By Anna Schecter
Rock Center
Famous Scientologists like Tom Cruise and John Travolta have touted the value of Narconon, a drug rehabilitation program based on the teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
"We are the authorities on getting people off drugs," Cruise said in a video about Scientology released online.
John Travolta hosted a fundraiser for Narconon's Hawaii location in 2007.
But the parents of one young person who died while in treatment by Narconon’s flagship facility have called Narconon “inhumane,” and others whose children died on the premises of Narconon caution anyone from sending their children there.
Narconon's method of rehabilitation is unorthodox. Patients are called "students" and they study a series of eight books based on the writings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
The books resemble grade school workbooks and the students practice exercises that Narconon says helps them lead drug-free lives. The program costs $30,000 per patient and the treatment usually takes three to six months to complete.
Narconon's unconventional methods include spending up to five hours a day in a sauna for 30 straight days and taking up to 5,000 milligrams of the vitamin Niacin daily. It is similar to Scientology's regimen called a "purification run-down," designed to free the body of toxins in order to achieve spiritual gains.
Narconon is a "non-medical treatment facility,” meaning it does not administer pharmaceutical drugs to aid in the withdrawal process or the healing of addiction. Hubbard shunned the pharmaceutical, psychiatric and psychotherapy industries. He believed any drug is essentially a poison and even medicines create a barrier to spiritual well-being.
The detox is part of a larger system of life skills training that many Narconon graduates say has helped them lead drug-free lives.
In a letter to NBC News, former Narconon student and later employee, Amber Wold, said, “What I like about the Narconon program for myself (sic) was that although it was really hard, it helped me take responsibility for my life and myself."
Narconon says it runs 62 treatment centers around the world, including 19 in the United States, and says it has helped thousands of people get off and stay off of drugs.
But Narconon facilities have been running into trouble. Four "students" at Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma have died in three-and-a-half years.
Statement from Narconon Arrowhead to Rock Center
Statement from Narconon International to Rock Center
Statement from the Church of Scientology to Rock Center
Kaysie Werninck, 27, left her Florida home to check into Narconon Arrowhead in 2009.
Mother calls Scientology-linked Narconon 'inhumane'
Her mother, Connie Werninck, said she had initially been drawn by the 75 percent success rate advertised online. She said she also liked the idea of Narconon's unconventional approach.
Courtesy of Werninck Family
Kaysie Werninck
"I’m a health conscious person myself. The sauna program was attractive to me," Connie Werninck said.
But just a few weeks after her 28th birthday, Kaysie succumbed to a respiratory infection in a Tulsa hospital. Werninck said Narconon staff did not give Kaysie the right medication.
"She kept getting worse over the course of one week," she said.
Werninck said she arranged for a helicopter to take Kaysie to a Tulsa hospital 100 miles away. She said Kaysie's infection had taken over her body and she died within an hour of arriving at the hospital.
"It is inhumane that a person that sick, you're paying them thousands of dollars, and they let her die,” she said.
Werninck said she is telling her story now so that no one has to go through what she did.
"I want to get the word out so no one sends their child there," she said.
Werninck and her husband, Keith, sued Narconon. The organization settled for an undisclosed amount without admitting wrongdoing.
"I didn’t want their money, I wanted my girl back," Werninck said.
Narconon Arrowhead CEO Gary Smith said he is frustrated that he cannot comment on this case because Kaysie's family would not provide a release from HIPAA, the medical privacy law, which restricts Narconon from discussing her case.
In October 2011, the first of three deaths within a nine-month period occurred at Narconon Arrowhead.
Gabriel Graves, a 32-year-old father of two young girls, was found dead in his bed at Narconon Arrowhead.
His mother, Shirley Anne Gilliam, said she felt misled by Narconon.
"I felt like they were leading me to believe he overdosed and I was devastated," she said.
Her son's autopsy report shows only trace amounts of morphine in his system and the cause of death remains a mystery.
Gilliam said her son told her Narconon Arrowhead was anything but drug free-- a place where drugs were used by some to barter for sex.
