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Mar 27, 2011
Narconon’s Big Con — The Fix
Type: Press
Author(s):
Mark Ebner ,
Walter Armstrong Source:
The Fix The Scientology-backed rehab promises addicts they can sweat out their demons in sweltering saunas. But critics charge that the organization is the devil itself. L. Ron Hubbard, the prolific science fiction author and founder of the Church of Scientology, may have been judged “a mental case” (according to the F.B.I.) and “a pathological liar” (according to a Los Angeles Supreme Court judge), but to tens of thousands of his eager followers worldwide, the man discovered an approach to recovery that outclasses ...
Jul 9, 2010
Declaration of Robert V. Levine, Ph.D.
Type: Declaration
[...] 72. Guilt, shame, and separation constituted the social and psychological force that induced sustained, long-term commitment. Physical force, physical abuse and the fear of even greater abuse if one tried to escape were powerful deterrents to any attempts to leave. It could easily be argued that these coercions could have been sufficient to keep anyone from ever making an attempt to get out. There was, though, another level of forces exerted by Scientology that made leaving even more costly – ...
Nov 3, 2009
McAlester not affected by Narconon boil order — McAlester News-Capital (Oklahoma)
Nov 12, 2001
Tribes seek new tenant for school — Daily Oklahoman
Type: Press
Author(s):
Dawn Marks Source:
Daily Oklahoman The Indian school on the prairie stands empty once again. Chilocco, once active with American Indian youth learning skills for life now is quiet, its century-old limestone buildings sagging. Tribal leaders know the value of the site north of Newkirk, both cultural and economic, and are trying to find a new tenant. Narconon, a drug-treatment center that uses the teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, has moved its drug and alcohol treatment center from Chilocco to Arrowhead Lodge ...
Jul 1, 2001
Controversial drug treatment center moving — The Oklahoman
Type: Press
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The Oklahoman Newkirk — In 1989, Newkirk residents prepared for a battle to stop the establishment of a drug and alcohol treatment program north of their town. It was an often bitter fight through the court system that lasted almost three years. Then, Narconon International received its certification in 1992 to establish a treatment center six miles north of Newkirk leased from five Indian tribes. Now, Narconon is closing its Newkirk branch in favor of combining the entire treatment site at Arrowhead Lodge ...
Mar 29, 1994
Alberta natives warned about U.S. drug program — Calgary Herald (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bob Beaty Source:
Calgary Herald (Canada) Scientology course 'potentially dangerous,' says Oklahoma report A drug treatment program backed by a controversial church is trying to sell Alberta natives addiction-cure services that medical experts have warned are unsafe and ineffective. As many as 10 Alberta reserves have been approached by Narconon, a U.S.-based program associated with the Church of Scientology. The program — which costs about $18,000 US and prescribes daily saunas and megavitamin doses — has been rejected by a U.S. state board of health because it ...
Aug 15, 1992
Narconon gets state mental health exemption — The OklahomanMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael McNutt ,
Enid Bureau Source:
The Oklahoman A controversial drug and alcohol abuse center in north-central Oklahoma achieved a big victory Friday in its two-year battle for state approval. Less than a year after calling Narconon Chilocco New Life Center's treatment program unsafe and experimental, the Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services voted unanimously Friday to exempt the facility from a state requirement to be certified. The decision came after Narconon showed it had gained approval from a private organization, the Commission for Accreditation of ...
Dec 17, 1991
Narconon decision draws fire — Daily OklahomanMore: link
Dec 14, 1991
Board denies certification for Narconon — The Oklahoman
Aug 31, 1989
Narconon researches opposition // Scientology group hires investigator, buys ad — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma) According to a story by Michael McNutt in the August 25th edition of The Daily Oklahoman , an alleged Scientology group operating as Narconon near Newkirk has hired a private investigator to find the extent of illegal drug use in Kay County and the identity of those opposing "effective drug rehabilitation programs." Actually, the private investigator was hired over a month ago. Newkirk Mayor Garry Bilger says that he was visited by Woody Bastemeyer, owner of Western Investigating, 4423 N. Greenvale Circle, ...
