This was never something I heard much about
previously, but now that their news has been showing up on ScientologyToday, I decided
to snoop around a bit and find what I could find. First off,
just in checking out photos of the place, I'm still sold that New
Zealand where I'd be living if I could have my choice. It's
beautiful!
However, it's not without the same problems as any other country,
including massive problems with drugs, as well as the attendent
violence and crime. Now, if you were at the Celebrity
Centre Gala in 2004 or at the
Church of Scientology of Buffalo Grand Opening (like I was,
luckily enough), you would have heard Mr. David Miscavige
speak about the strenuous work that Scientologists are putting in
on the anti-drug front, with drug education, drug prevention, and
drug rehabilitation high on the list of things active
Scientologists are engaged in -- not only "engaged in" though, but
actually effective at.
See below example, from the story of Scientologists who are
spreading the message that drug use is not drug education, and that education
on drugs can lead to drug free lives: