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

Behind the Bastards

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Synonon's Most Controversial Rule Change

During the Blitz in World War II, people who required regular therapy stopped receiving it at all. When health problems forced Chuck to give up sugar and refined grains, he banned them for all of his followers. There's a lot to dig into in that statement by Art Pepper. But by the 1970s, Synonon was fully off the rocker as an art.

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