Jul 30, 1989
New drug clinic splinters Oklahoma town // Scientology-affiliated treatment center alarms Newkirk residents — Dallas Morning NewsMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Arnold Hamilton Source:
Dallas Morning News NEWKIRK, Okla. — The people of this farming hamlet near the Oklahoma-Kansas border thought the idea was the perfect tonic for their rural economic ills. Out-of-state investors offered to take over the abandoned Chilocco Indian School and transform it into a major drug and alcohol treatment center. They signed a 25-year lease — worth an estimated $16 million — with the five tribes that control the campus. They brought expectations of new jobs and increased business for the area. Now, only ...
Jul 27, 1989
Mayor launches Narconon inquiry after receiving adverse reports from at least five other states More: link
Type: Press
Newkirk Mayor Garry Bilger says in the past two weeks he has been receiving mail from all over the country since an Associated Press article concerning Narconon Chilocco was released. The article, which appeared in newspapers from Corpus Christi, Tx. to the New York Times, seems to have prompted the letters to Bilger. "I haven't received a letter favorable to the Narconon program yet... they are all negative." For example, a writer from Illinois says, "I can empathize with your town' ...
Jul 17, 1989
Oklahomans question a drug project — New York Times
Jul 17, 1989
Town Welcomes, Then Questions a Drug Project — New York Times
Type: Press
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New York Times NEWKIRK, Okla., July 16—When a California group received Oklahoma's permission to open a 75-bed drug and alcohol treatment center on an Indian reservation, people in nearby Newkirk thought the project would ease local economic troubles brought on by slumps in the oil and farming businesses. The initial euphoria has been replaced by distrust, frustration and fear. Townspeople say the California group, Narconon International, has not been honest about its affiliation with the Church of Scientology, its financing, its medical credentials and ...
Jul 13, 1989
"They Totally Misrepresented What They Are Doing" — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Scott McCartney Source:
Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma) NEWKIRK, OK., (AP) Crews chip away old paint and hack at knee-high weeds at the abandoned Chilocco Indian School, seemingly unaffected by the tempest brewing in this remote comer of Oklahoma. When a California group received state permission for a 75-bed drug and alcohol treatment center, Newkirk thought the project on the reservation six miles away would solve local economic troubles brought on by oil and fanning slumps. But the initial euphoria, like the old paint, has chipped away, replaced by ...
Jul 13, 1989
Thirty attend Narconon open house Sunday afternoon More: link
Type: Press
Gary Smith, public relations representative for Narconon New Life Center at Chilocco said Tuesday that about 30 people attended an event in celebration of the next phase of the Narconon renovation project last Sunday afternoon. Highlights of the event, according to a press release issued by Smith, included a local band, STOC, from Redrock, rides for the children on the Chilocco red fire engine and a cooling run through the spray from the engine's hoses. The get-together concluded with a traditional ...
Jul 11, 1989
Newkirk worries about Scientology link / Tempest brewing over planned drug treatment facility — Enid News and Eagle (Oklahoma)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Scott McCartney Source:
Enid News and Eagle (Oklahoma) NEWKIRK — Crews chip away old paint and hack at knee-high weeds at the abandoned Chilocco Indian School, seemingly unaffected by the tempest brewing in this remote comer of Oklahoma. When a California group received state permission for a 75-bed drug and alcohol treatment center, Newkirk thought the project on the reservation six miles away would solve local economic troubles brought on by oil and fanning slumps. But the initial euphoria, like the old paint, has chipped away, replaced by distrust, ...
Jan 7, 1982
Be wary on Narconon, School Board avised — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Dec 28, 1981
Narconon: Anti-drug program with roots in Scientology doesn't live up to claims of support, success — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Oct 2, 1981
Funds pledged after TV drug show may filter to Scientology-linked group — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Narconon International: Form 990 filings
Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc. (Narconon Arrowhead): Form 990 filings
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