"He said that it was one of the easiest places he's ever been to get drugs if you want them. He said there were drugs offered for exchange of physical favors," she said.
A former client and a former employee told similar stories. Narconon Arrowhead has strongly denied the allegations.
Gilliam also said her son told her that he felt Narconon was trying to convert him to Scientology.
"He said that's their whole thing, trying to get us to be Scientologists. That's what they do," Gilliam said.
Gary Smith said the Church of Scientology has supported Narconon since its inception 40 years ago, but insists Narconon is a non-religious program that does not recruit for the church.
“All of teachings have been secularized,” Smith said.
In April, the regional government in Quebec, Canada shut down Narconon’s largest facility in North America, Narconon Trois Rivieres, because it failed to meet new health and safety laws.
Narconon and the Church of Scientology say they disagreed with the Quebec decision to allow only the medical model of detoxification and notes that Narconon facilities continue to operate elsewhere in Canada.
Marc Lacour, director of the regional health agency, said there was no medical supervision at the facility, and as such it “posed a risk” to patients.
Also in April, 21-year-old Hillary Holten died in her room at Narconon Arrowhead. Her family has retained Tulsa lawyer, Mike Atkinson, to investigate the facts surrounding Hillary's unexplained death.
Colin Henderson, a former student at Narconon Arrowhead, organized a protest near the facility after Hillary's death.
He said he left after two weeks because he was denied his blood pressure medication. He also said he felt the Narconon program was too restrictive.
"I came to Narconon to get off drugs, not to have Narconon attempt to rewire my brain in order to reform to their way of thought. I will never allow anyone to attempt to control my mind. I think for myself,” he said.
A lawyer for the Church of Scientology says Henderson is unreliable and prejudiced against Scientology.
As Henderson was starting to plan a second protest, another young woman died inside Narconon Arrowhead in July.
Stacy Murphy was 20 years old.
"We were so close. She was so full of life, so outgoing. She made people feel good about themselves," said her mother, Tonya White.
White said she had heard about two deaths and even asked about them when she took a tour of the facility with her daughter.
"They explained there were extenuating circumstances. I was so encouraged that they could help my daughter," White said.
Stacy’s father, Robert Murphy, said Stacy complained that there was no drug counseling and that the exercises she was encouraged to practice were strange.
“She says, ‘They got us doing this weirdest stuff, Daddy…we have to sit in front of another student and look to them and yell at them and curse at them and say awful things about them and they're not allowed to react in any aspect whatsoever,’” Murphy said.
Seven weeks into her stay, Stacy went home for a one day visit. Upon her return, Stacy used drugs she had smuggled back into the facility, according to Narconon clients interviewed by the local sheriff's department.
According to the sheriff's report, she was put in a withdrawal unit where she was left unsupervised for several hours and by the time a staff member looked in on her, she was dead.
"This shouldn’t have happened. They should have kept a closer eye on her. They should have called me the night before when they found out she had used drugs," said White.
“Sometimes I still can't believe it. I wake up and she's the first think of. I can't believe she’s gone," she said.
Narconon Arrowhead CEO Smith said he cannot comment on any of the recent deaths due to federal privacy laws. He said his staff was devastated by the loss of young lives and he said "our prayers are with the families" of the deceased.
Oklahoma law enforcement and health department authorities have launched investigations into the facility.
Smith said his organization is cooperating fully with all law enforcement, licensing and administrative authorities.
A Church of Scientology spokesperson said, "Narconon has an exceptional record of helping tens of thousands of individuals to lead drug and alcohol free lives. The Church of Scientology is committed to helping people free themselves from the ravages of drugs."
Narconon International president Clark Carr released a statement saying, "Narconon has served tens of thousands of people" and that "three out of four graduates are able to live stable drug-free lives." Carr also cited physicians and PhD's who support the Narconon method.
"Based on the fundamental well known principles of equilibrium chemistry...such therapy is a very reasonable approach to detoxification," said Dr. Vin LoPresti, a biologist who supports Narconon's methods.
LoPresti said the use of sauna therapy is "gentler" and has "fewer side-effects" than drug-based detoxification.
