| Arizona |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
- The original home of Narconon, established in 1966 by William
Benitez.
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| Locations |
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| News and Events |
- 19 February 1966 - While incarcerated in
Arizona State Prison, William Benitez establishes the first
Narconon programme after reading Hubbard's book The Fundamentals
of Thought.
- 11 September 1978 - Narconon Arizona is incorporated.
(Source: Corporate records, Arizona Secretary of State)
- 10 July 1982 - Narconon Arizona has its incorporation
revoked after failing to file its annual report.
(Source: Corporate records, Arizona Secretary of State)
- 13 March 1985 - Narconon is incorporated
in Arizona (but no longer calls itself "Narconon Arizona".
(Source: Corporate records, Arizona Secretary of State)
- 10 October 1989 - Narconon has its incorporation
revoked after again failing to file its annual report.
(Source: Corporate records, Arizona Secretary of State)
- 19 December 2000 - Narconon Cochise County
is incorporated with its agent named as being Thomas Floyd,
a corrections officer at the Douglas State Prison in the county.
He also happens to be a Scientologist and has a home page at
http://scientologist.myhomepage.org/thomasfloyd/myself.htm.
(Source: Corporate records, Arizona Secretary of State)
- 5 October 2002 - Narconon Cochise County
is dissolved.
(Source: Corporate records, Arizona Secretary of State)
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| California |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
- Narconon's worldwide headquarters, Narconon International,
has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, not far from
the Church of Scientology's worldwide headquarters.
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| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1 May 1970 - Narconon New Life Program is
incorporated in the State of California as a non-profit corporation.
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
- June 1972 - Narconon New Life Program begins
in Los Angeles, CA as an office that deals with out-patients.
There is no official funding at this time.
- 15 June 1973 - A Narconon branch is incorporated
in Palo Alto.
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
- 7 November 1973 - Following a proposal by
Narconon for $330,000 of state funding, Narconon New Life Program
receives its first funding under Senate Bill 714 and a contract
is awarded on behalf of the State of California.
- 1 July 1974 - Following a proposal by Narconon
for $497,000 of state funding, a second contract is awarded
on behalf of the State of California.
- 19 August 1974 - A Narconon branch is incorporated
in Berkeley.
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
- 6 September 1974 - A Narconon branch is incorporated
in Sacramento.
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
- 31 October 1974 - The State Department of
Health evaluates the Narconon centre in Los Angeles, faulting
many aspects of the programme and castigating it for its lack
of medical value. The evaluation team decides that "Detoxification
procedures should be stopped on the premises since their procedures
are without proper medical supervision and may be dangerous"
and recommend that state funding be terminated.
(Source: "Outline
for recovery, House Evaluation")
- January 1977 - The city of Palo Alto produces
an evaluation of the contract it had with Narconon, highlighting
many deficiencies in the programme and its management and citing
"low levels of performance". The programme is terminated.
(Source: "Annual
Performance Evaluation of the City of Palo Alto's Contract with
Narconon Palo Alto")
- 11 March 1981 - "The Friends of Narconon",
an organisation for ex-Narconon members, is incorporated.
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
- 1 July 1982 - Narconon Berkeley is suspended
(i.e. goes out of business).
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
- 1 June 1987 - Narconon Palo Alto is suspended.
(Source: Corporate records, California Secretary of State)
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| Colorado |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon Colorado
10374 N. Federal
Denver,
Colorado 80221
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| News and Events |
- 1980 - Narconon program run at Lookout Mountain
School for Boys is terminated.
(Source: St. Petersburg Times, 28 Dec 1981)
- 26 June 1997 - Narconon Colorado is incorporated.
Its registered agent, Michael Wirsing, is listed in Scientology's
Impact magazine as a Patron of the International Association
of Scientologists (i.e. having donated at least $40,000 to the
cause).
(Source: Corporate records, Colorado Secretary of State)
- 1 December 1999 - Narconon Colorado is dissolved.
(Source: Corporate records, Colorado Secretary of State)
- 21 October 2002 - Narconon Colorado applies
for reinstatement.
(Source: Corporate records, Colorado Secretary of State)
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| Connecticut |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1976 - Narconon program in the Montville
Correctional Facility is terminated.
