Letter to the Editor: San Francisco Chroncle, published June 13, 2004

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Here's the letter as the Chron ran it:

I don't know what appalled me most in your article on Narconon in San Francisco schools: that our kids are fed pseudo-scientific claptrap as gospel, that they're told that all drugs are essentially "poison" that stays in the body (bad news for kids who've had Novocaine or asthma medication), or that the school district is unfazed by Narconon's trouble with telling the truth.

Thank goodness San Francisco schools superintendent Arlene Ackerman is taking a closer look. There isn't enough class time in the day to waste it on disproven quackery.

And here's the letter as originally written: orange marks the changes.

I don't know what appalled me most in your article on Narconon in San Francisco schools: that our kids are fed pseudoscientific claptrap as gospel; that they're told that ALL drugs are "essentially poison" that stays in the body (bad news for kids who've had Novocaine or asthma medication); or that the school district is unfazed by Narconon's trouble telling the truth, from exaggerated success rates, to public censure in Sweden for falsely claiming endorsement by the royal family, to a refusal to admit, despite years of evidence, that Narconon is part and parcel of Scientology.

Thank goodness Superintendent Ackerman is taking a closer look. There isn't enough class time in the day to waste it on disproven quackery.

Kristi Wachter
San Francisco

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