LoPresti said he has not been to any Narconon facilities and is not aware of the circumstances of the deaths at Narconon Arrowhead. He said he can only speak to the efficacy of Hubbard's methods.
Dr. David Root, a specialist in workplace medicine, has been working with Narconon for two decades.
"It is the best program out there and it works," he said. Root said he has not spent extensive time working in any Narconon facility but has visited Narconon several times.
"These people know what they are doing and are doing great work," he said.
Other experts disagree.
Susan Foster, director of policy research at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, says she has not seen any science that supports a "sweat it out" approach.
She is not a medical doctor, but says extensive research shows a combination of pharmaceutical drugs and behavioral therapy is the safest and most effective way to get people off of drugs.
Foster says the number of deaths at the Narconon Arrowhead facility is alarming.
"You're supposed to go there to recover, not to die," she said.
Statement from Narconon Arrowhead to Rock Center
Statement from Narconon International to Rock Center
Statement from the Church of Scientology to Rock Center
Katie Boyle, Sabrina Esposito, Elizabeth Brooks and Ed Demaria contributed to this report.
Editor's Note: Harry Smith's full report on Narconon aired Thursday, August 16 on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.
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This rehab center is nothing more than a recruiting station for the space aliens (Scientologists). In fact they believe we're all space aliens all because some old man with delusional ideas about life told them so -- and then took all their money. L. Ron Hubbard's so-called "religion" (cult) was and is a money-making scam and anybody that comes within a mile of it without doing their "homework" deserve the mental and financial devastation that will inevitably take place . . . unless you're Tom Cruise or some other big, rich movie star, who all get a big cut of your money -- and you're left scratching your head in the end.
Hmm, I can listen to your subjective ignorant of facts or first hand experience hatred, or, listen for myself to the Narconon success stories. Not a tough choice: You Tube(dot) com narcononarrowhead or
Well, Louanne-Miglia, you are a Scientology Office of Special Affairs internet pr person, what else would you say?
Once, just for the fun of it, I took one of their silly questionnaires to one of their offices and got the whole spiel. I didn't buy it for a moment, it was quite obvious that the questions were absurd and it didn't matter one bit how they were answered, their agent would always try to sell their auditing course. The nonsensical bafflegab they spew is awesome.
Wandering around the lobby, their devotion to their beloved L Ron Hubbard was obvious - and a bit creepy. L Ron had been dead for several years, yet they were acting as if he were still very much alive. The current head of Scientology, David Miscavidge, stays out of the limelight, content to enjoy his loot in relative obscurity.
I'm surprised they didn't die from Niacin overdose. 5000 milligrams? that is unreal. 35 milligrams is the highest recommended.
see overdose information at the Mayo clinic.
5000 is an understatement. More like 30,000. trust me, I was there.
There is nothing scientific about Scientology. Not knowing basic dosage information about common substances is not at all surprising.
I had a cold while I was there and was sent to the nurse. She gave me a "cold pack" that had 26 pills in them. I asked her what all it was and she replied that she didn't know...she only recognized the vitamin c! They give you TONS of different vitamins, niacin, oil, and other crap on a daily basis, and the dosages were too high. Plus, all the staff that work there are gradutes from the program that make $7.80/hr
I was heading to Mars with Tom Cruise but he was jumping on the seats so much the flight had to be rerouted to Logan. I am now forced to wait until the 2013 flight to adequately review Narconon's research. Funny thing that, although they profess not to use ' drugs, ' their name is remarkably similar to Narcan, a drug used to immediately reverse the effects of opiates in life threatening circumstances. They also claim to reverse addiction to jumping on seats, but I have not seen any evidence of that so far. Just thinking.
LOL
I believe in freedom of religion as an atheist, but Scientologists are dangerous. I don't support any religion, or organizations that tell people to stop taking their psychiatric drugs and exercise to get better. My husband is a non-theist who recently quit drinking. He didn't want to go to AA because you have to believe in a higher power, so he did Rational Recovery. It has worked for him.