(Source: St. Petersburg Times, 28 Dec 1981)
- (Date unknown) Narconon Connecticut, located in New
London, is dissolved for persistent failure to file its annual
report.
(Source: Corporate records, Connecticut Secretary of State)
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| Delaware |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1972 - A Narconon program is introduced into
the Delaware prisons in Smyrna and Georgetown.
(Source: Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, January 2,
1977)
- 1973-76 - About $60,000 in federal funds
and about $6,000 in state funds is expended on the continuing
Narconon programs in the Smyrna and Georgetown, DE prisons.
(Source: Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, January 2,
1977)
- 1976 - A study by the Delaware State Agency
to Reduce Crime contradicts Narconon's claims of success and
raises doubts regarding the connection of Narconon and the Church
of Scientology. In the summer of 1976 funding runs out and the
program is disbanded. An investigation is launched by the intelligence
unit of the state police.
(Source: Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, January 2,
1977)
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| Florida |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
- Clearwater, Florida is Scientology's worldwide spiritual headquarters.
Not surprisingly, the state branch of Narconon is located in
that town.
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| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 30 June 1976 - Narconon Florida is incorporated
in Perrine.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 14 December 1982 - Narconon Florida is "involuntarily
dissolved".
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 3 July 1986 - Narconon of Miami is incorporated.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 16 November 1986 - Narconon of Miami is involuntarily
dissolved.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 26 January 1990 - Narconon Florida is incorporated
again, this time in Bradenton.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 9 October 1992 - Narconon Florida is dissolved
again.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 11 August 1995 - Narconon Florida is incorporated
yet again, in its present location in Clearwater. Its registered
agent is one Charles Perry, a Scientologist lawyer who during
the 1980s was treasurer of the involuntarily-dissolved Church
of Scientology of Clearwater, Inc. He was also the principal
of the now-dissolved Notawog Personal Management (sic)
and the intriguingly named Freedom from the Press Association.
The President is Cheryl Alderman, Executive Director of Narconon
Florida, inevitably also a Scientologist.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 11 March 1999 - Narconon South Florida is
incorporated in North Miami Beach. Its registered agent is Nadia
Ingram, a Miami Scientologist (see http://scientologist.myhomepage.org/nadiaingram/myself.htm.
A Marie Williams is also named as a corporate officer; this
is Dr Marie Williams, named in the Miami Herald of 2 July 2001
as the person running Narconon North Beach (presumably as executive
director). It is likely that this is the same Dr. Marie Williams,
a podiatrist, who is cited as a satisfied customer on the website
of Sterling Management (a Scientology-linked company which promotes
Hubbard's "administratrative technology") - see http://www.sterling-management.com/podia/marie_williams.html.
Mark Witt is named as a director; he is reported to have served
as the Director of Tech Services and the Senior Sea Org Recruiter
at the Church of Scientology in Miami, although his present
status is not known. Jim Williams, also a director, is a Scientologist
(see http://jimwilliams.our-home.org/myself.htm
and runs a podiatry office, presumably that of Marie Williams
(his wife?).
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 28 March 1999 - Members of Florida's state
physician's board query whether a store offering the Scientology
"Purification Rundown", used in Narconon as the New
Life Detoxification Program, is practicing medicine illegally.
(Source: St. Petersburg
Times, 28 March 1999)
- 13 April 1999 - School authorities in Pinellas
County refuse Narconon permission to lecture in schools on the
grounds that its presentations do not meet school district and
federal guidelines covering drug education.
(Source: St. Petersburg
Times, 13 April 1999)
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| Georgia |
Current Status: Active
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| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 3 August 1989 - Narconon Coastal Georgia,
of Brunswick, is administratively dissolved for failure to file
annual registrations.
(Source: Corporate records, Florida Secretary of State)
- 12 August 2001 - Narconon of Georgia, Inc.
is incorporated in Norcross. Its chief executive officer is
Mary Rieser, an Atlanta Scientologist (see http://maryrieser.our-home.org/myself.htm).
