Harold's Journal
Editorial Opinion By RWL - 04 October 1990

About our blank spot last week - We had proof that Darrell Ayoub of Carlsbad, Ca., was admitted to Narconon as a patient on September 12th, just five days after Narconon agreed in court that they would take no more patients until they were certified.

What we didn't have was confirmation of the exact sequence of events leading up to his enrollment on September 12th, and the Health Department man didn't call with that information soon enough for us to leave it in the paper.

According to Health Department investigators and Mrs. Ayoub, a Narconon salesman arrived at the Ayoub home on September 6th and spent 3 hours trying to "hard sell" the program to them.

Darrell, a 23 year old who got himself messed up fooling with methamphetamines about a year and a half ago, has been under psychiatric care, and has previously undergone treatment at the Betty Ford Center.

On September 7, he decided to accept the Narconon sales pitch, but on the 8th changed his mind and rejected the idea. Then, Darrell got into trouble with the law and wound up in jail. Guess who bailed him out? The Narconon salesman, of course, who convinced his grandmother that he would go back to jail if he wasn't immediately sent to Chilocco for treatment. Ayoub was actually enrolled as a patient at Narconon on September 12th.

We don't know how Health Department lawyers view this infraction, but we didn't expect Narconon to have the integrity to tell the Ayoubs that they couldn't accept Darrell on September 12th because they were unlicensed and uncertified and under a court order not to accept more patients. She found that out later.

Five thousand of the $15,000.00 treatment fee was wired to Narconon up front. But within a week, Darrell was wanting out, and his parents began investigating. When they discovered more about this outfit, they demanded he be returned to them, and on Friday evening, September 21st, Darrell was sent home on a plane from Wichita, according to Mrs. Ayoub.

We jerked the column because Scientology scares the bejabbers out of us, and we don't want to give them any options by accidently printing something we aren't sure of. We're not as free to twist the facts as some.

Scientology, on the other hand, seems to be "Totally Free" to do whatever they see fit. The Ayoub case is just the latest demonstration of their continuing deceit.

It started when they adamantly denied their connection to Narconon. When Narconon's Incorporation papers prove it was founded by Scientology's Rev. Arthur Maren, Scientology Guardian's Officer Henning Heldt, and yes, William Benitez.

It continued when they tried to fool us into believing that ABLE, one of their sub-organizations, was an independent philanthropic group that had donated $200,000.00 in seed money to get Narconon started, when in fact ABLE owns Narconon.

It became almost humorous when they tried to make us believe they had an 86% cure rate and world wide acceptance when in fact their cure rate claims are unsubstantiated and they have closed more Narconon units in the US than they currently have operating. Did they run out of addicts to cure, or what?

It grew when Narconon said they weren't going to recruit local people, when in fact, that was the very first marketing item on their Action Plan. Not to mention the solicitation cards mailed out to most residents just last weekend.

It got deeper the day they told the Health Department they were only treating Indians. That was the day John Carraro, a German-Italian from New York, got away from them and told us most of the patients out there were non-Indians just like him.

It got thicker still when they enrolled Ayoub.

That's what we find the most repulsive of all about this whole organization. The hypocrisy and deception foisted upon us at every turn.

Scientology claims to be the "Bridge to Total Freedom." And according to an old 1974 Narconon News, Narconon is "the bridge to the Bridge of Total Freedom." The illustration shows that Narconon leads invariably to Scientology. It proves our case that Narconon is primarily a Scientology recruiting tool. Which is the biggest deceit of all. No matter the good Narconon may do, the end never justifies the means. Their motive is the worldwide expansion of "LRH Tech"; drug treatment is simply an exploitable method of accomplishing that end.

The State Mental Health Department has called a Public Hearing for next Tuesday at 1 pm at the School Auditorium. Go and tell 'em you're tired of listening to Narconon's lies.

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