Synonon and Daytop Village in New York

The Daytop Village in New York is actually the second ever drug rehab program in the United States. It was created in 1963, just five years after synonon started. In the late 1960s, a troubled 18-year-old named Joe Ritchie was sent there. He would go on to create the Elan School, which might be the most abusive, troubled teen institution to ever exist.