Its chief financial officer is Robert V. Schmidt, an Atlanta
Dentist who is also a Scientologist - his website (at http://robertvschmidt.our-home.org/myself.htm)
says that he is "in the process of starting a Purification Center
to rid drugs and chemicals from other people's bodies". Its
secretary, Debra Macintyre, is likewise a Scientologist; she
is listed as a member of the World Institute of Scientology
Enterprises and in various Scientology magazines as having successfully
completed a number of high-level courses.
(Source: Corporate records, Georgia Secretary of State)
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| Idaho |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon Idaho
2975 Overland Avenue
Burley, Idaho 83318
Phone: (208) 677-2600
Email: options@safelink.net
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| News and Events |
- 18 June 2001 - Narconon Idaho is incorporated
in Burley by William F. Jenson, its registered agent and Executive
Director. Marie Jensen (presumably his wife) is named as the
President.
(Source: Corporate records, Idaho Secretary of State)
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| Illinois |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon Great Lakes-Illinois
P.O. Box 603
Prospect Heights, IL 60070
Phone: 877-741-8186
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| News and Events |
- 1970 - Short-lived Narconon programme is
established in Menard County, Illinois, but is no longer listed
by January 1972.
(Source: Major-1, circa June 1970)
- 8 November 2001 - Narconon Great Lakes-Illinois
is incorporated in Darien, IL by Ryan Edwards.
(Source: Corporate records, Illinois Secretary of State)
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| Louisiana |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 27 January 1975 - Narconon Louisiana is incorporated
in Metairie, LA.
(Source: Corporate records, Louisiana Secretary of State)
- 25 August 1988 - Narconon of Baton Rouge
is incorporated by Edward M. Gavin. This may well be Dr. Edward
M. Gavin, a Baton Rouge chiropractor.
(Source: Corporate records, Louisiana Secretary of State)
- 17 November 1997 - Narconon of Baton Rouge's
incorporation is revoked.
(Source: Corporate records, Louisiana Secretary of State)
- 15 May 1988 - Narconon Louisiana's incorporation
is revoked.
(Source: Corporate records, Louisiana Secretary of State)
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| Massachusetts |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon New England
Drug Prevention and Education
76 Winn Street, Suite 2C
Woburn, MA 01801
Phone: (781) 569-6140
Fax: (781) 569-6141
Email: narconon@world.com
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| News and Events |
- 3 March 1999 - The Boston Herald
publishes a major exposé of Scientology, including an
article on Narconon's activities in Massachusetts schools, for
which it is said to have received $942,853 of funding from schools
and sponsors over an eight-year period.
(Source: Boston Herald,
3 March 1998)
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| Michigan |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1976 - Narconon establishes itself in Michigan.
(Source: Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times,
28 Dec 1981)
- March 1977 - Narconon offers the Michigan
Corrections Department a free three month pilot program. With
no evaluation of the program's success, the department then
awards Narconon a $19,583 contract to establish a Narconon Program
in Ionia State Prison, MI.
(Source: Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times,
28 Dec 1981)
- 1978 - The Michigan Corrections Department
awards a further $31,167 to the Ionia State Prison Narconon
Program. Prisoners in three correctional facilities undergo
Narconon courses.
(Source: Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times,
28 Dec 1981)
- 1979 - The Michigan Corrections Department
awards $35,000 to the Ionia State Prison Narconon Program.
(Source: Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times,
28 Dec 1981)
- October 1979 - The Michigan Corrections Department
awards another $35,000 to the Ionia State Prison Narconon Program.
By now, over $120,000 of state funds has been disbursed to Narconon
in Michigan.
(Source: Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times,
28 Dec 1981)
- February 1980 - The Detroit News
runs a major exposé of the Narconon program which has
been funded by the since 1976. According to the newspaper, Scientology
leaders created Narconon and ran it to recruit former addicts
into the church. Courses taught were virtually identical to
those offered by the Church of Scientology and included material
packaged as the "Communications Course", the "Study
Course", and the "Objectives Course". Michigan
Corrections Dept. psychologist John Hand calls Narconon "so
misleading as to be termed a con. " Hand says, "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 concludes that
"graduates of the Narconon program do not do as well as
our [prison] population in general." Funding for the program
is terminated.