Scientology is a cult that was allowed to prosper because the high court agreed it was a religion and therefore tax exempt. Since then they have become a billion dollar organization that thrives on the backs of those who need a room,bed and perhaps shoulder to cry on. They represent brainwashing at its ultimate.
From what i saw, and i worked with them many years as a vendor, those on drugs were probably better off than those "
cured" by scientology. I think another court hearing is in order and long overdue.
How is that different from other religons?
It's a cult if no one speaks openly about it's core belief systems in detail, and if it's own current or past members cannot speak openly at any time.
All I have to say about scientology is LISA MCPHERSON. Google Lisa Mcpherson and scientology. She was a friend of mine and tried to get out of this cult and they killed her. She recommended them to me for marriage counselling and we went and never went back thinking it was a cult. They kept sending me magazines and I kept telling them to stop sending anything to me bacause they killed my friend and several people told me they didn't so they were aware of Lisa's name. Her immediate family had all died so her aunt took them to court over her dealth and they got 2 felonies which were later dropped. I use to love John Travota and Tom Cruise but what kind of people are they to follow this cult after they killed my friend and probably paid for the attorney's to get them out of her dealth. Please do something about them before they kill more people who decide they want out. Katie keep your body guards close to you and Suri we love you and don't want them to hurt you.
Sorry to hear about your friend Sheri. YES, Scientology IS a cult. I used to work for them in Los Angeles, and sometimes i worked inside their main hub - The Big Blue Building in Hollywood. Almost each and everyday they would try to "brainwash" me into becoming a Scientologist ... I thought it was quite amusing at first, but when I saw how many of them lived and how they behaved ... it became a little scary.
The ONLY reason they hired me to work at one of their many publishing arms was because they were required to have at least some Non-Church Members working there so that they could prevent Discrimination Law Suites.
These people are "FREAKS", plan and simple. They gave me all these wierd meaningless tests, and told me that I was insane due to the fact that I had used LSD in the past. They "worship" L. Ron Hubbard as if he were a god, and their whole belief system is simply one of the many stories from his Science Fiction books.
Whether you place your trust in "traditional" medical "professionals" or some whacky cult, like Scientology, to cure what ails you, it's all a crap shoot. You are most always going to get scammed which ever you choose. Good luck.
At least "traditional medicine" is based on scientific research and testing to find out what works and what doesn't. Scientology isn't scientific, it's based entirely on the writings of L Ron Hubbard, a fiction writer, who did no research or testing at all.
I watched The Today Show this morning re: this story and would like to comment.
First: Drug Addicts do NOT die 'mysteriously.' Drug addicts die because they are drug addicts. Where is the mystery here?!? Second: My child completed this program and is doing FAMOUSLY! I asked that question while my child was going thru the program, if they pushed Scientology as a religion, and the response was "No." (Our family does not practice Scientology.) So I feel that this must be a matter of perspective. Some feel they push Scientology and others do not feel that way. Third: I cannot imagine the pain in losing your child. BUT...the blame needs to go to the child, because they chose that road to go down the minute they decided to use whatever drug got them started down that path. I researched this facility in great depth over a long period of time and when I presented it, it was my child's decision to go there. Narconon sent my child to a hospital for over a week before completing withdrawal at their facility. No one can tell ME that they don't exercise extreme care in dealing with their students or that their practices are questionable.
Drug addicts die by their own hand every single day. Were their child not to go into treatment at Narconon (or any facility) what do you think their odds would be at continuing life? OR worse...going to prison...because those are the options: Prison or Death. The drug problem in this country is RAMPANT and I have absolutely no doubt that people die going thru rehab programs at other NON-Narconon facilities. Narconon's methods may be 'unconventional,' but I would venture to say they are more successful at treating addiction because of the sauna program they incorporate into their treatment and the PHILOSOPHY of Scientology. From what I understand, this program generally takes about 4 months to complete...or LONGER, if that's what it takes. This isn't some 30-60 day program and then you're done. This story only made the news because of their connection to Scientology. If these deaths had occured at some '12-Step Program' rehab, it wouldn't have made the news at all. I wish to HELL these journalists would do their homework.
You should do your own homework Staff members at Narconon are Required to be Scientologists Period. The certifications are a sham many members who might be charged with the care of your child are former addicts. They then took on onsite couple of hour course and now Boom they are qualified. Many addicts do die on the streets everyday that much is true.
However this young girl returned to Narconon, Tested Postitive for Opiates and then was sent to a room Alone with No Supervision. Had she been placed in Observation as any reputable drug treatment program would have proceeded. A Qualified Nurse or MD could have Easily Saved Her Life. What this treatment center did is the equivalent of Manslaughter and they should be prosecuted for said. At the very least the state of Oklahoma needs to close down this facility and the Federal Government needs to look at all of their facilities Nationwide.
Do Not allow these young people to have died in Vain call your representatives, senators, mayors etc... This must be stopped!
I am glad to hear the program worked for your daughter. Honest question, is she now or did she go to work for Narconon after completion of her program?
I must take an issue with something you said though which makes me question your story: narconon has "detox" cabins and does NOT send people to hospitals to detox. I personally watched the detoxification of so many addicts in one of these cabins and saw others go in to seizures from their withdrawals.
I was one of the lucky ones; when I was deathly sick at narconon I was finally taken to a hospital (after multiple refusals and a threat of calling 911 so that I could get help). However, narconon refused to administer the medicine I needed and was prescribed once I was discharged from the hospital and I had to leave the program and return home to be treated medically.
These are Narconon facts. They are non-disputable because I lived the nightmare that is Narconon.
Yes, Stacy is partly to blame because the whole thing started with her taking the drug. However, she was at a DRUG REHAB that knew she was VERY high! And when someone says they are scared to go to bed because they're so f***ed up, they shouldn't say, "oh...you need to go sleep it off"...then not check on her for 6-7 hours! I would say she should have been on the priority list of patients to go check on before a number of hours pass by!!!!
@ jojolv - obvious scientologist shill is obvious. go sell stupid somewhere else this thread is full of your cult already.
I have gone through this program personally and it did work BUT it is a recruiting place for Scientology, that is a fact!
I'm really happy for you that you're doing well and that it worked for you. So how can that be a bad thing? As for your feeling it is a 'recruiting place' for Scientology, again, I think that must be your perspective, because it certainly wasn't that for my child.
Very happy it worked for you. I had an entirely different experience. And from my standpoint, narconon is nothing more than an evil, money-making machine. yes, i am free from drugs and alcohol today but not due in any part to Narconon.
Again, I support you and that narconon worked for you. But for every success there are hundreds of Narconon failures.
Jojolv is probably a Scientology OSA volunteer who recently signed up solely to comment on this Narconon issue, I'd take her story of having a family member there with an ocean-load of salt. Scientology internet "handlers" will usually claim to be whatever forwards their purpose, sometimes a journalist but in this case a satisfied customer.
I totally believe that they are trying to "brainwash" people into begoming Scientologists at Narconon. That's what Scientology does ... that's their main goal.
Although i have never been at a Narconon Clinic, I've been around enough cult members to know that they are trying to convert people whenever possible.
It is beyond appalling that anyone can legally do a detox without medical supervision. Seizures, hallucinations, irregular breathing and heartbeat are all common not to mention effects of dehydration and malnourishment. Those conditions cannot be tended to safely without trained medical professionals. And some people who go through traditional treatment do not want to use medications but at least they can be helped if a medical emergency occurs. I don't know why these freaks remain so oblivious to the evidence right in front of them. Same with their dangerous views on psych meds. Not everyone needs them but truth is that the shootings in Aurora, Virginia Tech and Arizona probably never would have happened if these afflicted men were properly medicated. I can't call anything a religion that puts such a small concern on human life.
Hear, hear rockermom. Tom Cruise is a disgusting person for coming out in the press and telling people to go off their psych meds. If he believes exercise and vitamins can cure mental illness he has never met someone with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Religion is a lucrative business.
