Archive for January, 2010
Type 2 Diabetes Treatment (Diabetes #6)
Lindsay Lohan Crisis
NARCONON Georgia has another awesome graduation and gains an employee!
The Oklahoma State Board of Mental Health found that “No scientifically well-controlled independent, long-term outcome studies were found that directly and clearly establish the effectiveness of the Narconon program for the treatment of chemical dependency and the more credible evidence establishes Narconon’s program is not effective.” Narconon International shares the Los Angeles address and suite number of ABLE (Association for Better Living and Education). ABLE is a well known Scientology front organization. The words “Scientology” and “Dianetics” are carefully avoided in all Narconon promotional literature, and Narconon attempts to present itself as something separate from Scientology and Dianetics, but the curriculum gives the game away. The Narconon “New Life” program is basically an 8 part introduction to Scientology. According to the newspaper Detroit News, Scientology Inc leader L. Ron Hubbard created Narconon and ran it to recruit former addicts into the mob. Courses taught were virtually identical to those offered by the Scientology business and included material packaged as the “Communications Course”, the “Study Course”, and the “Objectives Course”. Michigan Corrections Department psychologist John Hand called Narconon “so misleading as to be termed a ‘con.’” Hand said, “They are phony, a front for the ‘Church’ of Scientology. We found out in Michigan that most of the money that we were paying Narconon was laundered back into the ‘Church’ of Scientology.” In the wake of the revelations, a 1980 prison study concluded that “graduates of the Narconon program do not do as well as our [prison] population in general.” Funding for the Narconon program in the prison system was terminated. (Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times, 28 Dec 1981)
Bob Weir Anti Drug PSA
Slide show of Bob Weir anti-drug Public Service Announcement from a mid-Seventies PSA LP entitled “Get Off.” The album, produced by the National Association of Progressive Radio Announces, Inc., also features psas by Glenn Frey, Ringo Starr and Phil Ochs among many other ironic talent choices. The front cover the LP features an extreme close-up of a hypodermic needle and the back cover shows outstretched fingers toward the sun. The covers open up in a gatefold which must have been convenient for Seventies djs who were tired of using “Blonde on Blonde” to de-seed their stash.
Latisse in Florida: eyelash growth drug gets FDA-approval
Ready for dispensing in Florida, Dr. Bauman has Latisse for eyelash growth for his patients. Eyelash transplant pioneer and board-certified hair restoration physician, Dr. Bauman, is one of a handful of physicians who received the medication ahead of most practices and all pharmacies. As a dispensing physician in Florida, Dr. Bauman can dispense the medication to patients after an appropriate medical consultation. The drug may be used as a stand-alone treatment or in conjunction with eyelash transplants. This news interview was videod in Phoenix, Arizona while Dr. Bauman was lecturing on Eyelash Transplant procedures at the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) Annual Meeting.
Drug PSA(re-edit)
NARCONON Arrowhead talks about Scientology’s ‘Disconnect’ policy that destroys families
Michigan Corrections Department psychologist John Hand called Narconon “so misleading as to be termed a ‘con.’” Hand said, “They are phony, a front for the ‘Church’ of Scientology. We found out in Michigan that most of the money that we were paying Narconon was laundered back into the ‘Church’ of Scientology.” In the wake of the revelations, a 1980 prison study concluded that “graduates of the Narconon program do not do as well as our [prison] population in general.” Funding for the Narconon program in the prison system was terminated. (Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times, 28 Dec 1981)