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Scientology Linked to Public Schools
7:49 am PST, 11 June 2004

As early as the third grade, students in San Francisco public schools are being introduced to ciriculum that comes directly from the Church of Scientology.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that the Scientology links come from a popular anti-drug program provided free to the city's public schools and elsewhere.

Some of the teachings include medical theories that some addiction experts described as "irresponsible" and "pseudoscience."

"Anyone listening to a classroom talk by Narconon Drug Prevention & Education is unlikely to recognize the connection with Scientology; the lessons sound nothing like theology," the paper said.

Instruction is delivered without any of the language linked to Scientology, but includes "all the Scientology and Dianetics Handbook basics," according to Scientology correspondence obtained by the paper.

The church concepts taught include this theory--that the body traps all toxins in fat and they remain there, wreaking havoc on the mind until "sweated" out.

Those ideas are rejected by the five medical experts contacted by The Chronicle, who say there is no evidence to support them.

Narconon was devised by L. Ron Hubbard, the late science fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology.

The religion claims to improve the well-being of followers through courses aimed at self-improvement and global serenity.

Narconon lectures have reached 1.7 million children around the nation in the last decade, officials told the paper.
06-11-2004 02:10 PM
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