(Source: Detroit News, 11 Feb 1980 and St. Petersburg Times,
28 Dec 1981; "Report
of Follow-Up Study on Narconon and RAP cases", 7 April
1980)
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| Minnesota |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1976 - Minnesota Senator Rudy Boschwitz contributes
$200 to Narconon. Boschwitz later insists in exchanges with
Oklahoma Senators David Boren and Don Nichols, and with the
Newkirk Herald Journal, that Narconon never told him
of their link to Scientology. His aide, Tom Mason, has noted
that the Narconon donation was a very small part of Boschwitz's
estimated $56,000 in gifts to charity in 1976. However, Narconon
views the senator's donation as an asset far out of proportion
to its size and heavily publicises the donation as a sign of
the Senator's alleged backing for their work.
(Source: Twin Cities Reader, 1-7 October, 1981)
- 1978 - A Narconon program begins in St. Cloud
Reformatory for Men, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Over the next three
years it receives $6,200 in Minnesota state funds and over $55,000
in federal funding. Although internal corrections department
memos note problems with Scientology teachings, Narconon's link
with Sen. Boschwitz prove useful to the organisation. Its grant
requests frequently mention Sen. Boschwitz's donation. One prison
official says, "the staff of St. Cloud thought they might
have potential trouble if they kicked Narconon out of their
institution, because they thought (Sen.) Rudy Boschwitz supported
it." Narconon continues to operate at St. Cloud Prison
despite its lack of accreditation, even after its ties to Scientology
have been revealed by the press.
(Source: Twin Cities Reader, 1-7 October, 1981)
- August 1981 - Officials of the St. Cloud
Reformatory for Men, St. Cloud, Minnesota raid the offices of
Narconon and find, say prison sources, "more than they
wanted to know about Scientology." An investigation begins
on August 28, 1981, and by August 31, a prison meeting is held
to deal with Narconon's links to Scientology. St. Cloud officials
have had enough. In mid September the contract with the Minnesota
Dept. of Corrections is terminated and the program is kicked
out of the prison on 30 days' notice.
(Source: Twin Cities Reader, 1-7 October 1981)
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| Missouri |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon St Louis
15259 Kingsman Circle
Chesterfield,
Missouri 63017
|
| News and Events |
- 9 December 1974 - Narconon Missouri is incorporated
in St Louis by Mary Spencer, apparently a Scientologist.
(Source: Corporate records, Missouri Secretary of State)
- 1 January 1984 - Narconon Missouri forfeits
its corporate status for failure to file an annual report, and
is dissolved.
(Source: Corporate records, Missouri Secretary of State)
- 1 August 2001 - Narconon St Louis is incorporated
by Scott Erbschloe - as usual, a Scientologist (see http://www.myhomepage.org/scotterbschloe/myself.htm.
(Source: Corporate records, Missouri Secretary of State)
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| Nevada |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1 June 1985 - Narconon Nevada's corporate
status is revoked.
(Source: Corporate records, Nevada Secretary of State)
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|
| New Mexico |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 22 August 1995 - Narconon New Mexico is incorporated
in Espanola, NM, but at some subsequent point has its status
changed to "Not in Good Standing". Its registered agent and
President is Dennis O'Brien, a New Mexico Scientologist (see
http://dennisobriensr.our-home.org/myself.htm).
Michael McCall, a director, is also a Scientologist and listed
as a Patron of the International Association of Scientologists,
meaning that he has donated at least $40,000 to that organisation.
(Source: Corporate records, New Mexico Secretary of State)
- 3 September 1996 - Narconon New Mexico's
business is suspended.
(Source: Corporate records, New Mexico Secretary of State)
- 16 April 2001 - Narconon New Mexico resumes
business.
(Source: Corporate records, New Mexico Secretary of State)
- 4 May 2001 - Narconon Rio Grande is incorporated
in Rio Rancho, NM by its registered agent, President and Executive
Director, Joshuah P. Bencke. Ronald Bencke (his son?) is named
as secretary.
(Source: Corporate records, New Mexico Secretary of State)
- 30 August 2002 - The PNM Foundation awards
a $7,500 grant to Narconon Rio Grande.
