What is Narconon?
Narconon is a highly effective drug-free withdrawal, detoxification and rehabilitation program which utilizes techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard to give drug and alcohol abusers back control of their lives. Meaning "non-narcosis" or "no drugs," Narconon started as a grassroots movement in the mid-1960s when a prisoner in the Arizona State Penitentiary solved his own drug problem using the principles expounded in one of L. Ron Hubbard’s books. He then used what he learned to help solve drug-related problems of many of his fellow inmates.
Narconon conducts broad public education campaigns to alert the general public, especially school children, to the dangers of drug use and abuse.
Courts refer individuals guilty of drug-related offenses to Narconon instead of jailing them.
Dr. Forrest Tennant, who has served as consultant on drug abuse to many sports organizations, including the National Football League, and now administers a system of 30 neighborhood medical and substance abuse clinics, wrote of Narconon, "Perhaps only a physician like myself can truly appreciate Narconon’s willingness to treat the hardcore addict. Narconon takes people no one else will. If you come to my clinics and I couldn’t help you I don’t have anywhere else to send you except Narconon."
- Narconon has 40 centers in 14 countries, including the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and England. A Narconon center is also forming in Russia.
- According to private and governmental studies, 65 to 85 percent of the program’s graduates remain off drugs two years after the program and have no involvement in drug-related crimes or drug dealing. Most other programs have a 15 percent success rate.
- In the last five years, more than 6,000 addicts have successfully come off drugs through Narconon.
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