Narconon is a secular rehabilitation program that
specializes in treating the causes of drug addiction along with the
addiction itself. Narconon is based on the beliefs and writings of
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and looks at the causes of drug
addiction from an addict's perspective in order to effectively treat
the drug addiction.
This form of treatment does not use any drugs of
any type to ease the pain of withdrawal but provides drug
rehabilitation, education, and prevention services. Much of Narconon's
programs are presented in school classrooms using materials developed
by the Narconon professionals. The materials are meant to supplement
the school's existing drug prevention program.
Proponents of the Narconon program claim a 70
percent success rate with combating drug addiction compared to a 30
percent rate in most other rehabilitation programs. Hubbard claimed to
have created the program after doing extensive research and studies on
drug addiction causes and how to combat the disease effectively without
the use of drugs.
The premise of the Narconon model states that
addicts can resume normal, healthy, productive lives when they work
with the skills they are given in the program. The program can be
administered out-patient or at an in-patient Narconon sanctioned
facility.
Generally, the Narconon program takes four to six
months to work effectively. Participants are said to be going 'back to
school' to become re-educated on drugs, the dangers of drug, drug
addiction, and drug recovery. All of this is done without the benefit
of pharmaceutical help.
Like the Scientology religion, Narconon has its
opponents who say that the information that is presented isn't always
scientifically sound even if the program claims it is. They say that
Narconon skews information so that it supports their conclusions and
doesn't give the whole picture. Some see that as a form of brain
washing and see the entire venture as part of a recruitment drive for
the Church of Scientology!
Narconon has, over the years, been the subject of
a series of investigations and has been involved in numerous court
cases, most of which have centred on its association with the
controversial church. There have been allegations of corruption, of
drug trafficking within Narconon facilities, and even of plagarism!
Perhaps most serious of all though is the charge that the Narconon
methods simply do not work, as evidenced by the grim deaths of a number
of persons in Narconon facilities.
Drug addiction is a terrible scourge - nobody
would want to deny this. But in the case of Narconon, many believe that
the supposed cure is worse than the illness!
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