Treating the meth cops
Just about all government contracts are public records, and last week the Utah Attorney General's Office gave us copies of the contracts with the American Detoxification Foundation.
The contracts are attached below. The 2008 contract includes a description of the treatment designed by L. Ron Hubbard.
A PDF of the University of Utah's police and firefighter health study is here.
This 2003 New York Times article discusses how firefighters completed the detoxification treatments after the Sept. 11 attacks. The article mentions a report completed years earlier by a Ronald E. Gots that was harsh in its assessment of the treatment.
Gots called me Friday to say the science and his opinions remain the same.
— NC
AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%202-17-07%20for%20120%20days.pdf
AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%204-30-08%20%20to%209-30-08.pdf
The contracts are attached below. The 2008 contract includes a description of the treatment designed by L. Ron Hubbard.
A PDF of the University of Utah's police and firefighter health study is here.
This 2003 New York Times article discusses how firefighters completed the detoxification treatments after the Sept. 11 attacks. The article mentions a report completed years earlier by a Ronald E. Gots that was harsh in its assessment of the treatment.
Gots called me Friday to say the science and his opinions remain the same.
— NC
AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%202-17-07%20for%20120%20days.pdf
AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%204-30-08%20%20to%209-30-08.pdf
Labels: Crime, open government
2 Comments:
The science of L Ron Hubbard is right in line with politics as usual in Utah. This contract is right inline with the science of intelligent design, the rejected science of climate change, and the science of "Singapore Math"
Thanks very much for continuing your focus on this story. Numerous medical and scientific authorities have described the Purification Rundown (that's the Scientology name for the treatment) as ineffective and even dangerous. It's part of Scientology's "spiritual technology." Before any public money going towards it, there should be more scrutiny, not less. There are some useful references in the Wikipedia article on the Purification Rundown. The politicians disappoint, so thank you for acting in the public's interest.
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