Check out Clark Carr and Per Wickstrom as they conduct their radio show on KCAA in California. The discuss why its so important to stay in treatment and all the reasons people leave, and the difficulties they run into. Hear from parents of Narconon students and the experiences they’ve had. This is part 1 of 3 posted on this blog.

Check out Clark Carr and Per Wickstrom as they conduct their radio show on KCAA in California. The discuss why its so important to stay in treatment and all the reasons people leave, and the difficulties they run into. Hear from parents of Narconon students and the experiences they’ve had. This is part 2 of 3 posted on this blog.

Check out Clark Carr and Per Wickstrom as they conduct their radio show on KCAA in California. The discuss why its so important to stay in treatment and all the reasons people leave, and the difficulties they run into. Hear from parents of Narconon students and the experiences they’ve had. This is part 3 of 3 posted on this blog.

The Narconon Network and Support from the Church of Scientology and Its Membership

L. Ron Hubbard, who developed the drug rehabilitation methodology which Narconon utilizes, was also the founder of the Scientology religion. While Narconon is a purely secular program which is open to members of all faiths, it has enjoyed the support of the Church and individual Scientologists since its beginnings.

In 1966, when Arizona State Prison inmate William Benitez wrote
L. Ron Hubbard asking for help, it was Scientologist volunteers who helped him to set up the original Narconon courses inside the prison.

In fact, the majority of new Narconon facilities established since that time have been made possible by the volunteer and financial support given by Scientologists.

From time to time, Narconon centers and Narconon International itself have requested grants from the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) for specific Narconon needs. The IAS has provided grants to the Narconon organization for such important projects as the pilot installation of the Narconon program inside Ensenada State Prison in Baja California, Mexico, and the purchase by Narconon International of the beautiful quarters of Narconon Mediterraneo outside of Seville, Spain.

Individual churches of Scientology have also occasionally held fundraising benefits for local Narconons. One such benefit was a charity concert held at L. Ron Hubbard’s former home at Saint Hill in Sussex, England which raised donations for Narconon United Kingdom and two other charities – The Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Youth Trust.

The Church of Scientology, the IAS, and individual Scientologists are among many other benefactors, individual and corporate, who have supported Narconon drug rehabilitation or prevention activities.

It is an important part of Scientology’s social mission to reduce the suffering and degradation caused by alcohol and drug abuse on a worldwide scope. Scientology churches join churches of other faiths in seeking to improve living conditions as well as the social and moral environments in which we live. As part of this mission, Churches of Scientology actively encourage their members to support Narconon, by helping to open new centers for drug rehabilitation or drug education and by volunteering their time to assist existing Narconon programs.

Therefore, it is common to find Scientologists from all walks of life volunteering to help the Narconon organization by conducting fundraising drives, establishing new centers and making its solutions known to people in need. Narconon brings new solutions to the field of drug rehabilitation and education to all peoples of the world. Scientology Churches and Scientologists are proud to support this program.

There is no requirement that Narconon staff members or students be either Scientologists or that they practice the Scientology religion. There are many faith-based drug rehab services available in the United States; however, the Narconon program in and of itself is not one of them.

To facilitate the diverse religious needs of its students, Narconon Stone Hawk actively facilitates students’ voluntary attendance at church meetings of their choice, based on what is available for attendance in the area. It makes no difference if this be a Baptist church, a Jewish synogogue, a Buddhist temple, an Islamic mosque, whatever a student would choose, all of which, of course, is external to and independent of Narconon Stone Hawk and a private concern of the students and their families.

Narconon training routines and methods of treatment are similar to some training materials and routines of Scientology.

This is because they both utilize techniques of L. Ron Hubbard (some of which are certainly comparable to other modern methods of drug rehabilitation, such as nutritional support, a recovering addict taking responsibility for harm he has done to others, etc.). With regard to religion or faith, the Narconon program simply acknowledges that faith and/or spirituality is beneficial in the process of healing, but is entirely a matter of personal student choice (in choosing to practice or not to practice personal religious belief). This religious practice certainly does not have to be Scientology. But it is true that Scientologists are strictly drug-free in their life style with respect to mind-altering or mood-altering drugs, and also that many Narconon staff members are Scientologists. Some, of course, are also of other religions. The fact of the matter is that Narconon policy explicitly prohibits promotion of any religion to students. Violation of this policy by staff members is treated in the same manner as a violation of any other policy. Furthermore, Narconon is licensed to use only the non-religious drug rehabilitation and prevention research and works of L. Ron Hubbard.

The Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE)

ABLE is an international non-profit, public benefit corporation, established in 1988, which licenses groups using L. Ron Hubbard’s technologies in purely secular charitable programs.

ABLE licenses Narconon International to use Mr. Hubbard’s drug rehabilitation and prevention methods. It also ensures that this technology is made available to anyone who needs it and that the programs delivered under the Narconon trademark are delivered in accordance with Mr. Hubbard’s specifications. ABLE provides the needed guidance and technical assistance to Narconon through its international and continental offices.

We hope that this short message has answered the questions that some people may have about the relationship Narconon centers have with the Churches of Scientology. In the future you can expect more messages from Narconon Stone Hawk in an effort to make clear how drug addiction treatment is provided, and what students can expect when obtaining treatment.

We encourage constructive comments and questions to this and every post on this blog, so feel free to participate.

Learn how Drugs and other toxins are stored in the body, the health risks involved with that, and the health benefits of detoxification.

Drugs do in fact leave metabolites in fat or lipid tissue…

This is very educational talk all about detox and how it works by medical and detox professionals.

Small amounts, (of drugs) are lodged in tissues in the body, primarily fat tissue…these chemicals can store for many weeks, even up to many years.

This is what Detox professionals have to say about the benefits of using and how niacin accomplishes great results in the detox process.

Hear what the professionals say about the benefits of detox, and all the things detox is successful in accomplishing.

…As a person goes through it, (detox) and sweats out these toxins or drugs they may re-experience things that happened to them at a time when they took the drug…

Yet another story about how the Narconon Sauna Detox program changed a life…

The sauna? I really dug the sauna…

Listen to what former graduate of then Narconon program, Ryan, has to say about his experiences with detox

I stuck it out, eventually got into the sauna part… That part of the program right there changed my life…