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Part Two: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Behind the Bastards

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Synonon - A Drug Rehab Program That Owned California

In 1972, the San Francisco Examiner decided to take a deeper look at this drug rehab program that suddenly owned like all of California. By this point, 48 drug-addicted legal professionals had joined the cult and Chuck set them all against the examiner. So Chuck sets all of his lawyers against the examiner and her newspapers who own the paper has to settle out of court for, I think, 2.6 million.

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