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Dec 28, 1981
Narconon: Anti-drug program with roots in Scientology doesn't live up to claims of support, success — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Jul 18, 1981
Digest / [re. Douglas Sadwick in jail for contempt of court] — Evening Independent (Florida)
May 17, 1980
Scientologist may face more contempt of court charges — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
For the second time, Circuit Judge John S. Andrews has ordered Church of Scientology guardian Douglas Sadwick to appear in court to face possible contempt charges. Friday's order stemmed from Sadwick's continued refusal to cooperate in a criminal investigation of members of the Church of Scientology. On Monday, Andrews sentenced Sadwick to 90 days an jail for contempt of court. Sadwick is appealing the decision. Now Sadwick faces another possible jail sentence for his refusal to answer a series of questions ...
Apr 25, 1980
Scientologist jailed for silence in racket probe — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Craig Roberton
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — Church of Scientology spokesman Milt Wolfe went to jail Thursday for refusing to cooperate in an investigation involving alleged racketeering, infiltration and harassment by church members. Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge John S. Andrew, found Wolfe in contempt of court and sentenced him to 45 days for repeatedly refusing to answer a question put to him by investigators from State Attorney James T. Russell's office. ANDREWS ALSO refused to set bail for Wolfe, pending his appeal of the contempt citation, a ...
Apr 18, 1980
Scientology officials jailed for ignoring subpoenas — Clearwater Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Craig Roberton
Source: Clearwater Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — Church of Scientology spokesman Milt Wolfe and another church official were jailed Thursday for failing to respond to subpoenas by Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney James T. Russel. Wolfe and Ted Froyland, an official of the church's Ministry of Legal Affairs, were taken into custody by detectives from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office at 3 p.m., according to sheriff's spokesman Merrill Stebbins. After spending less than two hours in custody, the two Scientologists were released on their own recognisance by Circuit ...
Dec 7, 1979
Five Scientology leaders receive prison sentences — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Aug 20, 1977
National church group argues to free Scientology minister — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 2, 1977
Smyrna drug program draws on teachings of Scientology / Drug project suspected as mask for cult — Sunday News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware)
Dec 17, 1975
The four basic social programs — Hawaiian American (Honolulu)
Apr 7, 1974
Narconon programs help addicts in prisons, community centers — Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania)
Oct 19, 1973
55 of 88 students listed drug histories // Classes link Scientology, Narconon — El Paso Herald-Post
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Type: Press
Source: El Paso Herald-Post
Narconon has been trying to make a name for itself since opening offices at 101 Montana avenue in June. It is described as a program to help drug addicts overcome the habit and to help prevent drug addiction. The executive director, Brent Davis, has been speaking to civic clubs to acquaint them with Narconon's efforts. PTAs and similar groups that have not yet heard the message have been offered speakers. THE OFFICE and classroom were donated for Narconon's use ...
Aug 17, 1972
At St. Vincent de Paul // Prison worker hits poor reform — Montreal Gazette
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Type: Press
Author(s): Mary Janigan
Source: Montreal Gazette
Few inmates become reformed at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary because prison rehabilitation programs are negligible, a Toronto prison worker said yesterday. Phil McAiney, director of the rehabilitation program Narconon, spent two days recently at the Special Correction Unit of the maximum security institution. He classified relations between the staff and inmates as "open warfare where hatred and fear are the weapons". And he charged that rehabilitation programs consist only of baseball and a weekly visit by the prison psychiatrist. "The ...
Jun 13, 1972
Narconon promises 80% cure // 'I'll have them off drugs in a week' — The Day (New London, Connecticut)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Marilyn Brayne
Source: The Day (New London, Connecticut)
New London may soon have a drug rehabilitation program that guarantees 80 per cent rate of cure after only four to eight weeks of treatment. "There are no other existing program that have a higher rate of cure than 30 per cent," said the Rev. James Meisler, minister of public relations of the Church of Scientology of New York. "Narconon guarantees an 80 per cent effective rate of cure." Narconon is an offshoot of the Church of Scientology. "If a drug ...
Aug 28, 1971
Miami Scientologists seek drug programs in prisons — Miami News
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Type: Press
Author(s): Bob Wilcox
Source: Miami News
Representatives of the Miami Scientology Church, aderents of a controversial but growing religion, are to meet with state drug abuse officials soon. They want to put a Scientology rehabilitation program into the state's prisons. The subject of much criticism since its founding in the 1950s, the church has recently gained official status as a religion from the courts, and along with it permission to use a crude lie-detector device in its psychiatric counseling. Counseling is at the heart of Scientology. Scientologists ...