Hubbard learned that early. The cry of "religous persecution" allows you to get away with much less regulation, no taxes and you barely have to explain yourself. Religion does not need proof, just blind "faith".
Yep and if you want proof, look at the catholic church. Ask them to follow the law and they whine about being persecuted. Tell them they don't have special rights and they whine about being persecuted. Tell them they can't persecute people who are gay and/or not-christian and they whine about being persecuted.
Let me add that I am a proponent of ANY drug rehab that can help those who cannot help themselves with their addiction. This program has worked for thousands of people and they wouldn't have satelite facilities all over this country and in other countries if it wasn't successful! I don't care if they're "FREAKS" or if they're a "cult" or if they try to brainwash people into becoming Scientologists, (what do you think Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and "Born-Again" Christians do?) If this program helps to get people back their dignity and self-esteem so they can become productive human beings then how can it be BAD?!!???
Well let me just say that I'm Very Happy you do not have anything to do with regulating drug treatment facilities or anything for that matter.
How can it be BAD, well they get innocent people killed. Any business that by it's carelessness allows a 20yr old female to Die alone in a room when it could have been prevented needs to be held accountable, PERIOD
UM...its bad when people start dying in their care. Clearly there is a pattern with narconon, and YOU have no right to speak on what other parents feelings are with regard to their child's care, or lack thereof. If it worked for your kid, fabulous. Your kid was lucky. At some point you have to actually read what other people are writing and realize that YOUR kid was the outlier, not the norm. And by the way, maybe not the smartest thing ever to go around saying you don't care whether you sent your kid to a cult (staffed by cult members, NOT professional medical staff) to be cured because it happened to work for her. Thats pretty insensitive considering the familes that have not been so lucky. And dangerous to those who could be victimized in the future. Comparing them to mormons and jehovah's witnesses is not exactly helping your case. Put your thinking cap on please.
Yeah that's what they said about the Nazi party too. People just like you too.
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jojolv
Why should someone replace their addiction to drugs with an addiction to your cult, Scientology? Also, there is no proof that Narconon has helped anyone. Maybe you have some proof of this? It can't come from a Scientology front group though.
Once again, you cannot excuse the abuses of the church of scientology using the practices of others. It doesn't matter what the JWs or Mormons get up to even if it's wrong too.
You cannot excuse the abuses of the church of scientology which is controlled under the iron fist of its "Dear Leader" David Miscavige.
The same church of scientology with an elite quazi-military corps called the Sea Org.
The same Sea Org to which all employees of the Associate of Better Living and Education (ABLE) belong.
The same ABLE to which all Narconon organisations must pay license fees.
It doesn't matter how many clinics Narconon has, the fact is it doesn't have that many in the UK, only a few in the US and it's main operation in Canada has been shut down. All that matters is the clinics should be properly regulated and if they cannot meet proper health and safety protocols and proper scientific scrutiny then they should be shut down, as happened with Narconon in Quebec Canada.
@ jojolv "How can it be bad? It KILLS people.
LRH was a high-school drop out, was relieved of both of his Navy ship commands due to incompetence, lived off his grand father's money and dabbled in science fiction writing. Are those the credentials of a founder of a rehab program? Hell no! This man's life was a web of deceit and fraud, like he was on a bad trip. Any one who follows any of his nonsense - psychology, religion, psychology or whatever it is needs to have his head examined. Oh yes, it is all science fiction!
I find it hard to accept that adult Americans would even
think this crap is real. If you haven't read it head on over to wikipedia and
read some. You will never look at Travolta or Cruise the same way again, surely
they are insane. Unfortunately we live in a free society and there is not much
we can do about it except teaching your children that yes monsters are real and
then show them a picture of Tom Cruise and Travolta.
Scientology is a self-styled 'religion' (purely for tax purposes) created by a hack sci-fi writer who was A) not a theologian, b) not a doctor, c) not a mental health professional. I hear he came up with it to satisfy a drunken bet. Their theories and practices have nothing to do with religion, medicine, or psychology (except in the brainwashing sense). Anyone who buys into their ridiculous claims or routines of "auditing," "clearing," or purification, or trusts a celebrity endorsement for the hokum, really does need their head examined. But not by the scientologists. There will always be gullible, desperate, needy people who find this kind of nonsense appealing.
