Narconon Drug Rehab – Public Safety
“The Narconon detox and rehab program offers the most effective medical and holistic detox and rehab process in Canada.” - June 7, 2011 – Narconon Canada Website: 2003 – 2011 Narconon Vancouver Society.
“…study was done by L. Ron Hubbard on the mind and on life. He is a founder of a religious organization. However, he also is a brilliant mind on the subject of addiction treatment…”
“…based on the fact that our Narconons are improving, and some of them are very close to a 100% success rate...” - 37th PARLIAMENT, Ottawa, Canada - 1st SESSION – Brad Melnychuk: ABLE Canada ( Narconon Incorporated)
According to one Canada and USA Narconon website, which promotes their Flag-Ship 100 bed Narconon Trois-Rivieres rehabilitation facility, “…a person starting the Narconon Detox program has been given full medical detox by an attending physician…”
“…Any doctor must have studied and familiarized themselves with the Narconon Detox program and personally examined a prospective participant before being qualified to comment on the fitness of a person to do or not do the Narconon detox program...”
It seems that Narconon has taken great care to ensure the safety of all patients who enroll in their detoxification program. Patients or sponsors only pay approximately $30,000.00 to save an addict or alcoholic from death. Surely a small sum to cure substance abuse for life and with a 70% and close to 100% cure or success rate, Narconon is leading the way to solve the planet’s drug problems.
Is this too good to be true? Upon close examination of the facts and evidence, these scientology rehab centers are far from safe and quite often dangerous and deadly.
Recently in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the College of Physicians placed a ban on a physician who was the Narconon Medical Manager, from ever associating with Narconon Trois-Rivieres again.It was agreed by way of a written accord with the College, that this physician cease aforesaid relations.
The College also met with and solicited the opinion on an expert physician on drug dependence.
As a result, the College concluded that the Narconon attending physician and Medical Manager, “…had been in breach of several of his ethical obligations by associating himself with a drug detoxification center administering treatment not scientifically recognized in the current medical literature, by conducting an incomplete medical assessment, and by keeping records of mediocre quality…”
Contrary to Narconon executives claiming a 70 to as high as 100 percent success rate, the facts clearly show otherwise. Clearly, the Narconon success rates are closer to 20-40% and much lower when considering the patients who do not complete the program. Scientology/Narconon has never performed a qualified and controlled study that substantiates its high success rate claim.
Relapse rates following treatment for substance dependence are remarkably high, and efforts to address this unfortunate reality are becoming an integral part of treatment (Daley and Marlatt 1997). In outcome studies of alcoholics, for example, approximately 65-70% of patients have been found to relapse within one year of treatment, with the majority of these patients relapsing within less than three months (Hunt et al. 1971; Emrick 1974; Miller and Hester 1986). In outcome studies of drug- or polysubstance-dependent patients, relapse rates following treatment are similar to, if not greater than, those found for patients solely dependent on alcohol (Emrick 1974; McKay et al. 1999).
Although the aforementioned Narconon relapse rate is similar or close to the scientifically recognized treatments, there is a marked difference in dangers and health risks apparent in the Narconon treatment.
On October 8, 1981 in Toronto, Canada, Dr. David Hogg MD, states, “In summary, Hubbard (Scientology creator), is a very ignorant man. He consistently demonstrates a complete and at times dangerous lack of knowledge concerning biochemistry, physics, and medicine. His theories are based on fallacies and lies; there is no scientific data to support any of them.
Furthermore, his program not only fails to deliver what it promises, but may actually be detrimental to the health of those taking it. As such, it cannot be recommended that anyone take this program”
James J. Kenney, Ph.D., R.D. of Santa Monica, California, states, “To make matters worse, large doses of niacin are hepatotoxic and can cause serious liver damage. It may also trigger gout, raise blood sugar into the diabetic range, cause itching, flushing and a rash. Nausea and gastritis are other side effects of large doses of niacin. To subject people to these potentially serious side effects on the pretense that they are being "detoxified", "cleared" or "purified" is quackery.”
There are documented deaths around the globe associated with the Narconon treatment program, with several ongoing investigations and civil law suits. Many governments are investigating the health risks and dangers.
Is the Narconon treatment program one that you would send your seriously ill and vulnerable loved one to?
By: David Edgar Love
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