Mr. David Miscavige Chairman of the Board,
Religious Technology Center
Opening Address
In honor of L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday 2002
But when Narconon staff briefed the Board, on L. Ron Hubbard drug rehab technology and how their staff are trained — it changed their whole “think.”
And how dramatic was that change?
As of tonight, no less than 22 Arrowhead staff have now been recognized as, Certified Chemical Dependency Counselors. Moreover, training in
L. Ron Hubbard technology at Narconon, now officially replaces all college training requirements. And finally, Narconon executives have now been welcomed to the Board, with authority to verify completion of those requirements, themselves. Now that’sL. Ron Hubbard technology leading the way, for the entire field of drug rehabilitation!Then there is the program which embraces them all, and our most important in reversing the downward trend of society: The Volunteer Minister Program.
Needless to say, the most vital component of this campaign is you — meaning the Volunteer Ministers.
Since you were last briefed, the number in training has only increased. As a matter of fact, at no time in history have so many Scientologists been on the same course, at the same time. And as we celebrate
L. Ron Hubbard ’s birthday, the number of active Volunteer Ministers (VM) now exceeds 15,400!Then again there is our campaign that “SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.”
And it has continued to roll out. The billboards carrying our messages are in cities across the world, from Hollywood to Hamburg, and from Brescia, to right here in Tampa — literally thousands in all. And that’s all in addition to our message now running on radio and television.
And it’s a good thing so many of you trained up. Because, as of tonight, over 60,000 people have contacted the VM Hotline Unit — more than 6,000 per week.
But that figure is only going to increase. Because, our VM groups are also starting to get their message out on every imaginable channel, as this last one illustrates.
In San Diego, they decided to target the source of the false solutions. Specifically: the legal drug industry.
Of course, it’s the most insidious suppression, responsible for the state of society today. The big lie that emotions are just so much chemical reaction, to be tinkered with by taking the right pill. Which brings us to San Diego, and one of the largest pharmacy chains in America.
And while we can’t stop doctors from writing “prescriptions”, we can let people know the real answer.
So, for the next twelve months, every single bag used to fill those prescriptions — hundreds-of-thousands in all — will now contain our toll free number and the message: “No Matter how bad it is — SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT!”
But most important are the actions of our VM’s and what they are doing.
As a first note, the effectiveness of our VM’s at Ground Zero continues to spread.
