 9, 1991editorial on Narconon Newkirk Journal editorial on Narconon: "While we've been content, lately, to let the system work, Goofyology has been milking the media for publicity every chance it gets. This week, they really got their wish... compliments of Time Magazine. For those of you who have been unable to locate a copy of the May 6th Time Magazine anywhere in the county, we are reprinting the entire cover story in today's Herald Journal. Including a page from the International Edition that didn't appear in the domestic issue. The Time story, as did the Los Angeles Times series last summer, further confirms everything we have uncovered about the menace of the Rondroids. Empty news stands all over the county attest to the high interest this story has generated... or the high interest someone has in preventing you from reading it!"
June 7, 1990editorial on Narconon Harold's Journal Editorial Opinion lists falsehoods told by Narconon as they prepared to establish the Narconon center in Oklahoma.
May 24, 1990editorial on Narconon Newkirk Journal editorial on Narconon: "Thanks to your enduring help, the Oklahoma State Legislature has passed (91 to 0 in the House and similar in the Senate), and Governor Henry Bellmon has signed a law which should insure that Oklahoma will certify only legitimate, medically safe drug and alcohol treatment facilities for operation in our state. Practitioners of Body Thetan exorcism and other hocus pocus won't cut it."
August 17, 1989Commission, Chamber, School Board, City Leaders Call for State Review of Narconon Program at Chilocco Indian School North of Tow Newkirk Herald Journal: Commission, Chamber, School Board, City Leaders Call for State Review of Narconon Program at Chilocco Indian School North of Town.
July 6, 1989Narconon One of Many Scientology Organizations (reprint from SP Times) Newkirk Herald: Narconon One of Many Scientology Organizations (reprint from SP Times)
May 18, 1989letter from Narconon president John Duff In a letter printed on the front page of the weekly Newkirk Herald Journal, Narconon president John Duff wrote: "There will be those that will not want Narconon to succeed at Chilocco because they are for drugs and are on the other side in the battle against drugs," prompting an angry response from community leaders, including Jones, the Baptist minister Mark Jones, who responded the following week, writing he "resented the implication, or more accurately the accusation, that was made by Narconon's Mr. Duff. He accused me of supporting illegal drug use in our area if I did not swallow his program hook, line and sinker."