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A Brief Summary and Evaluation of the Evidence Base for Narconon as Drug Prevention Intervention

Filed under: All Narconon Programs

Narconon Location: Narconon Programs - all
Author of Formal Report: Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Date of Formal Report September 2008

Summary:

This brief report (“hasteoppdrag”) was commissioned by the national health authority, the Norwegian Directorate of Health, with an aim to provide a summary and evaluation of the evidence base for Narconon as drug prevention intervention. This report was a “study of studies”. Researchers could locate only six studies that presented data about Narconon as a drug prevention intervention. They reported: “Five of these studies were non-experimental. Collectively, the studies presented in this brief report document lack of evidence for Naconon’s effectiveness in drug prevention. Moreover, some of these published works raise concern about the theoretical and practical difference between Narconon and the Church of Scientology. Presently, there appears to exist no reliable evidence for using resources to support Narconon. Large scale and rigorous research about the program is needed.”

Local link to Formal Report: http://narcononreviews.net/documents/formal_reports/FormalReport-2008-Norwegian-Knowledge-Center.pdf

Alternate Link to Formal Report: http://www.kunnskapssenteret.no/Publikasjoner/_attachment/4311?_ts=11d719f7891&download=true

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