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About the Narconon® Program
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William Benitez, an inmate of Arizona State Prison, founded the NARCONON program in 1966. Benitez read a book by American author L. Ron Hubbard, and by applying the principles it contained on increasing one's abilities, he and dozens of other inmates were able to permanently end their addictions to heroin. The Narconon program has evolved from that simple beginning to a worldwide network of drug prevention and drug-free social education rehabilitation centers. |
| William Benitez (far
right) with the first Narconon group in
1966 |
"You
may have noticed that society is rapidly going
downhill... And the most serious part of this is
that drugs, both medical and street drugs, have
disabled a majority of those who could have
handled it, including the political leaders, and
have even paralyzed the coming generations." L.
Ron Hubbard
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William
Benitez
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L.
Ron Hubbard |
Narconon centers around the world are educating hundreds of thousands of people and rehabilitating thousands of addicts. The Narconon program is a non-profit public benefit organization dedicated to eliminating drug abuse through prevention, education and rehabilitation.
The Narconon network consists of
over 100 rehabilitation and drug prevention centers
around the world. Our rehabilitation centers produce
graduates, the majority of whom have demonstrated they
can live stable, ethical, productive, drug-free lives.
The Narconon drug prevention centers educate hundreds of
thousands of people each year with live presentations
and bring the truth to many more through video
presentations and written
materials.
The Narconon drug rehabilitation program is an entirely drug-free social education program. The key to the success of the Narconon program
is the Drug Rehabilitation Technology developed by
author and humanitarian, L. Ron Hubbard. This
methodology has been used successfully by hundreds of
thousands of people around the world to rid themselves
of the need for drugs and to regain control of their
lives.
The Narconon
drug prevention and education program takes a
comprehsive approach to preventing drug use through
effective educational programs with school children,
parents and educators, training for peer leaders and
professionals, and broad information
campaigns.
Narconon International, the administrative and promotional international coordinating office in Hollywood, California, was formed up actually long after the network of individual Narconon centers had existed. With dozens of staff speaking many languages, Narconon International licenses new centers worldwide. Beyond providing managerial expertise to the network, its senior function is to monitor and support the highest level of technical and administrative excellence throughout the network. The International office has also spearheaded drug education delivery and other drug prevention events to hundreds of thousands of students and others in southern California. Supporting the office is Friends of Narconon International, whose staff have produced and distributed drug education videos and curriculum including The Truth About Drugs: What is it? and Marijuana: The Myth. The Narconon International Science Advisory Board has also sponsored research, outcome studies, and international peer-review conferences on L. Ron Hubbard's sauna detoxification protocol, including conferences in Los Angeles in 1995, Stockholm in 1997, and Oklahoma in 2001.
Grateful
acknowledgement is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for
permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted
works of L. Ron
Hubbard. | |
Copyright © 2004 Narconon Idaho. All rights reserved. NARCONON and the Narconon logo are trademarks and service marks owned by the Association for Better Living and Education International and are used with its permission.
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