From: sdb@ssr.com (Scott Ballantyne)
Subject: Scientology Front Groups and Related Organizations
Organization: ScotSoft Research
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 17:29:27 GMT

(Perhaps Donald Lindsay could use some of the following in a front
group FAQ?)

Psychiatric News/August 7, 1992 reports Dr. Joylon West, M.D.
described the following Scientology related front groups and related
organizations in a recent speech to the American Psychiatric
Association.


Narconon: Claims to have successfully rehabilitated 86% of all drug
          addicts ever enrolled in the program. NARCONON has received
          government grants to promote its methodology which includes
          mega-vitamins and saunas, combined with Scientology-type
          courses designed to lead clients to the church.

ABLE: 'Association for Better Living and Education' is another front
          group. It shares Narconon International's Los Angeles
          address.

FASE:	 'Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Education', a
          scientology front that sponsors allegedly scientific studies
          that consistently validate the Hubbard methodology.

HealthMed: Closely linked to FASE (see above), a Scientology-linked
          clinic that administers Hubbard style treatment from offices
          in LA and Sacramento. It employs FASE-sponsored research to
          legitimize its treatment.

Sterling Management Systems: Targets are health care professionals,
          including dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, physicians
          and veterinarians which Sterling trys to get to attend
          'management' seminars. Initial cost is $12,000--$18,000, but
          more advanced courses may run into hundreds of thousands of
          dollars. Clients take an entry-level Scientology course and
          are urged to enroll in auditing sessions to correct problems
          'inevitably revealed' by a special personality test.

CCHR: 'Citizens Commission on Human Rights' is the anti-psychiatry
          front group of the church. Specializes in efforts to
          discredit psychiatry generally and the use of Prozac and
          Ritalin in particular. CCHR often organizes protests at APA
          annual meetings and has engaged in vicious harassment of
          individual psychiatrists who have spoken out against
          Scientology. One of the best known victims was psychiatrist
          John G. Clark, M.D., of Harvard, whose life was entirely
          disrupted by repeated attacks after Clark testified against
          the church in a lawsuit.

Religious Freedom Crusade: Joins with legitimate defenders of
          religious freedom to derail any effort to expose the
          exploitive, cult nature of the Church of Scientology.

ALIVE: 'Applied Scholastics and Education', targets school children
          through training and tutoring programs focused on
          introducing Scientology into local school systems.

ECO: 'Earth Communications Office' publishes a comic book-like primer
          appealing to children's environmental concerns.

Way To Happiness Foundation:
Concerned Businessmen of America: These two organizations are
          promoters of booklets containing rules by which to live.

CATS: 'Citizens for an Alternative Tax System'
National Coalition of IRS Whistleblowers: Fight IRS, a long-time foe
          of the church.
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology