
Part Two: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army
Behind the Bastards
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Paul's Dead Potato Farm
Charles Dederich was pretty much a full-on cult leader. By 1967, with the announcement that Synodon was no longer curing addicts, Charles Dederich had turned into something really toxic. Paul's dead potato farm: If you can't grow potatoes in Northern Oregon, you might not be able to grow things.
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