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Narconon
Sweden
In 1972, Stig Bjork, a worker in Stockholm’s Central
Children’s Nursery, opened the first Narconon® center, using, in his enthusiasm, his own
apartment. Delivery expansion caused several moves and they finally settled in
the beautiful Narconon Huddinge facilities, which has warm support from its
community and county. It has continued steady delivery from this location up to
the present. In 1982, Narconon Eslov opened outside the town of Malmo in
southern Sweden and Narconon Knutby outside Uppsala north of Stockholm in 1990.
The Swedish residential Narconon centers are licensed by their various County
Boards and are fully funded by local Communes (local administrative districts).
Narconon Sweden has done extensive public drug education nationally and, from
its national administrative office, has helped disseminate information about
the Narconon treatment program throughout Europe. Narconon Gothenburg and
Narconon Vasteras are dedicated directly to drug education service.
Narconon
Sweden recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Staff were commended by
Members of Parliament and other officials from around the country, including
police executives with whom Narconon Sweden staff have worked for many years.
Narconon Sweden has also had several studies done of Narconon program’s
statistical rate of success (“drug-free two years after completion of the
program”). In addition to the evaluation conducted by social worker, Peter
Gerdman, in 1981, which showed the remarkable success percentage of 78 percent,
a study completed in the early 1990s investigated further results of the
Narconon program and reported that “good family relations” improved
from 41 percent prior to Narconon to 94 percent afterwards. Prior to program
entrance, 87 percent of the Swedish students reported criminal histories, but 2
years after Narconon this had diminished to only 22 percent.
In
1997, Narconon Sweden helped Narconon Norway, where only drug education
services had been delivered, begin preparations for a full rehabilitation
center in Oslo. Additionally, drug education lectures have been delivered for
years throughout Sweden by Narconon staff who often are working directly in
league with local police and other community agencies.
Narconon Sweden and
Narconon International together hosted the 2nd International Conference on
Human Detoxification in Stockholm in 1997. Included among the keynote and other
speakers were research scientists and others from the Russian Academy of
Medical Science, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Sweden, Canada, United Kingdom and the
United States. Subjects discussed and debated included designer drugs in Europe
and detoxification from drugs (and radioactive elements) through Mr.
Hubbard’s sauna protocol.
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Locations
Narconon Arrowhead
Narconon Australia
Narconon
Canada
Narconon Commonwealth of Independent
States
Narconon Denmark
Narconon Germany
Narconon Holland
Narconon Italy
Narconon Latin America
Narconon New Zealand
Narconon South Africa
Narconon Spain
Narconon Sweden
Narconon Switzerland
Narconon Taiwan
Narconon United Kingdom
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