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 15 Is Scientology Political? — Tower Publications, Inc.
May 20, 1970
Former narcotics addicts find answers in philosophy — The Star
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Type: Press
Author(s): Helen Cornell
Source: The Star
At one time the slender young man was an expert at stealing food and cigarettes from grocery stores, including supermarkets on the Westside. He was cornpletely hooked on Heroin. His bigger, athletic-looking friend – they met later – was pushing enough LSD to support a $150 a month apartment. He managed to keep high on LSD, himself. Both had the clutch experience of ultimate, nerve shattering, being set up by "Narcs," successfully; they were arrested, in separate incidents, and sentenced to ...
May 20, 1970
Narconon to give awards — The Star
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Type: Press
Source: The Star
A former mayor and police commissioner, Scientology representatives, and former inmates will be participating in a special awards event at the Arizona State Prison on May 22. The event is sponsored by NARCONON, Scientology-based rehabilitation program, which is also active in California and Illinois. The awards will be presented to prison officials by NARCONON's nationwide supervisor, Arthur J.Maren. Recipients of the awards will be the Assistant Superintendent of Custody, Dale F. Brandfas, and John Russell, Construction Foreman, NARCONON's first sponsor. "The ...
May 19, 1970
Narcotic-rehabilitation efforts to be rewarded — Gazette (Phoenix, AZ)
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Type: Press
Source: Gazette (Phoenix, AZ)
Two Arizona State Prison officials will receive special awards Friday for their efforts with a narcotic-rehabilitation program at the prison. Dale F. Brandfas, assistant superintendent of custody, and John Russell, construction foreman, will receive awards from Arthur J. Maren, nationwide supervisor of Narconon. Narconon is a rehabilitative program for prisoners who are addicted to drugs, and is based on a body of philosophy known as scientology. The prison officials are receiving the awards for their contributions of "support, time and effort" ...
Apr 30, 1970
Scientology presents Narconon program — Wilshire Press
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Type: Press
Source: Wilshire Press
The Church of Scientology of California's "Narconon" presented "Clergymen and Educators Drug Abuse Conference," April 29, at the Los Angeles Hilton. "The conference presented current programs effective in alleviating drug problems. No program which employs drug or electric shock therapy was presented, as it has been discovered that groups which condone these techniques have only been pretending to be effective in drug rehabilitation," said Max Prudente, Scientology spokesman. Narconon, an addict rehabilitation program sponsored by the Church of Scientology of California ...
Apr 29, 1970
It's an escape but // Heroin's worse than any of the problems, former addict declares — The Star
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Type: Press
Author(s): Helen Cornell
Source: The Star
Is your child a doper? How can you tell? These questions were put to Dr. George Stavros, medical doctor working with CODAC, community organization formed to combat drug abuse, during a panel discussion at Starlight Park School last week. "The telltale signs are sometimes obvious, some-times subtle. But most of the time they will be there. The young people will do something, leave something. It's almost a plea to be discovered," Dr. Stavros told an audience of some 60 people. Drugs ...
Apr 23, 1970
Drugs conference open to everyone — Westlake Post
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Type: Press
Source: Westlake Post
The "Clergymen and Educators Drug Abuse Conference," sponsored by the Church of Scientology of California, will feature drug abuse information on programs which are producing results in the alleviation of drug problems, officials announced. The conference will be held at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel Sierra Room Wednesday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Church of Scientology announced that programs which condone the use of drug therapy, electric shock and other crude, psuedo-scientific techniques will not be included in ...
Jan 28, 1970
Narconon offers convicts new rehabilitation program — Pali Press (Hawaii)
Lock up, rub down // State lawmakers push dubious Mexican drug rehab program — Phoenix New Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Amy Silverman
Source: Phoenix New Times
State Senator Tom Smith spent time recently in a Mexican prison. And loved it. Now, Smith (who was just visiting the jail, not locked up in it) and some of his colleagues are clamoring for Arizona to be the first state to use an experimental drug treatment program for prisoners. Inmates would swallow massive amounts of vitamins, sweat in a sauna for up to five hours a day and massage each other. At Smith's urging, officials at the state departments of ...
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