| 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 |
| Background info |
|
| Locations |
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| 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)
|
|
| 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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