(Source: New Mexico
Business Weekly, 30 August 2002)
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| New York |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon New York
29-38 30th Avenue
Astoria
New York 11102
|
| News and Events |
- 5 December 1973 - Narconon New York is incorporated
in Queens, NY.
(Source: Corporate records, New York Secretary of State)
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|
| Oklahoma |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
- Narconon of Oklahoma is one of only a handful of Narconon
facilities to be owned directly by Narconon International. The
rest appear to be "franchises" started and managed
by local Scientologists. The Oklahoma facility is used as Narconon's
main training base.
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| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 1989 - The Association for Better Living
and Education (ABLE) presents Narconon with a $200,000 check
and a commendation for its work in a ceremony held at Newkirk,
Oklahoma to mark Narconon's plans to open a 1,400 bed facility
heralded as the world's largest treatment center for drug addicts.
ABLE is subsequently revealed to be Narconon's parent body,
a link not mentioned during the razzmatazz of the check handover.
(Source: Time, 6 May
1991)
- 27 April 1989 - The Newkirk Herald Journal
ignites a lengthy controversy by exposing the links between
Narconon and Scientology. It expresses strong disapproval of
the "mental messiahs with forked tongues", commenting:
"Their own propaganda says their treatments 'cannot be
construed as a recommendation of medical treatment or medication
and it is undertaken or delivered by anyone on his own responsibility.'
In other words, if it don't work, tough cookies." It concludes
that the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission "must have
had its head plugged into an E-meter not to discover the true
nature of this malignity."
(Source: Newkirk Herald
Journal, 27 April 1989)
- 27 July 1989 - Garry Bilger, the Mayor of
Newkirk, Oklahoma, begins an inquiry into Narconon's planned
Chilocco facility after receiving adverse reports from at least
five other states. The City Commission, Chamber of Commerce
and School Board join the Mayor in urging a State review of
the issue.
(Source: Newkirk Herald
Journal, 27 July 1989)
- 31 August 1989 - The Newkirk Herald Journal
reports that Narconon has been using private investigators to
probe the private lives of people in Newkirk, Oklahoma who have
been speaking out against the establishment of the Chilocco
Narconon facility.
(Source: Newkirk Herald
Journal, 31 August 1989)
- 1990 - Having previously publicly stated
that it would comply with Oklahoma Health Department requirements
and all other State laws, Narconon tells KFOR-TV that its Chilocco
facility is on Indian land, and not subject to Oklahoma rules
and laws.
- 2 August 1990 - The Oklahoma State Health
Department applies for an injunction to halt Narconon's operations
at Chilocco.
(Source: Newkirk Herald Journal, 2 August 1990)
- 13 September 1990 - District Judge Neat Beckman
orders the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health to determine
by October whether the Narconon Chilocco New Life Center, operating
without state approval, should be certified to remain open.
In the meantime, the center will be allowed to operate, but
is prohibited from accepting new patients.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
13 September 1990)
- 18 October 1991 - The Oklahoma Board of Mental
Health begins hearings into the safety and effectiveness of
the treatment modality utilized by Narconon.
- 24 October 1991 - Narconon Chilocco is granted
a further licensing delay by the Oklahoma State Board of Mental
Health, pending the outcome of its review of Narconon's therapeutic
practices.
(Source: Newkirk Herald Journal, 24 October 1991)
- 13 December 1991 - The Oklahoma State Board
of Mental Health finds that Narconon's therapy is "not
effective in the treatment of chemical dependency" and
"is not medically safe". It refuses Narconon Chilocco's
request for certification for services to a 75-bed residential
drug and alcohol center established on Federal land owned by
the Chilocco Development Authority.
