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As if narconon using the unsafe and unproven Hubbard methods were not enough, scientology also promotes Hubbard's 1990 book "Clear Body Clear Mind: The Effective Purification Program" through "detox" programs, such as the one in this article: John Travolta benefit will help Hubbard wellness program.

As one of the beneficiaries of Thursday's "From Paris With Love" movie gala, the Ocala Detoxification Project has puzzled many locals.

The Paris-themed party will raise money for local deputies, police officers, firefighters and a college scholarship fund. But few in Marion County know anything about detoxification.

Up front, here are some facts:

The Ocala Detoxification Project is designed to help firefighters and other uniformed personnel who are exposed to toxins. It likely will launch with funds from the gala. "From Paris" star John Travolta is leading the local effort. Detoxification is based on a book by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It is not, advocates stress, a Scientology program.

Its critics contend detoxification is unproven and lacks necessary medical research.

And Ocalan Ron Chard said it saved his son's life.

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While he still treats his diabetes and esophagus damage, he said he is free of headaches, diarrhea, severe torso pain and exhaustion.

"I've lost the anger inside of me; I was so miserable," he said.

There are other testimonials, including one from Maryland firefighter Will Hamer, who is scheduled to attend Thursday's Ocala movie gala hosted by Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston.

Based on Hubbard's 1990 book "Clear Body Clear Mind: The Effective Purification Program," detoxification programs last about 30 days and are open to firefighters, law officers, emergency medical workers and other uniformed personnel who deal with toxins on the job.

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Treatments include daily doses of immediate-release niacin, aerobic exercise, intermittent saunas (three to five hours a day), cold-pressed oils to prevent toxins from being re-absorbed by the intestines, and vitamin and mineral supplements, according to the International Academy of Detoxification Specialists.

Well, let's see, just what is this "International Academy of Detoxification Specialists"?

On the organization's site, http://www.detoxacademy.org/faq.htm, the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) says this:

What is the Academy?

It is a membership organization. Members include environmentalists, writers, drug abuse counselors, physicians and other health specialists. They are united by an interest in the use of the detoxification procedure developed by L. Ron Hubbard to address the problems of chemical exposure and drug abuse.

Hm, well, I'm glad I asked the question.  It is just another one of scientology's "research" organizations, quoted in the article as if it were an unbiased authority on detox.

Moving on to the second link on a google search, the next link is to Ray Hill's respectable and well-referenced site: http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/corporate/990s-iads-analysis.html  Ray Hill gives a long and thoughtful analysis, beginning with the question, "Is the International Academy of Detoxification Specialists obtaining government grants and public contributions from misrepresenting the value of its detoxification treatment?"  This is a question that all honest tax-paying citizens of the United States should be asking themselves in this day of wasteful spending by the government.

This organization is also covered on Narconon Exposed: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/sci-med.htm

Very few medical or scientific organisations support Narconon, and those that do, like the individuals cited above, often have ties to Scientology that go unmentioned by the organisation. The general scantiness of broad support for the Hubbard detoxification programme is well demonstrated by the 1995 "First International Conference on Chemical Contamination and Human Detoxification" held under the auspices of the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education. [Archives, International Academy of Detoxification Specialists - <http://www.detoxacademy.org/archives.htm>] Despite the seemingly generic title of the event, there can be little doubt that it was sponsored, organised and run by and for supporters of Hubbard's methods. The report of the proceedings indicates that it consisted primarily of lectures on the effectiveness of the Hubbard method - literally every speech published in the proceedings is in that vein [ FASE, "Proceedings of the First International Conference on Chemical Contamination and Human Detoxification" - <http://www.fasenet.org/conference_proceedings.pdf>]. If it was intended to be a exercise in mutual backslapping, it undoubtedly succeeded splendidly.

Lest the reader think that this "International Academy of Detoxification Specialists" doesn't fool anyone with such a good analysis and exposure on the net, think again.  http://nyc.gov/lobbyistsearch/search?client=INTERNATIONAL+ACADEMY+OF+DETOXIFICATION+SPECIALISTS

There is also an interesting document here from May 2009: http://www.aacounty.org/Ethics/Opinions2009/AO-09-30.pdf

How big is the "sauna detox" nest?  More research is needed.  Are you game?