Celebrities (i.e. the MONEY) receive special treatment in unbelievable luxury. It's not surprising that some of them are true believers -- they don't see the seamy underbelly of this nightmare. Ask anyone who lives near a scientology compound about the scary shock troops and insane behavior and the wrecked lives that result.
I need the proof that this drug rehab has successfully cured ten of thousand people.BULL. and this fauclty (cult) says they cant devulge more information on a patient, because of the FEDERAL, PRIVACY LAW"??? HUH Since when. What bothers me the most, is how many people believe in Scientology. Dang hope some org, gets involved in the death of these young people, and can shut them down. I am so glad after going to the (cult church) for 4 years, i decided they were all nuts, money hungry, and liars. Plus the Leader, (Minister aka) and staff were having orgys on a cruise. THIS I know to be true, as my trusted friend went, and promtly came home early, when she was approced by a staff member to have sex. and get paid.
What is the connection between Big Psycho Pharma's killer drugs, propaganda pieces from "Rock Center" (great name) and the Rothschild/Rockefeller genocidal bankster cult
with their DEpopulation agenda?
http://aidseugenics.blogspot.com/2007/12/truth-about-rockefeller-drug-empire.html
"Is it any wonder, asked Bealle, that the Rockefellers and their stooges in the Food and Drug Administration, the US Public Health Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the Better Business Bureau, the Army Medical Corps, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and thousands of health officers all over the country, should combine to put out of business all forms of therapy that discourage the use of drugs." The last annual report of the Rockefeller Foundation", reported Bealle, "itemizes the gifts it has made to colleges and public agencies in the past 44 years [written in 1949?], and they total somewhat over half a billion dollars.
These colleges, of course, teach their students all the drug lore the Rockefeller pharmaceutical houses want taught. Otherwise there would be no more gifts, just as there are no gifts to any of the 30 odd colleges in the United States that don' t use therapies based on drugs."Harvard, with its well-publicized medical school, has received $8,764,433 of Rockefeller's Drug Trust money, Yale got $7,927,800, Johns
Hopkins $10,418,531, Washington University in St. Louis $2,842,132, New York's
Columbia University $5,424,371, Cornell University $1,709,072, etc., etc."
And while "giving away" those huge sums to drug-propagandizing colleges, the Rockefeller interests were growing to a world-wide web that no one could entirely explore. Already well over 30 years ago it was large enough for Bealle to demonstrate that the Rockefeller interests had created, built up and developed the most far reaching industrial empire ever conceived in the mind of man. Standard Oil was of course
the foundation upon which all of the other Rockefeller industries have been built."
And how much has L.R. Hubbard bilked out of the many thousands of dumb@$$e$ he's managed to mind screw over the years? I'm willing to bet it's well over the paltry sums you've posted above, and probably ruined many more lives than drug research ever has. You really need to take your garbage back to seaorg chump. No one wants to hear your dribble.
Mr Byrnes Have You No Soul, seriously you keep reguritating that Pharma is killing everyone and corrupt.
This Story is about the Unwarrented Death of a 20yr Old Female. She would not have died if proper procedures had been followed.
She returned to the facility Tested Positive for Opiates and then was sent off Unattended to a room to Die.
Any Reputable Drug Rehab Facility would have had a Medical Professional Place Her Under Observation during this period and be with the young lady during this time. If the Young Lady had gone into Overdose the Medical Professional would have easily been able to Save Her Life.
That is the story sir people Dying in this Sham Narconon facility which is a Scientology enterprize operated under the WISE umbrella front company.
I find it very troubling that you are not the least bit concerned over the deaths at Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma. Rather you attempt (horribly) to attack the pharmaceutical industry again FAIL. I've read and seen your postings they are repetitive and childish. Do you have some vested interest in all of this, are you an agent of Scientology, Narconon, ABLE, WISE or some other front company?
