Editing Narconon (section)

===Efficacy===
{{Rquote|right|There is currently no reliable evidence for the effectiveness of Narconon as a primary or secondary drug prevention program.|Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services<ref name="norkc" />}}
Narconon typically claims success rates as high as 75% of the graduates of its program remaining drug-free for the rest of their lives,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.narconon.org/about-narconon/results.html |title=Results of the Narconon Program |work=narconon.org |publisher=Narconon International |access-date=1 February 2012 |quote=The Narconon Program has one of the highest success rates in the field of drug rehabilitation, with outside studies showing 75% of the graduates going on to lead stable, ethical, productive drug-free lives. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210035306/http://www.narconon.org/about-narconon/results.html |archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> and has in the past claimed "very close to a 100% success rate".<ref>{{Cite report | date = 30 May 2002 | title = Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs: Evidence | url = http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=519415&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=37&Ses=1#T1650 | publisher = Parliament of Canada (37th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION) | section = 1650 | quote  = Mr. Brad Melnychuk [(Executive Director, Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE Canada))]: You asked if we'd spoken or met with researchers coming up with this information. I personally have not. I also cannot say whether or not any staff from Narconon across the globe—because we have Narconons all over—have done that. I would tend to question it, based on the fact that our Narconons are improving, and some of them are very close to a 100% success rate.}}</ref> However, these numbers are highly controversial, and there exist no independent studies that support these claims.<ref name="norkc" /><ref>{{cite news |last= Szalavitz |first= Maia |date= 31 March 2011 |title= Does Narconon's Addiction Rehab Really Work? |url= https://healthland.time.com/2011/03/31/does-narconons-addiction-rehab-really-work/ |newspaper= [[TIME Magazine]] |location= USA |publisher= [[Time Warner]] |access-date= 7 April 2014 }}</ref>

Independent researchers have found considerably lower rates of success. At least one website critical of Narconon cites a Swedish research study that gives a rate of 6.6%.<ref>{{cite web | first = Peter |last=Gerdman | title = Utvärderingen av Narconon del 1: En studie om och med en länkrörelse bland drogmissbrukare i Stockholm |language=sv |trans-title=The evaluation of Narconon part 1: A study about and with a link movement among drug addicts in Stockholm | date = 1 May 1981 | url = https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/sources/reports/gerdman.htm | format=Swedish page scans | access-date=9 September 2006}} (Scans hosted by [[David Touretzky]])</ref> Narconon has reported the same study's findings as being much more favorable, although its representation of the study is greatly simplified.<ref>{{cite web|title=Does Narconon work? - Studies - The Swedish Study|url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/studies.htm#swedish|work=Narconon Exposed|access-date=1 November 2013|date=2 January 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.narconon.org/about-narconon/40-years-evidence-recovery.pdf |title= The Narconon® Program—40 Years of Evidence of Recovery |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130721150050/http://www.narconon.org/about-narconon/40-years-evidence-recovery.pdf |archive-date= 21 July 2013}}&nbsp;{{small|(1.0 MB)}}</ref>

The Church of Scientology claims that "the Narconon success rate is not merely the world's highest, it is four times better than international averages",<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.scientology.org/david-miscavige/narconon.html |title= Official Church of Scientology: Narconon, Arrowhead Center, Drug Rehab & Prevention, L. Ron Hubbard |website= Official [[Church of Scientology]] |publisher= [[The Church of Scientology]] |access-date= 7 April 2014 |archive-date= April 15, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160415025854/http://www.scientology.org/david-miscavige/narconon.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> while a [[systematic review]] of evidence regarding Narconon's efficacy conducted by the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services on behalf of the Norwegian Directorate of Health concluded that:<ref name="norkc" />

{{Blockquote|text=Collectively, one quasi-experimental and five non-experimental studies document lack of evidence of the preventive effects of these programs. Thus, there is currently no reliable evidence for the effectiveness of Narconon as a primary or secondary drug prevention program. This is partly due to the insufficient research evidence about Narconon and partly due to the non-experimental nature of the few studies that exist.}}

In April 2014, the town council of [[Wyong]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] refused permission for Narconon to open a new centre at nearby [[Yarramalong, New South Wales|Yarramalong]], saying that the program's method of treatment was a factor in the decision.<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Errol|title=Wyong Council rejects Scientology drug rehabilitation centre plan at Yarramalong|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/wyong-council-rejects-scientology-drug-rehabilitation-centre-plan-at-yarramalong/story-fngr8h0p-1226906074661|access-date=5 May 2014|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]]|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> Wyong Mayor Doug Eaton said:<ref name="ABC2May14">{{cite news|title=Church of Scientology drug rehab centre rejected|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-30/drug-reject/5421756|access-date=2 May 2014|newspaper=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)|date=30 April 2014}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=To be allowed in the area it'd have to be defined as a hospital and there wasn't enough material to demonstrate it could be so defined because my understanding of the rehab process it that it is more of a religious process than it is a medical process.|title=''Church of Scientology drug rehab centre rejected''|source=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}