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

Behind the Bastards

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Leonard Nimoy and Synon On

In 1959, a black sex worker and dope addict named Betty Coleman came to synon on for help. James Mason, Jane Fonda, Milton Burl, and Natalie Wood were all guests of synon on in multiple points. Ray Bradbury and Rod Serling gave lectures on site. There's no judgment here other than the judgment that you were a dope addict and not an adult,. Like it's this mix of, we will continually judge you on that.

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