(Source: Findings
of Fact regarding the Narconon-Chilocco Application For Certification
by the Board of Mental Health, State of Oklahoma, 13 December
1991)
- 31 January 1992 - Oklahoma County district
Judge Freeman denies a request from Narconon Chilocco New Life
Center to remain open and accept new patients because the facility
never has been licensed.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
31 January 1992)
- 31 January 1992 - Narconon Chilocco New Life
Center is ordered to move its patients out and stop providing
drug and alcohol abuse treatment in 10 days. Oklahoma County
District Judge John Amick sets the Feb. 10 deadline after he
denies another request from the unlicensed facility to remain
open and admit new patients.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
6 February 1992)
- 5 March 1992 - Narconon's lawyers argue in
court that it is exempt from state regulations under the cloak
of Indian sovereignty. But state lawyers, in a hearing in which
the Oklahoma State Department of Health is seeking a court injunction
to shut down Narconon Chilocco, say the facility' s location
is not enough to claim Indian sovereignty. Narconon Chilocco
is a non-Indian entity that treats non-Indians, says Robert
Cole, a lawyer for the Health Department.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
5 March 1992)
- 12 March 1992 - The president of the Narconon
Chilocco facility announces that it will continue to treat patients
despite receiving notice from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that
it should close because it has violated the terms of its lease.
(Source: Newkirk Herald
Journal, 12 March 1992)
- 11 June 1992 - The Newkirk City Commission
withdraws fire and ambulance protection from the Narconon Chilocco
facility because the latter have reportedly not been paying
their bills to the city.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
11 June 1992)
- 20 August 1992 - After Narconon gains certification
from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities
(CARF), the Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services votes unanimously to exempt the Narconon Chilocco facility
from a requirement to be certified by the state.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
20 August 1992)
- 27 October 1992 - Narconon is granted a license
from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, marking the first
time since it opened for business more than two years ago that
it officially can be called legal. The license is good for a
year and can be renewed. State licensing makes it easier for
Narconon Chilocco or its patients to get reimbursement for its
services through insurance companies.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
27 October 1992)
- 25 February 1993 - The State of Oklahoma
issues a warrant ordering Narconon to pay overdue taxes; the
payment comes two days later. Indian leaders on whose land the
Chilocco facility is based are also unhappy. "They haven't
paid us with a payment since last September."
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
25 February 1993)
- 7 June 1995 - Five Indian tribes in Chilocco,
Oklahoma do not want to deal with Narconon any longer but have
decided to leave the matter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Narconon has a 25-year lease for the Chilocco site. The tribes
had expected to receive a total of $16 million for this time;
but Narconon has only 75 instead of the 1,000 expected beds,
therefore the payments have been much lower. The tribes have
received about $10,000 a year.
(Source: Associated Press, 7 June 1995)
- 2000 - The Association for Better Living
and Education purchases the former Arrowhead Lodge in northern
Oklahoma from the Choctaw Nation, for a sum of $1.9 million.
- 1 July 2001 - Narconon begins the process
of moving to Arrowhead Lodge. The Chilocco facility is said
to have had 2,029 clients since it opened; in 2000, 352 students
enrolled and 185 graduated (a graduation rate of 52.5%) and
so far in 2001, 350 entered and 189 have graduated (a rate of
54%). An overall success rate of 70-74% is claimed by executive
director Gary Smith.
(Source: The Oklahoman,
1 July 2001)
- 16 September 2001 - A local man is arrested
at the gates of Arrowhead State Park after apparently attempting
to smuggle methamphetemine, marijuana and beer into Narconon
Arrowhead.
(Source: Daily Oklahoman,
18 September 2001)
- 2002 - Narconon Chilocco shuts down and transfers
formally to Arrowhead.
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| Texas |
Current Status: Defunct
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 28 November 1975 - Narconon is incorporated
in Texas.
(Source: Corporate records, Texas Secretary of State)
- 13 March 1978 - Narconon Texas has its charter
revoked for failure to pay a franchise tax.
(Source: Corporate records, Texas Secretary of State)
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| Virginia |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
|
| News and Events |
- 23 September 1999 - Narconon Washington DC
is incorporated in Falls Church, Virginia by Yvonne Rodgers,
a local Scientologist (see http://yvonnerodgers.our-home.org/myself.htm)
(Source: Corporate records, Texas Secretary of State)
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| Wisconsin |
Current Status: Active
|
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
- Narconon Racine
1621 Villa Street
Racine
Wisconsin 53403
|
| News and Events |
- 18 September 2002 - Narconon Racine is incorporated
by local resident Kandy Helson.
(Source: Corporate records, Wisconsin Secretary of State)
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