Narconon
Narconon is a Scientology front group that claims to reduce drug abuse. Narconon's drug treatment program is a potentially dangerous detoxification program. The group also provides unscientific drug education programs.
California schools have been told to stop permitting Narconon representatives to speak at the schools, because they present false information.
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| February 19, 1966 | Narconon, founded | Narconon is founded. | |
| April 1, 1970 | Short-lived Narconon, Menard County, Illinois, January 1972 | Short-lived Narconon program is established in Menard County, Illinois, but is no longer listed by January 1972. [April 1970; exact date unknown] | |
| May 1, 1970 | Narconon New Life Program, State, California, non-profit corporation | Narconon New Life Program is incorporated in the State of California as a non-profit corporation. | |
| May 16, 1970 | Narconon's, Henning Heldt, Arthur Marin, William Benitez | Narconon's original incorporation papers are signed by Henning Heldt, Arthur Marin, and William Benitez. | |
| May 20, 1970 | Narconon's, papers, Henning Heldt, Arthur Marin, William Benitez, Secretary, State, California | Narconon's original incorporation papers, signed by Henning Heldt, Arthur Marin, and William Benitez, are filed with the Secretary of State of California. | |
| June 1, 1972 | Narconon New Life Program, Los Angeles, CA, out-patients. There, time | Narconon New Life Program begins in Los Angeles, CA as an office that deals with out-patients. There is no official funding at this time. [June 1972; exact date unknown] | |
| November 7, 1973 | Following, Narconon, $330,000, funding, Narconon New Life Program | Following a proposal by Narconon for $330,000 of state funding, Narconon New Life Program receives its first [Senate Bill] 714 funding and a contract is awarded on behalf of the State of California. | |
| June 27, 1974 | Narconon New Life Program's, $13,039.33 | Narconon New Life Program's reserve account records a sum of $13,039.33. | |
| July 1, 1974 | Following, Narconon, $497,000, funding, State, California | Following a proposal by Narconon for $497,000 of state funding, a second contract is awarded on behalf of the State of California. | |
| October 31, 1974 | California State Evaluation Committee, Narconon, State, continued | The California State Evaluation Committee faults many aspects of the Narconon program and in the end recommends that State funding not be continued. | |
| January 2, 1977 | article on Narconon | Sunday News Journal (Wilmington, DE) article about Narconon, which was introduced into the Delaware prisons in Smyrna and Georgetown in 1972. From 1973 to 1976, about $60,000 in federal funds and about $6,000 in state funds is spent on these Narconon prison programs. In 1976, a study by the Delaware State Agency to Reduce Crime contradicts Narconon's claims of success and raises doubts regarding the connection of Narconon and the Church of Scientology. In the summer of 1976 funding runs out and the program is disbanded. An investigation is launched by the intelligence unit of the state police. | |
| March 1, 1977 | Narconon, Michigan Corrections Department, program. With, program's success, Narconon, $19,583, Narconon Program, Ionia State Pr | Narconon offers the Michigan Corrections Department a free three month pilot program. With no evaluation of the program's success, the department then awards Narconon a $19,583 contract to establish a Narconon Program in Ionia State Prison, MI. [March 1977; exact date unknown] | |
| February 11, 1980 | article on Narconon | Detroit News runs a major expos | |
| April 21, 1981 | Bizarre Brainwashing Cult Cons Top Stars Into Backing Its Drug Program | Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have been duped into endorsing a controversial drug rehabilitation program called Narconon, which is actually operated by Scientology. More than 170 celebrities' names have been used as "Friends of Narconon." Although a few are Scientologists - such as Cathy Lee Crosby, Priscilla Presley and Karen Black - others were shocked to learn Narconon was an offshoot of the weird cult. | |
| August 28, 1981 | Officials, St. Cloud Reformatory, Men, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Narconon. In September, Narconon's, Minnesota Dept., Corrections, t | Officials of the St. Cloud Reformatory for Men in St. Cloud, Minnesota begin an investigation into Narconon. In September, Narconon's contract with the Minnesota Dept. of Corrections is terminated. | |
| August 31, 1981 | At, St. Cloud Reformatory, Men, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Narconon's, Scientology | At the St. Cloud Reformatory for Men in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a prison meeting is held to deal with Narconon's links to Scientology. | |
| October 1, 1981 | article on Narconon at St. Cloud | Twin Cities Reader reports on Narconon and its problems at the St. Cloud Reformatory. The story notes that Minnesota Senator Rudy Boschwitz contributed $200 to Narconon. Boschwitz later insists in exchanges with Oklahoma Senators David Boren and Don Nichols, and with the Newkirk Herald Journal, that Narconon never told him of their link to Scientology. His aide, Tom Mason, has noted that the Narconon donation was a very small part of Boschwitz's estimated $56,000 in gifts to charity in 1976. However, Narconon views the senator's donation as an asset far out of proportion to its size and heavily publicises the donation as a sign of the Senator's alleged backing for their work. | |
| December 28, 1981 | article about Narconon | St. Petersburg Times: article about Narconon | |
| June 6, 1988 | Leroy Bridges, Oklahoma Department, Mental Health, Oklahoma Secretary, State's, Treatment Development Corporation. Treatment Dev | Leroy Bridges, an employee of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, files a document with the Oklahoma Secretary of State's office in which he applies to reserve the name Treatment Development Corporation. Treatment Development Corp. was hired by Narconon International to help the Los Angeles based firm with its certificate of need application to open a Narconon center in Oklahoma. Bridges denies any wrongdoing, but his activities are probed by federal investigators. | |
| December 12, 1988 | Narconon One of Many Scientology Organizations | St. Petersburg Times: Narconon One of Many Scientology Organizations | |
| January 20, 1989 | Objection Dismissed In Narconon Case | El Pais: Objection Dismissed In Narconon Case | |
| April 27, 1989 | article on Narconon | Newkirk Herald Journal exposes the links between Narconon and Scientology, expressing disapproval in no uncertain terms. Calling Narconon "mental messiahs with forked tongues", it comments: "Their own propaganda says their treatments 'cannot be construed as a recommendation of medical treatment or medication and it is undertaken or delivered by anyone on his own responsibility.' In other words, if it don't work, tough cookies." It concludes that the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission "must have had its head plugged into an E-meter not to discover the true nature of this malignity." | |
| May 1, 1989 | Oklahoma, Narconon, operating | Oklahoma state officials tell residents they believe Narconon is a legitimate enterprise and would be inspected by the state once operating. [May 1989; exact date unknown] | |
| May 8, 1989 | At, Newkirk, OK, Leroy Bridges, State Mental Health Department, 80 | At a public meeting in Newkirk, OK, Leroy Bridges of the State Mental Health Department tells a group of about 80 people that there would be "no Oklahoma patients" treated at the Narconon facility, except for a few indigent Indians. Mr. Bridges also says that no state money would be involved. But a 1988 document in the package by John Duff, president of Narconon International, lists local and Oklahoma people as the top priorities in the Narconon marketing plan. It also lists "State Contracts that pay for beds," as a priority. At the same meeting, Mr. Bridges tells the citizens of Newkirk that Narconon had voluntarily placed itself under jurisdiction of the state for matters of law enforcement and inspection of their program and facilities. However, a letter from Sheriff Glenn Guinn says, "As I understand it, I have no authority on Chilocco land. Everything at Chilocco comes under the F.B.I., and we have one F.B.I. agent in this area stationed at Enid." |