Source documents
Critical Evaluations

Letters and correspondence regarding Narconon's therapy

• David Hogg, M.D., Toronto
  Critical analysis of the Purification Rundown, 8 October 1981
  
• James J. Kenney, Ph.D., R.D., National Council Against Health Fraud, Santa Monica, CA
  Letter to Dr. John Chelf, copied to R.W. Lobsinger, 5 January 1991
  
• C. Mark Palmer, M.D., Ponca City, Oklahoma
  Letter to R.W. Lobsinger, 14 August 1989
  
• Everett R. Rhoades, M.D., United States Assistant Surgeon General
  Letter to Garry Bilger, Mayor of Newkirk, Oklahoma, 22 December 1989
  
• Bruce A. Roe, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma
  Letter to R.W. Lobsinger, 4 August 1989
  
• William B. Svoboda, pediatric neurologist, Wichita, Kansas
  Letter to R.W. Lobsinger, 30 April 1990

Official evaluations of Narconon

• Outline for recovery, House Evaluation
  By Forrest S. Tennant, Jr., M.D., Dr.P.H., Jane Thomas, R.N., Mike Reilly, and Joseph Shannon, M.D., M.P.H. Submitted to Don Z. Miller, Deputy Director, Health Treatment System, State Department of Health, Sacramento, CA, on 31 Oct 1974.
  A detailed analysis of the way in which Narconon operated at the time. Although some things have since changed, it still provides a useful insight into Narconon's policies and operating practices.
  
• Annual Performance Evaluation of the City of Palo Alto's Contract with Narconon Palo Alto
  January 1977
  An assessment by the City of Palo Alto of a contract with Narconon that had recently been terminated for poor performance.
  
• Report of Follow-Up Study on Narconon and RAP cases
  7 April 1980
  After a newspaper expose of Narconon in Michigan's Ionia State Prison, the Department of Corrections produced this study report which concluded that "graduates of the Narconon program do not do as well as our [prison] population in general". The Ionia programme was subsequently terminated.
  
• Findings of the accompanying state inspection of the activities of Narconon, e.V.
  xxxxxx 1980
  A report on Narconon from the West Berlin government which identifies a poor success rate (10% at the most) and numerous problems with the programme, including the use of Scientology practices such as the Hubbard Electrometer (E-meter).
  
• Findings of Fact regarding the Narconon-Chilocco Application For Certification by the Board of Mental Health, State of Oklahoma
  13 December 1991
  A damning report into Narconon's therapeutic practices which finds them to be "unsafe" and "ineffective".
  
• Expert advice on Narconon given to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
  26 November 1996
  A highly critical report into Narconon's scientific veracity which concludes that "there is no documentation to show that the Hubbard method of detoxification from drug abuse conforms to scientific standards and medical experience" and recommends that it "should not be used in Swedish medical care."

Other evaluations of Narconon

• Evaluation of Narconon
  By Peter Gerdman, 1 May 1986
  A report by a sociologist commissioned by Narconon, which Narconon has claimed shows a 78.6% rehabilitation rate but actually shows only a 6.6% success rate by Narconon's own criteria. See also "Does Narconon Work? - Studies".

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