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Another such entity is the "American Detoxification Foundation" (http://www.utah-detox.org/project.html):

A non-profit organization, the American Detoxification Foundation, was organized and established the Utah Meth Cops Project with the purpose of raising funds to train a local team to deliver the program in Utah to those Law Enforcement personnel who have been poisoned by contact with toxins from meth labs encountered in the line of duty, on a humanitarian basis, at no cost to them.

With a grant from the Commission on Crime and Juvenile Justice obtained through the help of Senator Buttars and General Shurtleff, the Utah Meth Cops Project opened its door on September 26, 2007, when seven officers started the program.

This entity focuses on the state of Utah, and despite the statement from the official website that Law Enforcement personnel are "treated" at no cost to them, the treatment does come at a cost, in this instance, to the State of Utah.  These contracts, originally publicized by the Salt Lake City Tribune, show that the cost per officer was almost $7000, and that for a period during 2007 and 2008, the American Detoxification Foundation received up to $240,000 for running the program in Utah:

http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/AG_Detoxification_Contract_2-17-07_for_120_days.pdf
http://alley.ethercat.com/storage/AG_Detoxification_Contract_4-30-08_to_9-30-08.pdf

Another document, http://hatch.senate.gov/public/appropriations/com/CJS%20--%20Utah%20Meth%20Cops.pdf indicates that an additional $421,000
has been given to the organization, although there is no date on that specific document.

This article, More state funds quietly budgeted to help cops sweat to health indicates that the program was still going on in April 2009 despite objections as to its effectiveness.  In September 2009, the program still continues:Actor helps 'sell' detox program

By Emiley Morgan
Deseret News
Published: Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 9:37 p.m. MDT

Having played one on TV for eight years, Vincent D'Onofrio has met his fair share of police officers.

As time has passed, the actor has come to see their battles as his battles.

D'Onofrio, who has played detective Robert Goren on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" since 2001, was in Utah Friday in an effort to raise awareness of a local project aimed to help local law enforcement officers.

The Utah Meth Cops Project began in 2007 after Attorney General Mark Shurtleff went to New York looking for a way to "give back to law enforcement." What he found was a detoxification program used to treat 9/11 responders and others who worked at ground zero that could also be used to treat law enforcement officers exposed to methamphetamine.

Utah is now one of three states that have the facilities to treat cops who have been exposed to meth. These officers are trained and equipped to deal with meth lab situations, but D'Onofrio said it is important to realize that these officers often walk into meth labs while responding to seemingly unrelated incidents.

"The fact of it is, that we know these men go into labs, we know this is a dangerous environment, but we aren't recognizing these people are getting sick? That's illogical," said American Detoxification Foundation director Sandra Lucas, who helped develop the project with Shurtleff.

But D'Onofrio, Adler and Acosta said getting men to acknowledge they aren't well is also an issue. They said the urge to downplay symptoms and avoid the doctor is already a man's instinct, but it is amplified in law enforcement, where toughness is encouraged and problems are seen as weaknesses. Adler said he worked at ground zero for two months straight immediately following 9/11 but didn't have a doctor's check-up until 2005.

"The thing about it is these people do a job and they will do whatever's asked of them," Acosta said. "They don't come out and whine."

The ultimate goal, though, is to get the project to the point where the officers can be treated before there is anything to whine about.

"I would hope, in the future, that there's someone behind a desk logging the number of busts the officers go on and then say, 'Hey, you've been on five busts this month, you need to go detox,' " D'Onofrio said. "Treat them at stage one, before they can get to stage four."

Ray Hill has information on this organization as well, which connects it directly to scientology: http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/corporate/entity.php?ntt=572
All of the key players in the American Detoxification Foundation have taken scientology courses or joined a scientology organization.

Jubeck, Ted    Director, program administrator
Kingdon, Greg    Director
Lucas, Sandra    Founder, program director
Taufer, Gairia    Program administrator
Wilson, Heidi    Director, secretary

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http://watchdog.net/ein/208879081/american-detoxification-foundation

American Detoxification Foundation

This is a description of a US tax-exempt organization, based on IRS records.
EIN   208879081
IRS approved on   200708
Last filed   200812
Contact   
Address   Po Box 522169
Salt Lake Cty, UT 84152-2169
Filing month   12
Assets   $2,695
Income   $134,072
Revenue   $134,072
Category   Charitable Organization
Classification   Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Filing   990 (all other) or 990EZ return
Filing   No 990-PF return
Foundation   Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
Affiliation   Independent
Exemption   Unconditional Exemption
Organization   Corporation

Contributions are deductible.