Scientology

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by the article

Driven by a need to address the rampant drug problem in his community, McLaughlin spent years searching for a solution before he discovered "Narconon," Scientology's nonprofit drug rehab center, in 2001.

Holy crap--Narconon is the Scientologists? I had no idea. (I thought it was "Narcanon," but google seems to say they're the same thing.)

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Holy crap--Narconon is the Scientologists? I had no idea. (I thought it was "Narcanon," but google seems to say they're the same thing.)

It is and it is not effective at all, their numbers are lower than those who try to quit on their own.
At least AA is the same as those who quit on their own.
Religion is a bad substitute for another addiction... send your friends to a real program that uses behavioral replacement therapy and teaches them their triggers and how to deal with them.