Please address the task at hand which is an unscrupulous medically unsound entity attempted to take peoples money saying the are a drug rehabilitation faciltity known as Narconon.
Family Members, Please research Narconon before you would ever allow your loved one to participate in their program. Once you educate yourselves you Will Not allow them to go to such an Unsafe program.
No, it wouldn't matter, PatJ. While big pharma isn't at all blameless in many way, Larry's agenda is different than yours. His is to convince people to buy into Scientology and/or turn away from traditional medicine. While I tend to turn to alternative medicine before traditional, I would never say they both don't have a place and I wouldn't ever tell a person to get off a medicine and come follow me.
Let's see - "Rock Center's" (wonderful name!) article starts off with big name celebs.
Is this not a heartless explotation of a family's tragedy?
Is this not complete disrespect for their feelings cloaked in a covert, hypocritical and inflammatory propaganda from NBC which accepts billions in ad money from Big Pharma to push their killer drugs?
This series from NBC is standard operating procedure in the purposely created drug racket. NBC gets billions in ad money from Big Pharma and this propaganda series is called collateral support.
Any wonder why any drug rehab program that has a proven record of saving lives and is drug free gets viciously attacked by Big Pharma?
An FBI/CIA propaganda agent named Richard Behar working for Mitch Daniels of Eli Lilly tried the same operation in th early 90s with a Time Magazine story.
Time - the same magazine that made Adolph Hitler man of the year before he slaughtered millions in Europe. Of course Hitler was financed by the Rothschild/Rockefeller bankster cult.
Time's founder, Henry Luce, died of LSD addiction - Nazi psychiatric drug that wiped out the lives of MANY young Americans.
Do you think the drug culture in this society is accidental?
And those Big Pharma companies that make billions from the destroyed liives - are they heartless?
And how about the CIA/MI6/Mossad Intel agencies that control the drug traffic internationally.
And the heroin boom in Afghanistan where so many young American lives have been lost and innocent civilians slaughtered. The poppy fields guarded by American military financed by YOUR tax dollars!
Are the banksters responsible for financing bothsides of genocidal wars and their propaganda agents heartless?
We'll no doubt find out soon in the upcoming War crimes tribunals.
Did we learn nothing from the silence of the majority of citizens in Europe pre WW II which allowed Hilter to come to power and the holocaust to happen?
Jealous, because those celebrities are NOT associated with Scientology? Yep.
Scientology just loves to collect celebrities as a way of burnishing their own image. Unfortunately, that tends to backfire when the celeb goes off the deep end in public, or has their career crash and burn and ends up a has-been.
As for your paranoid anti-medicine rant, it's just a reflection of L Ron's own paranoid delusions, and his hatred of anything threatening the profits of his "Dianetics" empire. Like Scientology itself, it has no facts and no proof, just assertions.
Bravo on an informative/well written article on an interesting topic!
Medical treatment being administered by a whackjob cult.
What could possibly go wrong?
"We are the authorities on getting people off drugs," Tom Cruise said
THE authority-the one with the most long term success with drug and alcohol addiction is Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. That is a fact! So eat crap Cruise.
And BTW, AA and NA are free!
I attended Narconon in 2007. I'm happy to share my experience with anyone who would like to know the truth about the place. my email is stopthebus@gmail.com.
One thing you need to know is that according to narconon, 75% OF "GRADUATES" go on to lead drug and alcohol free lives. But unless you commit to narconon and their beliefs you will never graduate! (Please note that upon "graduation" you are expected to go to work for Narconon for room and board and $50 a week!) I, like so many others, simply disappeared from narconon one day. I was kicked out of their program because I questioned medically the 30,000 milligrams of Niacin I was being forced to take a day. I was physically manhandled by two of narconon's "security team," driven to a remote city and literally abandoned. And yes, I did spend countless hours yelling at an ash tray.
....so if i write a bestselling self-help book .....and get a bunch of followers behind me..... I can legally neglect people until their dead?
Scientology is pure hokum. They prey on the naive and the gullible. They are after one thing: your money. Hopefully this article will help prevent more innocents being victimized.